After five and a half months of 90 degree weather and lots of Pad Thai, I arrived back at Dartmouth on the Thursday of Green Key. The first place I went on campus was Floren for an early morning reunion with my teammates. It was so good to see everyone. Later that day I was already suited up and in the gym dusting off some of the rust with our new coaches.
Being back on campus was amazing. You really don’t realize how much you miss Dartmouth until you’re gone. What also amazed me was how easy it was to come back to the people at Dartmouth and feel like I haven’t missed a beat. I think since it is a common thing for Dartmouth students to be off for a term or even abroad, it is easy for people to relate to how you are feeling when you come back and it really eases the culture shock. The welcome back to Dartmouth was more than I could ever ask for.
After two individuals and observing a lift and participating in one, it was very evident that the team has worked extremely hard this term, harder than I’ve ever seen in my past two spring seasons. I was also incredibly impressed with the new coaches and all of it makes me so excited to get back to Dartmouth next August (August 17th to be exact).
Now I am back at home and enjoying the time I am able to spend with my family before I fly out to California to start my summer internship with a pharmaceutical/biotech company. Luckily, this summer I won’t be far from a few of our incoming freshmen and hopefully I will be able to visit Annie and Kendall since they will also be on the west coast. I can’t wait to get back into a routine of working and working out and really getting ready for next season.
- Amber Bryant '12
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