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abbyturner

I'm a 3-year senior and day student here at Gould. I'm the co-captain of the cycling team along with my best friend, and an almost-jacketed ski patroller at Sunday River. I try to enjoy everything Gould has to offer while balancing schoolwork and college prep. SENIORRSS!!

Oh, the places you’ll go

Hello and happy Friday! As many of you may have noticed, graduation is nearly upon us. I’m so excited I can hardly wait, but at the same time, it’s a little scary. Our first marching practice, on Tuesday, was what really got me…More »

Ode to Strava

Hello again, If there’s anything that this last week has taught me, it’s that Strava (a free cycling app in which you can compete with other cyclists for achievements on certain segments of road) has become my life. Since Strava is basically just…More »

Sleeping socks

Happy Friday! It’s getting later and later, and I just allowed myself to climb all the way into bed in full pajamas and almost fall comfortably asleep before realizing that I forgot to write a Glog. This post almost didn’t happen, because I…More »

68 miles later…

Happy Friday everyone! On Tuesday, I thought we had a pretty exciting cycling practice, and I was literally thinking about what to write here while I was pedaling along North Road. To start with, we rode past a mysterious dog who seemed to…More »

Symptoms of Senioritis

Hello Everyone, Happy Friday! I thought I’d take some time this week to talk about the emotional/psychological roller coaster that my fellow seniors and I are currently hurtling along. It’s the final stretch–almost exactly 2 months from today we will be marching from…More »

Virginia is for Cyclists

Happy Friday, everyone! This week, I’m writing to you from a timeshare resort in McGaheysville, Virginia. I’m currently surrounded by the few brave souls from the GA cycling team who dared suffer the 12+ hour drive from Bethel to do a little pre-season…More »

Free to four point…. or go home

Everybody, it’s here. The day is finally upon us. At one o’clock today, you will be done with your last class of winter term. How does it feel? Freshmen aren’t even reading this right now. They’re probably off the plane by now and…More »

#gouldontwitter

Happy Friday, everyone! Unfortunately, I once again find myself in the position of having to say that this is my first Glog post in  a while. I apologize — I’ll try to make up for it. I’ve wanted to write about Twitter for…More »

Looking ahead to Monday

Hi Everybody, This is my first blog post in quite some time, due to a combination of forgetfulness, writers block, and too much homework. But I’m trying to get back on my glogging grind, so here goes nothing. In assembly, just moments ago,…More »

Spirit week

Happy fake Friday! This week has been a fun one — mostly because it’s been spirit week. That means that Wednesday we all dressed in dorm colors… Yesterday was twin day. And today each of the dorms came up with their own theme….More »