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Marathon Monday, All Grown-Up

Rob, left, and Kris after the Marathon. BOSTON 2010!

There once was a time when I would wake up on Marathon Monday to my roommates mixing margaritas in the kitchen, messing it up, and ditching the mix for straight tequila…at 8 a.m. The day would be spent playing Beer Pong, doing shots and dancing to Kelly Clarkson and Shakira. Passing out at 1 p.m. was always expected, but so was rallying an hour later.

So you can imagine my disappointment when I found out I had to work (work?!?! seriously?!?!?) this year during the Marathon. As I left my apartment for the T at 8 a.m., I nearly called in sick in order to follow the 30-or-so 20-year-olds cramming into the rundown BC house down the block from me. I also almost stepped in throw-up a block later, but that couldn’t take me out of my memory cloud. Me and the other two people making our way downtown on the C-line Monday morning were clearly reflecting back to our college days.

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Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny: there's nothing scarier.

I can think of nothing scarier than the Easter Bunny, except the time my dad dressed up like “Junk It the Clown” on my first birthday and scared the crap out of me. Seriously, the home movie of that day is just me running from room to room crying and the creepy clown yelling “Kelly it’s dad!” But I digress.

I hope everyone has a great day O.D.-ing on jellybeans and looking for eggs. As for me, I’ve been training for the family egg hunt for a month, and this year the stakes are bigger, since my parents decided to hide a $25 money egg. Bring. It. On.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Don't do anything that would embarrass your mother. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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