Summertime celebration!

Bwogline: After a year and a half, Brazil has declared an end to a national emergency declared over the Zika virus; compared to last year, the number of cases decreased 95% between January and April. (BBC News)

Study Tip: Always fidgeting and wanting to do something else other than studying? Get in with the middle-school times and get a fidget toy. You can play with these spinning babies and do tricks and thingsies while you bulldoze through your readings.

Music: Listen to Harry Styles’s Harry Styles (2017).

Procrastination: Watch skincare and make-up videos, even if you’re not into those things. There’s just something therapeutic about, say, a woman gently telling you how to cleanse your face using thermal water.

Overheard: “Mom, I want to Facetime you so that you can help me pack, and like tell me what to do.”

“Une splendide creature que j’avais aimee la veille…” by Auguste Rodin via The Met