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Progress in American Girl Doll Store Tour de France

We are much more settled this week than we were last week. I still miss Lydia but we are going to take a 3-week Lydia freeze (where I do not call her and I only text her if something urgent pops up) while she is at her summer house in Wisconsin. I feel like whenContinue reading “Progress in American Girl Doll Store Tour de France”

Midterm, Bulletin Board

I am officially half way through COD adn this week I focused on my midterm work on my personal narrative and my personal narrative. I also changed out my bulletin board to make it more like Lesley. It helps me see my friends that I am looking forward to seeing.

Fourth of July

Since it is my first Fourth of July on the Blog, I asked the Siblings Square (Aunt Marty, Uncle Pete, Uncle Tom, Auntie Erin and Uncle Jamey) to write guest exerts on how their Fourth went. In Atlanta (Aunt Marty and Uncle Pete — “I” is Aunt Marty) Peter and I went to St AugustineContinue reading “Fourth of July”

Graduations, Food Certificate, Driver Eval

Today, I tuned into Mattie’s graduation from grad school a day late and they mentioned how many of them are the first in their family to go to college. I also tuned into Molly’s graduation three weeks late It was also a big week for the Fullers. I got my food handling certificate, which isContinue reading “Graduations, Food Certificate, Driver Eval”

Offical Start

I have just started College of DuPage. Monday, class got canceled so I started on Tuesday. I walked into the room and the first day was the only day he took attendance. The class was designed for about 21 students, which is about double the amount that I am used to. In Threshold, Community MeetingContinue reading “Offical Start”

College of DuPage, New Year

Today I went to check out College of DuPage where I will be taking classes this summer. One of them has already started but the other three start on Monday. I am looking forward to it but also a bit nervous. It is a big campus and the classes are a bit bigger than whatContinue reading “College of DuPage, New Year”

Threshold Thank-Yous

I have been home for about a few weeks after finishing up my first year as a Threshold student. Just like many productions, I have a lot of thank-yous to give out. Firstly, I would like to thank Linda who was my supervisor at my internship. Even though I realized I do not like EarlyContinue reading “Threshold Thank-Yous”

Broken Family

Once in a while, I feel a bit like Reyna Grande, who grew up in a broken family and became the first person in her family to graduate from college. During these periods, I feel like I should get to know Stuart, Martha & Matt’s siblings as well as all their spouses, children and grandchildren;Continue reading “Broken Family”

Year In Review

We have been home for about two weeks after a week in Back Bay. I have noticed that the culture shock moving from Chicago to Boston is very different than Chicago to London and here are my impressions. First of all, London is in a different country and uses very different units than I amContinue reading “Year In Review”

The Jubilee

We watched part of the Jubilee today and it made me think of all my friends in London, where it takes place (Afiq, Nate, Koni, Lucas, Darrien, Kuba, Misha, Libbi, Dasha, Abby, Emma, Ava, Ruby, Nora, Kenzy, Mariam, Dania, Nina, Camille, Julie, Ashleigh, Antonita, Andy, Mollie, Wasan, Sam, Cyril, Max, Elisey, Alena, Duaa, Genevieve, Lonan,Continue reading “The Jubilee”