I'm not going to ignore the fact that I've ignored this blog for over a month. I mean, seriously! I knew I had to update, because it's snowing outside, and my poor banner girl was still in shorts! She now sports the first banner outfit that doesn't hang in my closet (unfortunately).
I honestly can't think up an excuse, so instead, I'm offering a promise- I'm going to improve. Woo vague promises!
Another thing; since it's the holiday season, I won't be putting up Monday Holiday Updates. Every ounce of my holiday excitement is focused on Christmastime right now, as it has been since November 14.
The reason I didn't get right back into blogging was that I had a busy life ahead of me from October 5th on, I guess. I will now attempt to summarize, difficult already considering it's me writing it, the following months. I had a Concert on the 8th, and then on the 9th, I was off for Colorado! (Except my flight, which ended up being business class, was rescheduled for the 10th. Boo.) I visited the Hess family for my birthday, and that was really just amazing to reconnect and see how they're doing. They happen to be fantastic, by the way.
On the 13th I turned 18, and celebrated with macaroni and cheese and dino nuggets. Yay adulthood!
On the 22nd, I went to Michigan State Penitentiary, a maximum security prison, for a sociology field trip. We talked to a murderer/bank-robber, some guards, and got lovely tours. The next day I went to Bulls game with my friends from the stake, which was quite thrilling!
On the 4th of November, we had YW in Excellence, and then that Friday I got icecream with my friend, Josh. In related news, icecream is now officially one word (not that blogger recognizes it). I'm getting rather attached to that fact.
We had no school on the 10th and 11th, so I did some stuff with friends. Then, on the 14th, Mosaic choir had a performance at North Central College for a culture festival thingy, which was very interesting. It made me proud that we're so organized at WV.
Tuesday the 17th I went to Kelly High School in Chicago for the day on another Sociology field trip, shadowing a student named Anna. She was nice, but quite shy. The school (which is over 80% Latino and only 4% white, in comparison to WV's 51% white population) has a 57% or so graduation rate, and almost all the students come from low-income families. But it's a LOT like Waubonsie for the other manners, except that the students pay even less attention than normal. Anna came to my school and followed me around that Friday. She was bored, but I thought it was awesome- especially the tour!
The next week was Thanksgiving. Since we had no family coming in, we decided it would be wonderful to help the community (plus I needed hours for my sociology service final). Meson Sabika, a super fancy restaurant in Naperville, serves a free Thanksgiving dinner for families in financial need, so we served there! It was really a wonderful experience, but very tiring and very surreal to not have leftovers. We had to hurry and get pies from Dominick's to maintain holiday equilibrium. Black Friday, Dad and I went to Target at 5:30. And the $3 sandwich maker I wanted was gone ALREADY! Also, that Saturday I gave blood for the second time.
Last week I participated in an extra credit project for Sociology (what a fantastic class....I'm really going to miss it!) where we were challenged to eat for 7 days on $4.30 a day. I'm proud to say I accomplished that with over $12 to spare...there was ONE day I went over. And that one day was the one day I didn't get some sort of free meal...each of the other 6 days I was babysitting, went to a church activity with food, got seminary breakfast, or was fasting. Lesson learned- if you gotta be in poverty, be a Mormon. :P
Now it's Tuesday. There's lovely, lovely snow outside and freezing rain forecast for tonight. I'm warm in my home after just shoveling, and it really feels like Christmastime. No matter how busy I've been or am going to be for the next while, I'm happy.
Happy Holiday is a Christmas Traditional
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