Hey everyone! Such a lot has happened since last month. My parents are currently out of town- for two weeks! I'm really glad they could go, since it will be a good vacation. My siblings are all up in Iowa with my grandparents- hopefully they're not creating to much havoc in grandpa and grandma's usually peaceful home! Since I have job, I'm staying with family friends who live two blocks from my home. They have one kid, a three old boy who is really cute, very curious, and follows me like a shadow. He doesn't want to do anything without me and cries when I leave for work. Aw. It helps me not miss my siblings so much.
I also have a room to myself... which is a delight all on its own. In preparing for two weeks of relative quiet, I checked out a whole bunch of books from the library- 11 books, I think- and have so far finished five. So nice to be able to read this much. I haven't done this much pleasure reading in... forever, it seems. Okay, not forever, but a long while! For school literature, I'm reading Les Miserables and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, both of which I'm so interested in that I'm reading far more chapters than I need to. Okay, well, I have to go and get ready for work now, but I hope that my extra free time will give give me opportunities to post more regularly. *hopefully*

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