I've been so unbelievably stressed lately, I just find myself shutting down. This is the worst possible way for me to end my senior year. So, as of tonight, I'm getting my shit together and I'm going to make the best of this situation ( Read more... )

Got to hang out with Ella and Sara yesterday (thanks guys!).
Get to hang out with Tanne today (soooo excited!).
Going to talk to some other friends today (hopefully).
Get to talk to Ed on Tuesday (so much to say, prepare yourself.)
Things are definitely going well.

I leave in about 2 hours to come home.
I'm really going to miss it here.
But, I cant wait for things to get back to normal.
And, I miss my dog.

Finally getting a chance to sit down and update this thing. I'm sorry it has taken me so dang long, I have been super busy after and during school. Right now it is lunch/advisory time, so I'm skipping the advisory that I usually help out in and trying to type up something.

Adjusting to the high school environment has been way harder then I thought ( Read more... )

I decided to finally look up more about Hmong people (not Mung, as I was calling them). What I found is very, very intresting. Check it out, if you have some time:

The Secret War
Main article: Secret War
In the early 1960s, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began to recruit the indigenous “Hmong” people in Laos to join fighting the Vietnam ( Read more... )

I'm sorry I havent been updating- so much has happened. I am now going to Light House Academy of Nations, the high school. Adjusting has been very hard, but is getting easier. I promise, I am taking extensive notes, so when I get a chance I will update ( Read more... )

Today was my last day. I was sad, I'm just starting to get attached to these kids. A couple of the girls hugged me good bye. Thanks girls!

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My day:

Lyon (the director) giving his morning ( Read more... )

Yesterday went really well. For the most part. School was great, I was a bit tired seeing as I stayed awake until 4:00 in the morning Sunday talking to Ivan. But, I mostly recovered from that on Monday.
I'm kind of too drained from today to talk a ton about yesterday, so I'll write down the notes that I took:

- In Matt's classes they worked on ( Read more... )

Yesterday- We chillaxed around the house. Went to Emily's Grandpa's birthday party. Hs's 89. Got to hang out with their fam. Ate some pizza and questionable cake. Went back to the house with Ivan so he could do his school work on Matt and Em's comupter. Talked to Ana on the phone for a long time. I love catching up. Also got to talk to Sara for a ( Read more... )

Today was great. Woke up early (what a surprise) and we all went out for breakfast at this great little restaurant down town called Day By Day. When we got back to the house, we were going to get ready to go camping. Matt and Emily had made plans to go up North tonight, but when it actually came down to packing the car and such, we lost all ( Read more... )