Busy Me Bumble Bee
My busy Summer
OMG! A thousand apologizes for my absence. This passed summer was really REALLY busy for me since I was taking summer classes, which fell under both summer sessions :( But I can proudly say that I did well in all my classes!
So what did I do this summer besides those time consuming classes?....
As soon as school let out in May my mother and I took a 2 week vacation to Chile (which is where we both are originally from), while my dad stayed home to watch Alina (My Siamese princess :) ). The trip was amazing I was extremely happy I got to go because it was the first time in 8 years that I have been there. Unfortunately it was the last chance I got to see my grandmother Mama Nena before her passing later in the summer :(. Even though we mostly stayed in the house so I could spend time with Mama Nena, my Uncle was kind enough to drive my mother and I around to go site seeing and catch up with my mother's friends. Of course knowing me I had to take pictures!
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| My mother and my Uncle |
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| Me :) |
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| My mother (right) and her friend (left) |
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| Me :) |
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| My Mama Nena |
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Those were just a few pictures I picked out to share with all of you, believe me there is way more HAHA!
Coming back home to Maryland from Chile was a new experience for me because it was the first time I was traveling alone...EVER! I will admit that I was extremely nervous about flying alone because it was a flight that was over seas but I'm pretty sure flying within the United States would have been much more comfortable for me lol. But the experience was a great one and now I love the idea of traveling alone!!!
After my return from Chile I just had a day to relax until summer school started for me. The first summer session I took a health class because it was a requirement I needed for my community college, if I wanted to get my AA Degree. Now the situation with this was I did attend a community college for my first 2 years out of high school, but then I got accepted to UMD, College Park but never got to finish the 2 classes to get that degree. So during summer session 2 I took the last required class which was Anthropology. At this time I also was taking a painting class for my UMD requirements (a class that is for my Studio Art major). The 3 classes were fun don't get me wrong, it's just I did miss out on a lot of time to hang out with friends, but that is life sometimes. You have to make sacrifices.
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| Great Falls |
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| Me (left) and Caitlin (right) |
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| Me :) |
During the period I was taking these classes I did find some time to meet up with friends and hang out and catch up on their previous year at college. One friend that I got to do major catching up with is one of my best friends Caitlin. What we did was make tie-dye t-shirts then that same day we went to see the movie Epic, which we both enjoyed because it gave us some good laughs. And anyone who knows my friend Caitlin and I is that we laugh so much when we are together! We actually wore our tie-dye shirts when we decided to go hike the Billy Goat trail. The hike was a lot of fun as well as a lot of, well hiking duh! LOL. I think the only reason it took us 4 hours to complete is that we both brought our cameras, which means PICTURE OPPORTUNITIES!
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| Caitlin |
Not only did I get to see Caitlin I also got to hangout with another best friend and roommate Lauren! We celebrated her birthday with a dinner at Bucca (an Italian restaurant) which is amazing because I love LOVEEEE PASTA! So I was just as happy as the birthday girl.
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| The Birthday Girl and her kitty |
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| I got her a Doctor Who mug :) |
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Finally Summer Session 2 was coming to an end and I couldn't have been happier! Before it came to an end I got a chance to go to the Montgomery County Fair with Caitlin as well as our friend Carly! It was a blast, because I took Caitlin on a few new rides she hadn't been on before. But it was all good she ended up liking them and soon we found ourselves waiting in line again for the rides haha :)
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| Mom and Me |
Once summer classes were over my parents decided to take me for a week to our beach house. Now normally I don't like going as much because I am an only child and sometimes yes I do get bored and miss being with friends but surprisingly I had a great experience! I got some arts and crafts done, I got to go Dolphin watching and also got to see Despicable Me 2 with my parents and a bunch of other things.
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| Mom and Dad |
So that just about wraps up my summer summary LOL. It was a great summer even with the classes, and the beach trip with my parents was the best part! I can't wait til next summer, hopefully I wont be taking any summer classes and if I do hopefully they are in Summer Session 1 so I can have the rest of summer to be with friends and family :)
