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It really does get better, hold on to your hearts ladies, this is the real live true fairy tale. By no means am I advocating that all couples go as fast as we did and do the same as we did. On October 23, just like every other weekend I traveled up to Pennsylvania to spend the weekend. Friday and Saturday I am sure were very normal with us playing games, visiting with family and going to church … [Read More...]

Joe left the family reunion a few days later which then began the rest of our story. From that point on we talked on the phone every night; sometimes falling asleep on each other. Emailing these incredibly long descriptive letters about ourselves and our lives back and forth multiple times a day. It was decided that during the labor day weekend I would travel up to spend some time with him and his … [Read More...]

After recovering from bronchitis and a sinus infection, I volunteered for the Maryland Bell Academy that took place at the National Center. The Bell program was full of fun every day with the kids making treats to eat, singing songs, playing games and more. Around the middle of the week perhaps August 12, I came home to find a small box waiting for me. I knew I had not ordered anything, no one I … [Read More...]

I woke up at 7ish so I could pack. I went to the dining hall around 8:30ish. When I got my breakfast there were other mentors there eating. None of them were Joe. He had already left by this time but I still looked for him secretly wishing he missed his train. There were also several students left eating with the group of mentors. We all sat there for a long time recounting different events of the … [Read More...]

By this time of the week, I was having a hard time even getting up to get to breakfast. Since most of the mentors and mentees now had a good lay of the land, it was not as important that I was late. The late night before caused me to sleep later then desired; just being able to grab breakfast in time to find Joe and his mentees to sit with for a few minutes while I ate. At the normal time of 8:30 … [Read More...]

Wednesday, Trip to the national center What would you only expect for Youth Slam; early mornings and late nights. Wednesday was nothing different from the normal. The difference today was we went to the national center in the afternoon. In the morning the mentors and mentees went to there pods/STEM Tracks as usual; shortly after lunch everyone met back in the quad to be put on buses that would … [Read More...]

First day of students, Monday The trend was for me to be up and out of my dorm very early. And Monday morning was no exception. I woke up at 5, and was to the dining hall at 6 am. Breakfast went better than dinner the night before but it was still hectic and took longer then it should. It helped that breakfast was a longer period of time and that mentors and mentees came in at all different … [Read More...]