My new apartment!

Upon arrival, (having driven through the night) my mom and I scoped out the apartment and immediately began shopping for furniture. We didn't sleep until that night. In the space of three days, we had my apartment fully furnished, and feeling quite like home. Here are some pictures.

The trip to Missouri

At the beginning of August, mom and I packed up the car and headed west to pick up the things I left at the school in Elgin. We stayed at Frank's for the weekend, which involved much dancing, cutesy noises, and bouncing around with a huge smile on my face. Every time Frank and I see each other, it gets harder to say goodbye, but I guess that's just how things go in life. After a very happy two days, mom and I drove down to Missouri where I am now going to graduate school.

Earlier this summer

Back in the end of June I flew out to visit Frank for a week. We had a wonderful time dancing, visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden, going roller skating with Sarah, going mini-golfing with Mike, and generally hanging out. (First photo at the mini-golf place, second at Dance World in Hoffman Estates).

The summer at home

I had a wonderful summer at home with my family, and got in plenty of quality time with them (and the cats, which were oh so fun to play with). I particularly enjoyed hanging out with Michelle. We talked, watched movies together, made fun of anything and everything, and read Harry Potter together. I also got Michelle all dolled up for her senior photos (I'll post a picture of one when I can), and dressed up as Harry Potter characters the night before the book came out. We also dressed up to go to the movie. We even did some useful work - I helped Michelle sort through university options and start planning for college. (In the photos: Michelle as a Hogwarts student, and me as Professor Treelawny, the divination teacher)