The Past

Saturday, 1-6-96 1:37 AM Broughton/Chester, Wales 7:37 PM Evanston (1-5-96) Talk about expectations… I don’t know what I quite imagined my first night on my home stay to be like, but it sure wasn’t like this! ☺︎ After my 5 hr. bus ride here to Wales, during which I mostly slept, I arrived w/ the other […]

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Friday, 1-5-96 5:50 PM London 11:50 AM E-Town I am writing this from a coach (a comfy bus). Myself and over 20 other ISA students are headed for our family stays in Chester, England. By bus, Chester is about 5 hrs. NW of London. Chester is rather near Liverpool where Graham Reed, from camp this […]

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Thursday, 1-4-96 12:26 AM London 6:26 PM E-Town (1-3-96) Another LONG day… But I am beginning to adjust more easily and feel more confident about my decision to study here… I got up this morning at 7:30 AM. I felt a bit more sane after catching up on some sleep! Lori got up then too. […]

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Tuesday, 1-2-96 2:00 AM E-Town 8:00 AM London Well, its 2 AM/8 AM and I just ate breakfast! It’s gonna be long day… Though I’ve rested, I haven’t really slept, so I believe I will be experiencing a great deal of jet lag! The stewards and stewardesses have been great! In addition to wine & […]

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Monday, 1-1-96 10:25 PM Evanston Time ☺︎ 4:25 AM London Time (1-2-96) Wow! It’s for real now… I am on British Airways as I write this en route to London, England! Just finished watching my first on flight film, The Bridges of Madison County. It was a romance and I even got teary eyes towards the […]

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Before I blogged, I was an avid, albeit inconsistent, journaler. I started young, the oldest one I can find I bought from a Scholastic Book Fair in early elementary school. I continued off and on through grade school, college, grad school and young adulthood, until I began writing and sharing here, on my blog, in […]

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