Good day to all! Or good evening, completely your choice. (Why am I writing/talking like this? Ugh, I’m just gonna start with my usual intro.)
Hey, guys! Welcome back for the second part of my exhausting summer – as you can tell by the title. In the last post, I told you guys about the first half of my adventures this summer, talking about visiting family members and friends, getting vaccinated, and going to a sewing camp (eek!). In this post, young Padawan, I will continue the summer from where we left off last. Uh, where was that?? Ah, yes, I was just getting back from my trip to Washington, DC, with my grandparents on July 3rd.
When we got back from DC, I stayed with my grandparents in Connecticut until July 8th. Then, my parents came to pick me up and bring me back to Philly. Like Cleo, I also had a summer camp that I was going to attend. However, this one would only last two weeks and would be in New Jersey. I stayed only a few days in Philly, getting ready, then left for my camp on the 11th. My camp specialized in the arts, and I took theatre, technical theatre, and slam poetry classes. They were all super fun classes, and I performed at the end of the camp session. So fun (and exhausting)!!
Then, in late July, my parents picked me up and brought me back to Philly, again. We stayed there until Cleo arrived back from her camp in the first few days of August. We also had a small family reunion with my mom’s side of the family, and it was so nice to see my great aunts and uncles. Then, on August 4th, we drove back up to Connecticut to take another extended trip with my dad’s side of the family.
My family and I stayed with my dad’s parents for about 2 weeks, spending quality time with my grandparents and aunt. On the 13th of August, Stella and her boyfriend came up and spent time with us. Stella had had a summer job, and now that it was finished, we could go on one last big trip with all the five of us, plus Stella’s boyfriend, who is a nameless side character for my plot. (Just kidding, I know his name! *Mom!*).
Then, on the 18th, the whole crew drove/flew up to Boston, where we met up with family friends. We always met up with them sometime during the summer to go on a camping trip in Baxter State Park, Maine. Once there, we all went camping for about 4 days. It was so beautiful up there, and we went to a part of the park where we had never been before! After our trip, we spent a few days at our family friends’ house, then drove back up to Connecticut. This was just the regular crew minus Stella, who, after camping, had flown to Ohio to meet her boyfriend’s family. The rest of the crew all stayed in Connecticut for about four days, where we celebrated half of my birthday. (The other half I celebrated with my mom’s family).
Then, we all drove down AGAIN to Philly – I hope you’re all still with me because this is getting tedious – stopping at my grandparents’ lake house in Pennsylvania. My grandmother’s birthday is a few days after my own, so, after celebrating with her (and lots of cake!), we finally, finally, plunked down onto an airplane and left our home country, snoring.
Thank you so much for bearing with me during this two-part saga of my looooong summer. (My brain is dead, I swear). Even writing these posts was overwhelming and tiresome, so I can barely imagine what you – my reader – have experienced. I know that these posts have delved maybe too much into detail here and there, but I only hoped of giving a full account of the goings-on in my life, as always. For now, take a rest, and I’ll see you in the next post! Until then, young sirs! (Still not working? Dang).