well i've picked up an additional volunteering position with the local Parish. The Cathedral of St. Patrick is just a couple blocks away from the apartment that i'm in now so i've decided to get more involved than just attending the Sunday service. Today was my first day as an assistant teacher for the PREP Sunday school! I Miss Ryan, with Mrs Landis, teach 15 wonderful 3rd/4th grade students the 3rd grade curriculum and we're already excited about the activities we have planned for the year!
last weekend (Labor Day) Brian came to visit and it was just about the best weekend the two of us have ever had! we went for a free tour at hershey world and ended up getting additional free chocolate than otherwise offered because we did a taste-testing = win. [which we got additional chocolate afterwards for doing the tasting]. we went to New Jersey for a day as well to visit all four of his grandparents {that was absolutey wonderful}. and Kipona was so much fun. its a festival held here every year for labor day weekend and a big portion of it is an art festival. it didn't take long for me to gawk at everything. i've already built this big picture of how i want to decorate my walls - i just wish i had the money to do it. Brian was amazingly generous and got me a photo printed on canvas of my favorite flower, an orchid, since i've had horrible luck in keeping the live plants he got me before well.. alive. and of course i love fireworks and so being as tired as i was i hated missing out on the fireworks that night but it turned out we were able to see them straight from my apartment window - i loved it! [[why am i giving this place up again]] but anyway.
the more to do in harrisburg: I've yet to make a trip there but I've heard a little birdie *named jen larson* say that the capital building is the "3rd most beautiful capital building in the states" and that the free tours are absolutey worth it. the little birdie has been on 7 tours in the last year...
lets see how busy i'll be in the next week or so for the next post :-D
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