Saturday, August 6, 2011

The end of the summer program...

The summer program ended with a banquet.  First the staff served the students, then some of the students served all of the guests.  Afterwards, there was a talent show.  There were about 17 different people who did things.  Most of them sang.  Some were pretty good...others no so good :)

The next day we packed and cleaned our apartment to prepare to leave the following day.  We did a REAL good cleaning, not like the ones we had done before.  I had done most of my packing the day before.  I just had to pack toiletries and my laundry.  I went to bed early, since I had to get up for my flight out early the next morning...  I am coming home!

The next day, Friday, I flew out at about 12, although we left the apartment by 7 because other students were leaving as well.  I had a layover in Atlanta and  I didn't get home til about 8.  It was a pretty long day and by the end I know I was tired.  I hadn't told my grandma that I was coming home, and so on the way home we stopped in and surprised her.  It was so good to see her.  She was quite shocked!  She said, "I thought I was seeing things"  It was a great day.  I missed seeing two of my aunts who had visited my Grandma over the summer, but I was able to see my Aunt Pat who was visiting from TX, for a little while.  I hadn't seen her in 9 years.

I am very glad I participated in the Summer Youth Program.  I think it helped prepare me for what I will experience and learn in the adult/intense program.  I feel like I can cook a few small things, I learned how to do my laundry, clean a whole house, worked on new technology things and my travel skills are still a work in progress!  I am hoping to be able to have someone, like my doctor, look at my knee and hopefully it will be ok.  It survived many falls and while I will have a scar for the rest of my life, I will have a story to tell to go along with it!

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