MEGA BLOG

As I have been really busy with finals and family drama, I have not had time to finish several blogs that I have started over the last two weeks. So, consider this me making up for lost time.


Topic 1: Sarah Dessen
Last Wednesday, the lovely librarians at The Bookworm, an independent bookstore across the street from my school hosted the wonderful Sarah Dessen. My writing group meets in the basement of the Bookworm so I have met these lovely ladies and can personally tell you how fantastic they are.

Anyway, back to the main point.

The Bookworm is this tiny little store that could very well not hold all the people that Sarah was sure to attract. Instead, the signing was at one of the local branches of our library. I had to drive half way across town during rush hour but it was sure worth it.

Sarah just released What Happened to Goodbye, a story that focuses on Mclean as she moves to another new town and falls into the persona of someone she isn't quite used to: herself. It was a good book and I was so happy that Sarah would be stopping here on tour so soon after I had read it.

At the signing Sarah read the first chapter from her new book What Happened to Goodbye, had a trivia contest, and had Q&A. She was very sweet. I bought my favorite book that she's written so far to date: Along for the Ride and had her sign it. Because I never go anywhere without my camera, here are some pictures:

You should look up Sarah here: @SarahDessen, Website/Blog

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Topic 2: A Super Secret Secret


So, I am not supposed to tell anyone about this until next week but I am really tired of keeping secrets from everyone, so I am telling you all.

Ready?

I thought so.

My parents bought a house.
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It's not final yet, the seller accepted their offer, and they close in a month.

You mat have noticed that I keep saying "them" and not "us". That's because the house that we have in Minnesota, whether it be this one or the next will never feel like home to me. I really don't feel like I ave any home at the moment, which is really sad.

Anyway, I don't know what they house looks like. My dad has been the only one to see it. My mum and little brother are going up there on Sunday to look at it, sign papers, look at schools, etc. Also, my mom has an interview for a teaching position.

Exciting, yes? (Well no. The answer is really no, not at all.)

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So, that's basically the two biggest things that have happened in my life over the past two weeks. Finals are over and "summer" has officially started.

Yep.