I enjoy what I’m doing, but I also look forward to being able to work on the school house that the Lily’s showed me. It’s a mess, old and dusty, but it’s turned out to be a great place for me to go and study when I want to feel peaceful and happy. The school does that for me. I think it will be a wonderful place when it’s fixed up. The Lily’s have promised to help me make it into a real school again, and I think we can work to make at least some of that happen during the upcoming break.

I’m also looking forward to a new semester of studies, and this week, I got a bunch of new texts. They are always a joy to me. I’m even going to study art and not just history or literature. What a pleasure. Anticipation is a good thing.

Oooh - new books, new classes - what fun!

One of my struggles is finding a quiet space in which to do my work. Even though I was given a lovely room of my own, it wasn’t quite working for me. Maybe that was because it was too comfortable. Or because the desk, though nice, was a bit too smallish for my needs. I’m not sure what the problem was, but I finally decided that I needed to seek out another space in which to find some peace and quiet that was actually conducive to my needs.

I tried out the Capital City Convention Center since nobody is usually in there. The Accommodations room on the third floor was comfortable and quiet, but it was a lot like my own room – a bit too comfortable.

Finally, I realized that the schoolhouse the Lily’s had shown to me a few weeks prior might be the exact space for me to use. I didn’t even try to straighten things out, but just moved the large phonograph from the desk and set up my laptop and books. It’s dusty, but it’s quiet and not so comfortable I can just topple over and fall asleep.

The first period of my education will be ending soon (it seems as if it just began!), and I’m hoping that during that break the Lily’s will again come over to help me start clearing out the school. It will take a lot of work and time, so we need to be productive when we have the opportunity to do so.

My new room in the Guest Quarters

My studies are going well, but I am amazed at how much effort it takes and how tired I become in what seems like a short time. Of course I’m often up late at night, but I did take a bit of time this week to celebrate Halloween. Of course, after going off to party, I came back to study. My work is of primary importance, though my friends keep reminding me that I also need a bit of play time to keep going.

Halloween was fun, but I must not neglect my studies

I think someone snuck in and caught me doing what I seem to enjoy the least of – sleeping. I hope I’m absorbing information while I snooze.

Even a student has to get her beauty rest

It was actually HittyG’s idea that I start this blog. She told me before I arrived that it’s a good way to document what I’m doing, and I will be glad for it later. I’m sure she’s right. She has had her own Hitty Blog for some time, and although she said she had had a hard time posting to it lately, she enjoys looking back over what she wrote from long ago. My carve mom also has a blog, so it seemed like a good idea. Do you like my title?

Then, what a surprise! My old friends from camp stopped by! The Lily’s live with Person’s daughter, but really wanted to come and spend some quality time with me before I begin my studies. Even though they snitched on us when we used the hot tub without permission at camp, they didn’t know it was me, so I forgave them. Besides, what was I thinking?

What a wonderful surprise - Lily Too & sister Lily Emiline!

We head upstairs to catch up on old times. I explain to them that I really want to study to become a teacher and have been accepted into a special and highly accelerated program where, in only a few months, I will have my teaching certificate. Where I will go from there I don’t yet know, but at least I will be qualified. I’m eager to start, but I know it will be hard work, and I won’t have much time for fun. They said they think I’m qualified, and that I have the right stuff, which includes elbows so I can pick things up, point things out, and offer hugs when my students need them.

The Lily’s have whispered that they had something to show me. It sounds interesting, so I’m off on a bit of adventuresome fun.

I don’t feel the least out of place here. My time at camp was great fun, and it taught me that the world was much larger than I had imagined.

I was born in New York, and that was my world prior to attending Hitty Camp. I have a wonderful Carve Mom, Erin Kleider, and a dear sister, Hitty Dauphine. But as time came for school to begin this year, I kept remembering that there were things to learn and places to explore beyond my life there. When at Winter Wanna Do, I learned that HittyG’s Mom was a University Professor. She had gone to college late in life, but had gotten degrees that allowed her to teach and to run an online writing center. Education was important to her, and I soon began to realize that it was also important to me. I wanted to learn more, to see more, and to do more than I could if I stayed at home. It was hard to leave my birth family, but I love my adoptive family, and they have shown me that I am welcomed and loved.

So now I am back in beautiful Virginia, about to begin my educational studies. I’m not yet sure where this will lead me, but it will be an adventure. I hope you will follow along.

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