The end of summer

Hello and welcome back to The Scribbler! I am Moraine Park Technical College’s s student blogger, Kirsten Lynch. How has your summer been?

I am done with my summer classes as of this week and I am so excited. I love school but I love a few days off as well. Fall classes are right around the corner so the small break will be perfect!

The last blog I sent out I wrote about being on a student panel for the new student orientation. It went very well! There were three 20 minute time slots that three of us sat in front of the students that were attending the orientation. We were there to answer questions the group may have had and answer the frequently asked questions the organizer had set up beforehand. It was organized to have the new students feel more comfortable and to learn what to expect from college at MPTC. There were friends of mine on the panel with me that I met in the Student Senate and in class. It was a great opportunity!

As for classes, this week I am finishing up Sociology and Psychology. I loved- loved- loved Sociology! Instead of selling my books back to the bookstore I am going to hold on to these two.

Pretty soon, my kids will be back from their trip to their dad’s house, they will be in school as will I, fall will come again and all will be right as rain.

Make it a great one!
Kirsten

The summer starts here.

Hello and welcome back to The Scribbler! Regarding my last blog, I did not attend the Multicultural club pot luck as planned. It turned out the time was just not right for me and, as it was, only a few of us from Beaver Dam joined. From what I heard, it was fun.

I have been very busy as I usually am this time of year. My kids go to their dad’s every summer. It is a bittersweet time of the year for me. My ex-husband is a Marine and is currently stationed down south. He and the kids are extremely excited to see each other, but it is a hard time for me to have them gone. It seems when I want to take them to the beach or tuck them in at night is the most difficult times for me to deal with their absence. I am happy they get to see their dad though, and I wish we could all live closer for their benefit. This is the time of year I start gathering papers for them to work on to better their experience for the next scholastic year. It is hot down where they stay, so I know they will have a lot of down time to complete it. After they leave, I go through all of their toys and “get rid of” the toys I know they did not play with this last year or toys they have outgrown. I also overhaul their rooms and deep clean them. That part always makes me miss them, but I know they will be very happy to come back home at the end of August to clean rooms.

I start summer school on the 22nd of June and until then I have time to catch up on house hold things I have been neglecting to put 100% into while I have been in classes since January. I have also placed an ad to babysit this summer part time, since I won’t have my own kids and only am taking two classes online.

As the summer winds-down and fall creeps in, you will be seeing more of the Scribbler. As for the summer, I will only be blogging a bit here and there.

Have fun in the sun. Be safe and happy!

Make it a great one,

Kirsten Lynch