This year I mostly stayed within the southeastern part of Wisconsin only leaving to go to Green Lake, Hayward, and Chicago. It was a minimal travel year after 2023 had been full of traveling all over. A few highlights include moving into an apartment with my friend Rebecca from church, seeing Phantom Planet twice in concert, one of those in which I was able to talk to them in person. I saw Green Day perform American Idiot in full and I adopted a puppy. I would visit my parent's each weekend during the summer in order to see Astro. Throughout 2024 I also went to church most Sundays, attended the young adults group through church, went to homegroup most Tuesdays, and volunteered in kids work at church once a month. I started out volunteering in the 4th/5th grade classroom then got switched to the 2nd/3rd grade classroom. In this post I will go more in depth about which occurred each month in 2024. Thank you God for the experiences this year and to all the friends that were apart of it.
January
- On the first day of January we went over to my parent's neighbors house to play board games throughout the afternoon, into the evening.
-Saw the movie "Wonka" with Mary and Megan in theatres.
- Had a movie night at my friend Sarah's house and watched "School of Rock"
February
- Ate lunch with friends after church at El Camino
-Toured different apartment buildings with Rebecca
- Celebrated my 28th birthday and went to Chen's Buffet
March
- Attended the Alliance Banquet which raises money to provide free medical services to women in the community.
- Hung out with friends after church to celebrate my birthday. We hung out at the Kenosha lakefront, got boba, and went to Eastview Coffee Company.
- Saw Faille's art at an art fair
-Got lunch with Mary and Megan at Anna's
- Moved into my new apartment with Rebecca
- Rebecca visited Slinger
April
- Saw iDKHOW in Milwaukee
- Fostered a dog named Yoshi (Shiba Inu) for a week. (I bought him, but he had bad separation from his former owners, and they hadn't been 100% about wanting to sell him in the first place, so I sold him back to them.)
- I adopted Bruno (German Shepherd/Corgi Mix).
-Celebrated Rebecca's birthday
- Went to my friend Alex's bridal shower
May
- My church had their annual Songwriting Showcase and this year it was 80s themed.
-Went to Chipotle on Cinco de Mayo after church with some friends
-Dominated at Cinco De Mayo themed jeopardy for some reason at Young Adults group. My team ended up winning, and I knew a lot of the answers???
- My friend Alex's Wedding. Got lunch before the reception at Slip 56.
- Church Memorial Day Hangout at my friend Justina's
-My homegroup went to a Brewer's Game
- I had to take Bruno back to the Humane Society
June
- Went to my friend Faille's 30th birthday party which was funeral themed to say goodbye to her 20's. :)
-Bruno had to be put to sleep. (Bruno was a sweet/silly dog that started becoming aggressive 3 weeks after adopting him especially towards other dogs. Bruno would also lunge towards my neighbors while we were walking outside and bark at them. He attacked my parent's dog over Mother's Day weekend, and my dad said he probably would have killed Drake if he hadn't been able to get them apart. I had a lot of guilt with the decision to give him back to the Humane Society, and even more when they told me he would have to be put down. But I am at peace with the decision now.)
- Went to Taste of Randolph in Chicago to see Phantom Planet with Rebecca, we also visited VooDoo doughnuts and took a walk along Michigan Avenue near the riverwalk that evening.
- Went to Tacos El Norte after church with Rebecca and Liz
- Went up north to Hayward with my parents for vacation for a week. We rented a cabin near Lake Nelson and relaxed and went fishing throughout the week.
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July
- Went to the Kenosha Lakefront for the 4th of July Fireworks with Rebecca and Dimone.
- Got switched to doing 4th/5th grade kid's work with Xav.
- Adopted Astro (My parent's went to the Washington County Humane Society after I saw that puppies were being transported there from Louisiana. We decided rescuing a puppy would be the best move after losing Bruno. That way the dog wouldn't have experienced as much trauma or any, and would be easier to train. There they visited Astro after seeing his ears and facetimed me, and picked him up two days later. Astro ran up to me right away when I visited him the day my parent's picked him up. Astro is such an amazing dog, and was very easy to train, I couldn't be happier with the decision to get him.) My parent's had Astro at their house until early September when I took him home to live in Kenosha.
- Went to the Lake Andrea Biergarten with Rick and Kaila and parents with Astro.
- Liz had a movie night to watch Parent Trap
-Went to the movie theatre to see Twisters. We were originally going to go to Ravinia Fest but it was raining.
- We had a Christmas in July themed homegroup (Ro had Christmas music playing and we did a white elephant gift exchange but we were encouraged to wear beach themed clothing.)
September
-Visited Lion's Den Gorge with Astro
-Went to the Hubertus Flea Market with my parents and Astro
- Brought Astro home to live in Kenosha
- Young Adult's Bonfire Get Together at my friend Justina's
October
-Got put into a new homegroup ( a lot of people got moved around due to homegroup leaders moving out of town to other church plants, etc.)
-Got lunch after church at Anna's on the Lake with Mary.
- Got highlights done in my hair.
- Went to Chicago to see Phantom Planet and talk with them in person. (I bought the VIP package where we got to watch them do an acoustic show of a few requested song, got to take pictures and talk with them, and were sent home with a goodie bag before the show. I put together a little gift bag for each member as well.)
- Picked hickory nuts with Mom and then went to see a performance of "The Thorn" in Milwaukee with our family friend, Maggie. The Thorn was a musical based on the Gospel of John with a lot of emphasis on dance, sound, and special effects.
- Had a movie night at mine and Rebecca's apartment with Sarah, Mary, and Megan and watched "Phantom of the Opera".
- Went for a walk along the Kenosha lakefront with Rebecca, Mary, and Astro before getting drinks at Anna's on the Lake and hanging out in front. The next day we went back to Anna's to get lunch after church with Megan.
- Visited my parent's and saw a hypnotist perform along with our family friends Rob and Maggie and my aunt Bonnie and Uncle Bruce.
-Voted early on Halloween
November
- Visited the Wndr Museum with Friends from church in Chicago and got dinner at a restaurant nearby
- Took Astro to get pictures with Santa
-Went to see Wicked with friends on opening night. Beforehand we got dinner at Chick Fil A
- Went to a cultural Friendsgiving celebration at my friend Dimone's and people from church. (it was cultural because Dimone encouraged us to bring something from our culture. I brought German cupcakes.)
- Celebrated Thanksgiving at my cousin Peter and Ann Maries.
