I went to Hawaii 4 years ago with
Laura, and we were there for two weeks (my mom and dad came along the last week
we were there). In February 2015, Laura and I are going back there for a month.
Then in April, we’re flying to New
Zealand. I’m planning to do the SkyJump and SkyWalk before we go on a 36-day
cruise back to Vancouver. We’ve been on a cruise before in June when we went to
Alaska; it was only 7 days long. I liked it because it was easy for me to get
around. One of my goals is to see the world, so it’ll be fun to visit a new
country.
Since I was a little girl, I have
had the dream of owning my own house. It was a scary, exciting day to move out
of our family house and into a group home, especially because I moved out
before Susan did! It felt great to do
something before her. After living at home for the first eighteen years of my
life, living anywhere else would be an adjustment. However, this dream didn't start or end with
that first moving day. In the future, I still hope to own my own house.
Also, I have two main business
ideas in mind and I am working on them, but they are long-term goals. I thought about an online magazine, and
opening a coffee shop. Before going back
to school to earn my diploma in Graphic Design, I participated in a business
course through Momentum Employment Development Center to learn the basics of
running a small business. There is a lot
to know!
We each had a final project of
presenting our business idea to the class and I put together a simple website. I found a free host site where I entered my
project into a template. I had the basic
information about my life, CP, and the magazine description but I wanted to add
more!
Every weekend, a friend and I went
to a movie so I decided to write a movie review to include in 'Wheels About', a
name I thought would be appropriate for my online magazine. Some friends and I went out for supper and I
asked a friend to write a review of the restaurant. She writes well and was in the restaurant
business. I included articles on health and wellness, using inclusive language,
and community events and resources. Someone even contributed a cartoon!
Thanks to my efforts with creating
a website, a woman contacted me about sharing my life story. She proposed that I visit the school where she
worked as an aide and that I present to a conference of teachers and aides. I accepted and had a couple of months to
prepare. I created a PowerPoint
slideshow about my family and experiences with school. I enjoyed presenting and I would like to do
this again for other schools to increase their awareness.
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