Again, But Better

Cara Primaveri, Sal Primaveri
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Mom & Dad,
I love you and appreciate everything you’ve done for me. We didn’t
really get to discuss it, but I’ve been working for a magazine called
Packed! For Travel!
here in London. I’ve had so much fun there, and
I’ve learned a ton. I’ve shown them the work I’ve been doing on my
blog, and they liked my travel pieces! They offered me the
opportunity to write something for their magazine. I wrote an article
about study abroad in London and it’s published on their site!
Here’s the link:
packedfortravel.com/london-studyabroadguide
I’m sorry I’ve disappointed you both, and I hope you can forgive
me. I hated lying to you, but I needed to do this.
Love,
Shane
Right as I’m about to press send, there’s a knock at the
door. It’s only 10:30 p.m., which is early for the girls to be
back. The tiniest bit of hope sparks in my chest.
“Hello?” I call out from my perch on the bunk. No answer.
I climb down and open the door.
No one’s there. I scurry back up onto the bunk, press send,
and research summer writing-related jobs in the tristate area. I
apply for every one I can find.

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Prague is beautiful. Sahra tells us it’ll probably be her last trip
for money reasons, but Babe and I convince her to join us for
one more to Amsterdam the following weekend. Sunday night,
when we get back, I blog about Prague and email the link to
my parents.
Now that the article for 
Packed!
is done, I focus more of
my attention on the book I’ve been hand-writing about twins
in college. I go to class, draft the book, go to the library, type
more of it up, sleep, go to work, draft book, sleep, check for
more job opportunities, go to work, write book, sleep, class, go
to Amsterdam.
I blog about Amsterdam and send the link to my parents.
Babe gets free tickets to Disneyland Paris, so the following
weekend, we go back to France and spend the day in the park.
I keep keeping busy. Busy at 
Packed!
Busy traveling. Busy
writing. Busy blogging. Busy sending out job applications.
Busy. Busy. Busy.
The physical magazine edition of 
Packed! For Travel!
with
my article is released the second week of April. It was one
thing seeing the article on their website, but it’s a whole other
rush to see it printed in the magazine on page nineteen of their
spread! I take five copies from the office. Back at the flat, I
use my digital camera to snap pictures of the article and attach
them in an email to my parents.

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