Tuesday, December 25, 2012

A Teenager No More



Dear Grace,
            I was thinking about you a lot yesterday, which of course made me want to write you a letter. So for starters, I turned twenty a few weeks ago, and I have to say the whole experience threw me a little. I got to go home for my birthday, and when I went to church in my home ward. I saw several girls who I’d gone to girls’ camp with—just little Beehives—and now they’re all driving! I kind of had one of those moments where I was like, “I’m not that old!”
            And yet I am. Gosh, just thinking about it now is weird. Since when did I get this old? Sydney and I have this joke about now I’m not a teenager anymore, but I’m not a full adult yet either, which means (as Syd put it) “You are nothing!” Haha so it looks like I’ll be a big nothing like the former planet Pluto until next year.
            Another thing that has happened to me this year that I never would have imagined would: I have developed an appreciation for Shakespeare. The reason for this is because Syd, Beth, Emily, and all the girls from apartment #2 and I all got student passes for the Shakespeare festival my school holds down here.
            We went to several of the shows and all of the productions were very well done. one of the most fun experiences I had was when we went and saw “As You Like It” at the outdoor Globe theater replica. It rained the whole time, and at one point the show was stopped and everyone was moved into the indoor theater, only to be moved back out to the outdoor theater one scene later, haha. All of the actors thoroughly soaked and a couple of them kept slipping on the stage, but they all did a terrific job and had fun anyway, so that was good.
            I’m sorry I don’t have much else to report! But I’ll start collecting stories now so I’ll have something to write about next time.
            I love you so much, Gracie, and I hope you and your mom and Garrison are all doing well. You’re always in my thoughts and prayers.

All my love,

            Katie Jo

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