Well, I’m now back from Boys State, and it’s now the end of a very long, busy, adventurous month of June. At last, even though a full month of summer has already flown by, it’s now finally starting to actually feel like summer for the first time.

Overall, Boys State was an exciting and definitely eye-opening experience. But this wasn’t some trip or some camp for relaxing and having fun, no, my week at Boys State was probably the busiest week that I’ll have had during this whole summer. The way that I’ve been catching up on sleep these past few days since I got back, you’d think that I had jet lag all over again! Now that I’ve had a day or two to recover, and because my last post didn’t have many details about what the schedule of Boys State would be like, I guess it’s time that I provide a comprehensive review of what I had the opportunity to go through. (Oh, and to prove to all of my new friends from there whom I gave the link to this website that I actually do keep it up to date.)
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And I’m going with them! That’s right. Every other year, the California State PTA holds a district PTA officers training for a weekend at UCLA, called PTA U. I’ll be going with them–partially to get a bit more training, which you can never have too much of, and partially to get the experience of spending nights in a college dorm–on the cheap! Most colleges have programs to allow prospective new students to experience life in a dorm for a night, but it usually costs a lot of money. However, I’ll get to experience sleeping in a dorm at UCLA for two nights–for nothing! Oh, and travel costs and meals are taken care of as well. See, PTA student involvement DOES have perks!

I also won’t be going alone. As the Nominating Committee chairman last year, I kind of reeled in my mom to be District PTA Treasurer this year, so she’ll also be going down to UCLA, and we’ll be rooming together as well. Our new president, Deborah Kemper (whom I also reeled in) will also be going from our district.

So, as is usual on this blog, I’m supposed to share my travel itinerary. I know that Skoker, who is an airplane addict, will be interested to note that we’ll be flying down tomorrow on the brand new airline Virgin America. So yes, I guess I’ll get to officially determine if they’re any good, particularly given how cheap their flights are. So, here’s the details…
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