Winter Break!

Hello Concord family!

I hope everyone had a great Holiday the past week. I had such a great and wonderful time with my family. It’s been so long since my family we all have came together. It was the first time I have ever done secret Santa where we get a person and we have to give them a gift without them knowing who their secret Santa is. I struggled a lot trying to get a gift for the person I got. I’ve never done Christmas shopping before in my life and it was really difficult, but I had fun. I would totally do it again next year!

With December coming to an end, I am glad to say the semester is over. Thinking back to the first day of college to the end of fall semester, there is a lot to reflect. Even though I wasn’t feeling too proud of myself ending the semester with grades that I’m not happy with, I am proud of finishing strong and especially not giving up. I know I can do better and I doubted myself a lot during times when I know I’m right. For a goal that I keep to myself, I will start asking for help because asking for help has always been a hard thing for me. There were many procrastinations, and anxiety moments. Even with so much difficulty, the classes for fall semester that I really enjoy learning was communication and ethnics. I realized there is so much to history that we aren’t being taught at an early age and things that is still going on in 2019. Everything that I have learned I have used it in situations and outside of school. I think it’s amazing how I can pick up things that I’ve learned in school and make it useful. I am excited to what next semester has for me. I register for spring classes and I think I will enjoy them knowing that I am taking a lot of writing essays, and English courses.

Since the semester is done, I am on winter break! Being on break has been good so far. I feel like it has been so long since I’ve been back at home. Just a few days ago I went to picked up my mom at the airport. I was excited to see my mom back from her trip. During break I have done a lot of reflecting and trying to find a job before my break ends. So far I am in the process applying at Target. Other than that, babysitting my nephew and nieces is what I do. Being an uncle is not easy, but being with them and seeing how much they have grown is an amazing thing to witness.

With December coming to an end, stay warm, and stay safe. I wish everyone a happy month. Stay tune and until next time! I will be uploading a lot of photos so stay on the look out!

-Keng Thao