16.5 years old!

Six months from today Nadia will turn seventeen years old! Here are some ways that she changed over the past six months.

1. She quit practicing the guitar, so I ended her lessons. She has sporadically been practicing the piano. 
2. She had voice lessons for two months this fall. Due to the fact she is only in the ensemble of The Wizard of Oz and didn't make it into the district choir, she stopped taking voice lessons. 
3. She visited Alaska for the first time, which was her 48th state!
4. She completed three classes through Liberty University this fall (7 credits) - Old Testament Survey, Evangelism, and 20th-21st Century Art. She earned 3 A's. Altogether she's earned 27 credits so far. 
5. She worked at Camp Susque for four weeks. She is scheduled to work during their Blast winter camp from December 31-January 3, and she has applied to be a counselor there next summer. She received a care package in the mail from Camp Susque earlier this month that included some snacks and a book by Paul David Tripp.
6. She has begun working at Warrior Run Petcare. Sometimes she works there from 4-6pm, and other days she works from 7:30-noon. She enjoys her job working with dogs! Her boss gave her a very nice gift bag last week that contained super comfy socks, a $100 gift card to Amazon, hot chocolate, chocolates, lip balm, and a mug that looks like a dog. 
7. She has had her learner's permit for almost exactly six months! She has completed the 10 hours of driving at night as well as the requirement to drive for at least 65 hours altogether. She thinks she'll try to get her license at the end of January. She needs to learn how to parallel park before then.
8. She's been studying chemistry. It's not her favorite subject, but she has to take chemistry in college so hopefully this will prove helpful in the future. She's completed 7 out of 16 chapters so far.
9. She's been completing Pre-Calculus through Teaching Textbooks. It's also not her favorite subject, but she has to take Calculus at Liberty in the future. She's looking forward to not having a math class next school year! 
10. We had her first official college visit at Liberty University when we attended College for a Weekend. While there we submitted the only college application that she plans to submit to begin as a residential student at LU in August 2026. She won't find out if she's been accepted until after we submit her HS transcript in May 2025. 
11. She's begun preparing to take the SAT in March. Her goal is to do well enough that she won't have to take another math class at LU prior to taking Calculus.