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DITL: First-Year BB Junior

Today I woke up at 7:09 A.M. and got dressed, then I went down stairs where Joshua and Hannah were reciting their stylishly long Senior passages.

I ate breakfast, which was leftover waffles from dinner on Sunday night, and did my chore, which today was unloading at least 30 dishes from our drying rack. Then I went out and rode my newly purchased bike around the yard for about 30 minutes before I decided to go inside and do some BB.

I read a book (I wasn't supposed to) after BB, then after 10 minutes Mom said to start memory and review. I reviewed my 50 plus passages and went to memorize outside; after about 1 hour Mom told me to come in because apparently I wasn’t memorizing.

I went upstairs to my room and recited for Jer for 45 minutes, and then I listened to him recite for another 45 minutes.

I went down and ate lunch, which today was PB&J sandwiches and potato chips, then I did my chore, which was packing up the lunch food and wiping the counters that were VERY messy.

After lunch, I went on a bike ride with Jer (in which eventful things happened) and I came in and sat around for 5 minutes and then Mom called us for memorization. I recited my passages which I was memorizing.

Next, I settled an argument about turtles at the pond where we go fishing, by showing my little brother Gabe a picture of his fabled “curve-nose turtle” (which is not real by the way).

Then I started to type my DITL ~ Hope you enjoy!

~ Daniel


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  1. Claude ChewSeptember 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM

    That meme is perfectly placed. XD Also, I wonder what those "eventful things" were...
    - Hannah

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