Mar 3rd-Mar 9th - Read Across America Appearance!

On Monday Mike and I went to the archery range and then I helped teach karate with my Mom for the Fairport Karate Academy after school camp at Brooks Hill Elementary. The children were so cute and they had a lot of fun!

The next day I was not feeling well but I was asked to be on a selection committee for Resolve of Greater Rochester's Resolutionary Awards.

There were several of us who were chosen to read the nominations of people in the community who have helped those affected by domestic violence or who have worked towards ending sexual abuse. I was honored to be on the committee and it was an extremely difficult decision to choose a first, second and third place of each of the powerful stories that we read. Then later that night I saw an article posted on the Philippine Edition which was exciting!

On Wednesday I trained at the front desk at Scott Miller in Webster which was fun! At night I had dinner with Mike's family and they made shakshuka and it was delicious! 

The next day I posted facts about Multiple Sclerosis because it was MS Awareness Week and with my Aunt having MS it was one of my goals to use my title to help bring awareness to this disease. Then Corrin, Miss New York Teen USA, and I went on a road trip together to NYC!

My good friend Dennise was sweet to let us stay at her apartment. In the morning we drove to Central Park and I went to the dentist's office for him to take molds of my teeth to make a certain type of less intrusive veneers for my teeth. Then Corrin and I drove to Block Institute in Brooklyn so that we could read to the children for Read Across America day! I read to the children at this school when I was Miss New York Teen USA so it was special to go back as a Miss titleholder.

We each went to multiple classrooms throughout the day and read different Dr. Seuss books to the children. They were so adorable and it was a lot of fun!

Afterwards Corrin and I stopped at a Friendly's to get dinner and then we drove back home. The next day I hung out at Mike's house with our doggie Massimo.

I spent a lot of time looking for an interview dress online for Miss USA. I found an Herve Leger dress that I thought would be perfect. There was a website where they were selling past season Herve Leger dresses at a significant discount and the dress I wanted was on there! I ordered it and I waited weeks but it never came, come to find that the website was either no longer in service or fraudulent but luckily my card was not charged! Later Mike and I went out to eat with his sister, her husband and some of our friends. Of course we enjoyed an amazing dessert platter. 

Then we all went to watch our friends in the cover band Something Else perform at Brickwood Grill and we had a great time! The next day I helped my Mom with the business-side of things for Fairport Karate Academy and then we went to the dojo to workout together! Afterwards I went shopping for clothing for appearances and for Miss USA!