Easter Break Research Paper

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On Thursday, March 24, 2016 is when the Easter break started for the students at Northwest Regional. For the break, I decided to go to my mom’s place in Loon Lake. When I arrived at her place she asked if I wanted to take a drive to Cold Lake. We headed to the Esso gas station to put in gas and headed out. During the long drive my baby and mom slept most of the way to Cold Lake. None the less I became inattentive so I turned up the radio and sang. When we arrived, my mom and baby woke up. I asked my mom where she wanted to go first and quietly replied extra foods for groceries. We made our way to extra foods and asked my baby what he wanted to eat after he said KFC. Not a healthy choice but food is food so that is where we had supper. My mother

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