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Boomerang kids’ challenge
Continued from page 1B
parents' house and do some
thing wild."
And Young is also responsi
ble for paying her own bills,
like her cell phone, so she has
to work this summer before
leaving for Geor^a.
Furman said returning
home opens up challenges
that didn't exist when the
graduate was growing up.
The new adult returning bo
their childhood home has to
deal vdth navigating tense
family d3Tiamics, managing
finances, dealing wth privacy
issues and dating.
She offers five rips to make
the return home easy on
everjTine:
1. SET A MOVE-OUT
DEIADLINE: Before you
move in, make sure to set a
departure date. Otherwise,
parents vrill become frustrat
ed and graduates may
become unmotivated to move
out on theirown.
2. DON’T LET THEM
BABY YOU: Some parents
("perma-parents") don't war?t
their kids to grow up. If your
parents riy to baby you, show
them you're an adult by tak
ing on household responsibili
ties like fixing the computer
orcoolong dinner.
3. DON’T PUT YOUR
LIFE ON HOLD: For
boomerengers: make an effort
to get involved in local activi
ties and meet new singles in
your area while living at
lume. Parents: carry on wth
your day-to-day activities as
you normally would or risk
resentment setting in
4. HAVE A GOAL Saving
for a dowm payment on a
house, starting a business,
finding a job, eliminating
debt - these are all good rea
sons to move back home.
Parents and kids should dis
cuss these goals and work
together to make them a real
ity
5. PAY RENT!: Whether
the boomeranger pays $50 or
$300 a month, its important
that they contribute to the
household. If parents feel
guilty accepting cash, invest
the funds and present the
money as a once the kids
are ready to move out.
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Lost
luggage
tips
Continued from page IB
Check your bags as early ss
possible; Airlines suggest 90
minutes in advance. Last-
minute checlffid bags often
times don't make it through
security screening and onto
the plane. While at the
counter, Foster su^ests
"Check your bags to make
sure that your lugga^ has
been ticketed to the correct
destination, on the correct
flight numbers before 370U
leave the check-in area or
ticketcounter"
Should you find that y^u
are separated from your lug-
ga^, Foster has these other
tips for minimizing the incon
venience.
6. Keep vital items vrith you
Alvays cany medicines and
other valuables or not easily
replaceable items including
your keyTs) on yrciur person or
in a small "never check"
carry in.
7. Dress for your trip
"What you vrear should be
something you can wear the
first day vtien you're travel
ing, if your lu^age doesn't
make it 1 with you," said
Foster Tkavel in an outfit
thatyoucan wear fora day or
t-wo, including appropriate
shoes, so if you get to your
destination without your lug-
ga^ you can still go site see
ing, orgetto yourmeeting. If
you're traveling to a business
conference, don't travel in a
pink sweatsuit, and if you're
going from one climate to
another layer if ynou have to.
Also, tuck a change of under
wear into your carry-on bag,
plus a clean shirt, so you have
one item to wear v^le you
wash another.
8. Cross pack
Though it may not vrork for
everyone, if you are tiaveliijg
iMth a filend or your spouse
you could pack a complete
outfit in their bags, and they
can pack one in yours. The
odds are thatboth bags won't
be lost, cross packing ensures
you have at least one extia
outfit.
9. Create a packing list
Not a list of what you
should pack, but what you
have packed. "Most travelers
undervalue the contents of a
lost b^ because they can't
remember everything that
was inside." a second
copy of the packing list with
you to check each time 370U
unpack and repack, to pre
vent forgetting items.
10. Report lost lug^ige
Above all else, if you are
standing at the baggage
carosel and don’t see your lug-
ga^, you must complete lost-
luggage reports. 'Youcannot
go to that business meeting,
you can’t just go home, you
can't go to the hotel without
reporting that bag"
Foster insists this is the
most critical detail. "The
longer it goes without report
ing, the more difficult it is to
get it back," she said.
Yadkin
festival
Continued from page IB
frem the Yadkin Valley either
haring been bottled in the
It^dkin Valley Appellation or
the grapes must hawe been
grown in the 1.4 million acre
valley.
Visitors will be delighted to
find tvuenty wineries pouring
in the festival this year. "I
think they will find the wines
to be surprisingly good for the
appellation to be as young as
it is," said Vs^lker Many of
the wineries are just within a
few miles of Elton, including
the Elkin Creek. Wir^ry,
witich is in the heart of the
Tfedkin VaEey It's a perfect
location to learn the story
behind many of the wineries,
and to taste the Valley's
wines.
The first of the Carolinas
Wne Festiwals, in its fifth
year, surprisingly this event is
^ared towards families, not
just those of drinking age.