My Dad After Graduation + My North Routine

My dad arrived in Sverdlovsk to study law for the next 5 years.

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I don’t know much about those years of his, so this story seems towill be short.

After graduation and one year of mandatory military service for 1 year he gothe was accepted into the police and moved to Yamalia in the north.

Sometimes I cwould stay home, skipping school due to severe weather conditions.

On thatose days I ate ice cream and played GTA San Andreas.

I remember it as if it was toere yesterday.

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It getbecomes freezing in the wintertime, down to -35 degrees Celsius.

After graduation and mandatory military service for 1 year, he got into the police and moved to Yamalia in the north.

I was there, living through the part of that period myself.

I went to school, attended swimming classes, and did cross-country skiing on weekends along with my friends.

Sometimes I could stay home, and skippinged school due to severe weather conditions.

On thatose days I ate ice cream and played GTA San Andreas.

My Dad After Graduation + My Northern Routine

My dad arrived in Sverdlovsk to study law for his next 5five years.

I don’t know much about those years of his, so this story seems to be short.

Sverdlovsk is a city in the north-eastern part of Russia.

It get's freezing in wintertime, down to -35 degrees Celsius.

All I know about that period is that he lived in a dorm with 4four roommates and daydreamed about reaching the top inof his career.

After graduation and mandatory military service for 1one year, he got into the police and moved to Yamalia in the north.

I was there living through the part of that period myself.

This sentence is a little unclear.
Do you mean that period of the story or that time period?

Sometimes, I could stay home, skipping school due to severe weather conditions.

On thatose days, I ate ice cream and played GTA San Andreas.