I'm sleeping. I'm the most peaceful I've been all night. Just as I switch my position to get more of the covers on me, the sound I've been dreading to hear all summer starts blasting into my left ear. I look to my left and my alarm clock is telling me that its 6 o'clock and time to get ready for my first day of high school. I sit down in front of my mirror. I get ready for what seems like days but was really only an hour. I didn't eat breakfast, I'm far too nervous to add to the already fluttering butterflies in my stomache.
After my mother and I pick up my best friend Kayla, we head towards the school that I'll offically be spending the next 4 years and the rest of my youth at. I look around, I know I'm not the only one who's nervous. The hallways are confusing and the classrooms are silent.
I don't have any trouble finding my classes, I have my older sister's friends take me to each one of them. The only problems I'm having are that i forgot 3 important things at home, my schedule, my locker combination, and a folder, 3 very important things for a first day of high school. The biggest problem though is lunch. My mother had packed me the same thing she had all throughout middle school, a dry peanut butter sandwich, a bottle of water that i could never finish, and about a million other little snacks. My friends Kayla-who is just as nervous as me, Amanda-who is probably more nervous than both of us put together, and brittney-who doesn't have a care in the world if she walked into the wrong classroom and embarrasses herself. We walk into the North Cafeteria for some place to sit. We see a table. We don't sit down, but debate in the one who should gather up the courage to go and sit down first. "You go first." "No, you go first." We argued for a few more minutes. I look over to see that the table is already filled with people. We walk to the South Cafeteria and almost the exact thing happens. At this point, I'm considering getting homeschooled. We're forced to sit on a bench outside the 2 cafeterias and eat our lunch there. I feel so foolish, all I can eat is a Rice Crispy Treat.
I go to the rest of my classes with no other problems at all, but i can still taste the Rice Crispy Treat and the memory of lunch. I push it out of my mind and I can't wait until my next day at high school.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
ABC
A I have two nieces, their names are Ava and Abbie. There my sister’s kids and I love them so much. i babysit them a lot but that’s usually the only times I see them at my house. They have the same middle names, I think that’s cute. It suits them very well.
B My best friend’s name is Bridget Bernadotte. I’ve known her for 12 years. We’ve already planned on getting matching Volkswagen vans and loving together when we move out of our parents houses. We like the exact same things and I’ve never met anyone who understands me more than she does, not even myself.
C Couches are the best thing ever invented. I’m not just saying this so I have something to say for the letter C. my grandma has this couch that’s she’s had since way before I was born. I’ve slept on it, I’ve thrown up while sitting on it, I’ve eaten on it. I’ve had so many memories with my family on that couch. My grandma told me that when she passes away I can have the couch but my father said it’d be impossible to get it up to my room. I told him I’d carry it up there myself if I had to.
D I hate dogs. They’re my least favorite animal, yet I have two of them. The only dogs in the whole world that I can stand are one of my dogs, Pepper, and my friend Bridget’s dog, Ellie. I hate dogs, but I love Dippin’ dots. I could seriously eat them everyday for every meal. I went to cedar point over the summer and I had Dippin’ dots 5 times in 2 days. My love for hockey has nothing to do with the reason I go to hockey games. They sell Dippin’ dots there.
E Eating. I love eating. I’m so glad that you have to eat to survive because that’s the only excuse I have for my undying love to eat. You’d never guess how much I eat by my size. I guess I have the fastest metabolism in the world because my mom has to try to hide food from me at times because I’ll eat it all. I don’t blame her. I complain when I gain a pound but I complain five times harder when she refuses to make me full meals at 10 o’clock at night.
F My father is the most inspirational person in my life. I think out of everyone I’ve met and everyone I’ll meet, he’ll have had the greatest impact on me. He knows me well. I try to get to know him better. He has had the most interesting life and I love to hear stories about his experiences. He may not think so but I find everything he does to be amazing. He takes care of me and I know he’ll never let me down.
G Ginger. My dog Ginger. This is horrible to say but I hate her. It might be because I don’t like dogs and I never give her a chance to earn my affection but she is the most annoying creature to walk the earth. She wakes me up early in the morning by barking as loud as she can. She’s gross. She smells horrible and will chew up anything you leave on the floor.
H Halloween is my favorite holiday. Other than Christmas obviously but Halloween and the whole month of October is one of the best times of the year. I love candy and I love them atmosphere on the night of Halloween. My family still makes fun of me for being Buzz Lightyear when I was 5.
I I'm Jackie. I'm fourteen years old. I like school and I love my family and friends. I'm typical, I'm predictable, and I get a kick out of myself.
J Jackie. Jaclyn. You can call me either. My parents prefer Jack or Juju Bee though.
K Kayla is the name of one of my bestfriends. I met her in 3rd grade and we've been best friends ever since. we have alot of fun together and we can always make each other laugh no matter what. We get into some arguments but we can't help but burst out laughing after 5 minutes. We've had so many good times with each other and i can be completely myself around her. I;m always there for her and I know she'll always be there for me.
L Ladybug. I hate them. This isn't really going to help you understand me or my life any better, its just an experience. I remember a long time ago, I think it was in 2nd grade, i loved ladybugs, I even liked worms. I used to be weird. But I was holding a ladybug on the playground at school once and it peed on me. I've never gone near ladybug since.
M My mom. She is nicer to my friends than she is to me, but I know she'll always take care of me. I know she'll never leave my side, and I know that even when I'm older and I don't love with my parents anymore that she will take care of me if I need her. I know i could always come home to her and she would make me anything I wanted or babysit my children. I could call her to help clean my room or help me fold clothes. I know me and my mother practically never get along but I also know that she'll never let me down.
N I know I already wrote about my sisters but I think its important that I write about my sister Nikkiy again. Nikkiy's my only full sister, the other 2 are my half sisters. Nikkiy is extremely important to me. Shes probably the sister that I'm closest to. She lives just down the hall from me and I can't imagine her any farther away from me than that. I could write way more than a paragraph about her but I'll just say that she is beyond me best friend, she is the one girl you I know that nothing can break us apart. I can trust her with my life and I know she'll take good care of me.
O October. It's by far, my favorite month. There's a few reasons why. One is Halloween. Another is because It's the first full Fall month, and another is because its my best friend Bridget's birthday. Since Bridget is my absolute best friend, we always do something really fun for her birthday. Like you've already learned is that fall is my favorite month, October is the beginning of it and since its just coming out of summer, its not too cold yet. Its always the perfect temperature and its always so pretty outside. October is also my mother, my father, and my grandmas birthdays. October is a very special month to me.
P Pepper is my favorite dog in the whole world. I dislike dogs alot but this one Ican't get enough of. She lies on my couch with me when I'm sick and she plays with me when I'm bored. She's a fat little thing but she is the most cuddly, cute, funny dog I've ever met. I know I talked about how much I hate dogs but its the exact opposite with Pepper, she's like a little baby to me.
Q Well, Q is one of the harder letters, so I'll just give it my best. Last year, Mrs. Henry called me Jaqueline the Queen. I got a kick out of it. Usually in gym i work out my Quads. I like gym alot better this year than I did last year. My grandma made a Quilt once, its the most comfortable blanket I've ever slept on in my life. I like it when its quite, I think its nice, I like to read and I cannot concentrate at all in less its extremely quiet.
R This is going to be lame, but Ron Weasley is by far my favorite character from Harry Potter. In both the books and the movies he amuses me the most. Reading could be one for R, I do like to read. Reading and Ron are related. I love to read. Especially Harry Potter, I usually was most interested in the parts with Ron though.
S my sisters. They mean the world to me. Some of them have gotten married, had kids, and moved out no matter where they are or what they do, I will love them with my whole heart. Liz, Emily, and Nikkiy. I couldn’t live without them. We’ve had our bad times, but I don’t know who the heck hasn’t. I’d do anything for them and I hope they know that. They’re such a big part of my life, they’ve taught me so much and they do so much for me. I love my sisters.
T Tootsie Rolls. That sounds weird to write about, but I really did love them. My mom bought a bag of them once when I was little and me and Nikkiy ate the whole thing in one day and after that we were obsessed. That day we formed a club called TRFC. It stands for Tootsie Roll Fan Club. Now that I think about it, I can't believe we were so weird and that I'm even writing about it for people to read and know about it but me and Nikkiy would crawl under my bed and eat them all day. We even wanted to write to the Tootsie Roll factory to congratulate them on making such a good product.
U Underwear. I don't know if this is school appropriate. I'm guessing it is, its only underwear. Well all little girls wear that underwear that goes up to their necks (actually above their bellybuttons) and i remember one day my mom got me underwear that was just below my bellybutton and it had cute little cats on it. I can't even begin to explain how happy I was.
V I got stuck on this letter, and the few letters below this. I asked me dad what he thought would be a good word for V and he sad very. He said to put very stubborn, and I'd have no idea how to write a paragraph about that. I guess it kind of goes back to the paragraph about my dad. He tried to help me to the best of his ability and if all we can think of when we try our hardest together is Very stubborn, then that's fine with me.
W Whinnie the Pooh was my all time favorite show when i was little, me and Nikkiy watched it all the time. I had tapes that I'd watch all the time. I even have my little Piglette stuffed animal I've had since I was born sitting on my bed with me right this minute. Whinnie the Pooh taught me alot of things and it was a very good show.
X I can't think of anything for X except that in my church, there's a nursery where all the kids can go during the service. I used to go there when I was little. There's all these toys in there for everyone to play with. Mine was always either the blocks or the Xylophone. All the other kids would play on the slide or with the little fake lawn mowers but I'd sit and play with the xylophone.
Y I really like the color yellow. Pink is my favorite color but yellow is next in line. It used to be my favorite color though. I like it because I think leaves are prettiest when they're yellow. I think yellows a peaceful color. I think its pretty for the sun too. The song Yellow Submarine is one of the first Beatles songs I ever heard. It is a good song, and yellow is a good color.
Z It’s hard to think of something for z, I guess I could say that I prefer sweatshirts that don’t zip up but that’s not very meaningful. I could also say that my purse is zebra print or that I used to want to name one of my children Zephyr but that doesn’t really mean a lot either.
B My best friend’s name is Bridget Bernadotte. I’ve known her for 12 years. We’ve already planned on getting matching Volkswagen vans and loving together when we move out of our parents houses. We like the exact same things and I’ve never met anyone who understands me more than she does, not even myself.
C Couches are the best thing ever invented. I’m not just saying this so I have something to say for the letter C. my grandma has this couch that’s she’s had since way before I was born. I’ve slept on it, I’ve thrown up while sitting on it, I’ve eaten on it. I’ve had so many memories with my family on that couch. My grandma told me that when she passes away I can have the couch but my father said it’d be impossible to get it up to my room. I told him I’d carry it up there myself if I had to.
D I hate dogs. They’re my least favorite animal, yet I have two of them. The only dogs in the whole world that I can stand are one of my dogs, Pepper, and my friend Bridget’s dog, Ellie. I hate dogs, but I love Dippin’ dots. I could seriously eat them everyday for every meal. I went to cedar point over the summer and I had Dippin’ dots 5 times in 2 days. My love for hockey has nothing to do with the reason I go to hockey games. They sell Dippin’ dots there.
E Eating. I love eating. I’m so glad that you have to eat to survive because that’s the only excuse I have for my undying love to eat. You’d never guess how much I eat by my size. I guess I have the fastest metabolism in the world because my mom has to try to hide food from me at times because I’ll eat it all. I don’t blame her. I complain when I gain a pound but I complain five times harder when she refuses to make me full meals at 10 o’clock at night.
F My father is the most inspirational person in my life. I think out of everyone I’ve met and everyone I’ll meet, he’ll have had the greatest impact on me. He knows me well. I try to get to know him better. He has had the most interesting life and I love to hear stories about his experiences. He may not think so but I find everything he does to be amazing. He takes care of me and I know he’ll never let me down.
G Ginger. My dog Ginger. This is horrible to say but I hate her. It might be because I don’t like dogs and I never give her a chance to earn my affection but she is the most annoying creature to walk the earth. She wakes me up early in the morning by barking as loud as she can. She’s gross. She smells horrible and will chew up anything you leave on the floor.
H Halloween is my favorite holiday. Other than Christmas obviously but Halloween and the whole month of October is one of the best times of the year. I love candy and I love them atmosphere on the night of Halloween. My family still makes fun of me for being Buzz Lightyear when I was 5.
I I'm Jackie. I'm fourteen years old. I like school and I love my family and friends. I'm typical, I'm predictable, and I get a kick out of myself.
J Jackie. Jaclyn. You can call me either. My parents prefer Jack or Juju Bee though.
K Kayla is the name of one of my bestfriends. I met her in 3rd grade and we've been best friends ever since. we have alot of fun together and we can always make each other laugh no matter what. We get into some arguments but we can't help but burst out laughing after 5 minutes. We've had so many good times with each other and i can be completely myself around her. I;m always there for her and I know she'll always be there for me.
L Ladybug. I hate them. This isn't really going to help you understand me or my life any better, its just an experience. I remember a long time ago, I think it was in 2nd grade, i loved ladybugs, I even liked worms. I used to be weird. But I was holding a ladybug on the playground at school once and it peed on me. I've never gone near ladybug since.
M My mom. She is nicer to my friends than she is to me, but I know she'll always take care of me. I know she'll never leave my side, and I know that even when I'm older and I don't love with my parents anymore that she will take care of me if I need her. I know i could always come home to her and she would make me anything I wanted or babysit my children. I could call her to help clean my room or help me fold clothes. I know me and my mother practically never get along but I also know that she'll never let me down.
N I know I already wrote about my sisters but I think its important that I write about my sister Nikkiy again. Nikkiy's my only full sister, the other 2 are my half sisters. Nikkiy is extremely important to me. Shes probably the sister that I'm closest to. She lives just down the hall from me and I can't imagine her any farther away from me than that. I could write way more than a paragraph about her but I'll just say that she is beyond me best friend, she is the one girl you I know that nothing can break us apart. I can trust her with my life and I know she'll take good care of me.
O October. It's by far, my favorite month. There's a few reasons why. One is Halloween. Another is because It's the first full Fall month, and another is because its my best friend Bridget's birthday. Since Bridget is my absolute best friend, we always do something really fun for her birthday. Like you've already learned is that fall is my favorite month, October is the beginning of it and since its just coming out of summer, its not too cold yet. Its always the perfect temperature and its always so pretty outside. October is also my mother, my father, and my grandmas birthdays. October is a very special month to me.
P Pepper is my favorite dog in the whole world. I dislike dogs alot but this one Ican't get enough of. She lies on my couch with me when I'm sick and she plays with me when I'm bored. She's a fat little thing but she is the most cuddly, cute, funny dog I've ever met. I know I talked about how much I hate dogs but its the exact opposite with Pepper, she's like a little baby to me.
Q Well, Q is one of the harder letters, so I'll just give it my best. Last year, Mrs. Henry called me Jaqueline the Queen. I got a kick out of it. Usually in gym i work out my Quads. I like gym alot better this year than I did last year. My grandma made a Quilt once, its the most comfortable blanket I've ever slept on in my life. I like it when its quite, I think its nice, I like to read and I cannot concentrate at all in less its extremely quiet.
R This is going to be lame, but Ron Weasley is by far my favorite character from Harry Potter. In both the books and the movies he amuses me the most. Reading could be one for R, I do like to read. Reading and Ron are related. I love to read. Especially Harry Potter, I usually was most interested in the parts with Ron though.
S my sisters. They mean the world to me. Some of them have gotten married, had kids, and moved out no matter where they are or what they do, I will love them with my whole heart. Liz, Emily, and Nikkiy. I couldn’t live without them. We’ve had our bad times, but I don’t know who the heck hasn’t. I’d do anything for them and I hope they know that. They’re such a big part of my life, they’ve taught me so much and they do so much for me. I love my sisters.
T Tootsie Rolls. That sounds weird to write about, but I really did love them. My mom bought a bag of them once when I was little and me and Nikkiy ate the whole thing in one day and after that we were obsessed. That day we formed a club called TRFC. It stands for Tootsie Roll Fan Club. Now that I think about it, I can't believe we were so weird and that I'm even writing about it for people to read and know about it but me and Nikkiy would crawl under my bed and eat them all day. We even wanted to write to the Tootsie Roll factory to congratulate them on making such a good product.
U Underwear. I don't know if this is school appropriate. I'm guessing it is, its only underwear. Well all little girls wear that underwear that goes up to their necks (actually above their bellybuttons) and i remember one day my mom got me underwear that was just below my bellybutton and it had cute little cats on it. I can't even begin to explain how happy I was.
V I got stuck on this letter, and the few letters below this. I asked me dad what he thought would be a good word for V and he sad very. He said to put very stubborn, and I'd have no idea how to write a paragraph about that. I guess it kind of goes back to the paragraph about my dad. He tried to help me to the best of his ability and if all we can think of when we try our hardest together is Very stubborn, then that's fine with me.
W Whinnie the Pooh was my all time favorite show when i was little, me and Nikkiy watched it all the time. I had tapes that I'd watch all the time. I even have my little Piglette stuffed animal I've had since I was born sitting on my bed with me right this minute. Whinnie the Pooh taught me alot of things and it was a very good show.
X I can't think of anything for X except that in my church, there's a nursery where all the kids can go during the service. I used to go there when I was little. There's all these toys in there for everyone to play with. Mine was always either the blocks or the Xylophone. All the other kids would play on the slide or with the little fake lawn mowers but I'd sit and play with the xylophone.
Y I really like the color yellow. Pink is my favorite color but yellow is next in line. It used to be my favorite color though. I like it because I think leaves are prettiest when they're yellow. I think yellows a peaceful color. I think its pretty for the sun too. The song Yellow Submarine is one of the first Beatles songs I ever heard. It is a good song, and yellow is a good color.
Z It’s hard to think of something for z, I guess I could say that I prefer sweatshirts that don’t zip up but that’s not very meaningful. I could also say that my purse is zebra print or that I used to want to name one of my children Zephyr but that doesn’t really mean a lot either.
Friday, September 18, 2009
The beginning of school for me is a little bit of everything. It’s fun, it’s hard, it makes me nervous, and it gets me excited. I’ve always hated school up until middle school. That’s when I fully understood why I’m supposed to go, why I should want to go, and why I have to go. Now that I’m in 9th grade, I appreciate it so much more than when I did when I was 9. So far I’ve been enjoying this first part of high school. I have fun being in my classes and learning new things. In the summer I longed so much to come back to school but I know by the end of the year I’ll be dying for it to be summer. I know the classes are going to get harder and the homework is going to get bigger in quantities but for now, I’m enjoying it.
So far I like all my teachers, I like all my classmates and fellow students. I know that will change eventually though. I’ll meet new people, some that I like and some that I won’t like. I know eventually I’ll end up not enjoying some of my teachers. And I know I will stop liking them for stupid reasons like that I forgot to do my own homework. But for now, I like them.
High school isn’t what I expected though. I thought I was going to be overwhelmed by tall people in the hallways, that I was going to somehow trip everyday in the hallway and embarrass myself. Now that I’m getting used to it, I know that even though sometimes I’ll lag behind or not understand what the rest of the class already knows, that I want to get involved and I want this to be the best high school experience. And I know this is only the beginning.
So far I like all my teachers, I like all my classmates and fellow students. I know that will change eventually though. I’ll meet new people, some that I like and some that I won’t like. I know eventually I’ll end up not enjoying some of my teachers. And I know I will stop liking them for stupid reasons like that I forgot to do my own homework. But for now, I like them.
High school isn’t what I expected though. I thought I was going to be overwhelmed by tall people in the hallways, that I was going to somehow trip everyday in the hallway and embarrass myself. Now that I’m getting used to it, I know that even though sometimes I’ll lag behind or not understand what the rest of the class already knows, that I want to get involved and I want this to be the best high school experience. And I know this is only the beginning.
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