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Wrap Up of Sophomore Year

"Hold on to the ones who really care. In the end, they'll be the only ones there." I've been thinking a lot of how this year has gone, with yearbooks coming in soon and the school year almost over. I felt like it was necessary to do a little "wrap up" of the 2007-2008 school year. So here it goes: I began this year thinking it was going to be just like last year, with my crazy friends and our crazy adventures. After I found out they were all on the morning team and I was going to be by myself, I was devastated. But then a light of hope shone through. My cousin had the opportunity to come live with me and my family for the school year. I was psyched. She was my age, in my grade, but we were totally different. I took this as a learning experience, to try to learn the other side of people. She was put into my classes, and she was the only one I felt I knew in that class, so I was all for it. I thought we would be best friends, and she would be one of the popular girls and would take me on the "cool train" along with her. Quickly, I knew that dream was never going to happen. She became friends with people that I didn't really like, and my friends hated her. They at least gave each other a chance, but our groups were totally different. We went our separate ways, and really only spoke to each other at home. But, looking back now, she's the one I told most to. She roomed with me for the end of the school year, and we talked every night. She knew who I liked, hated and what was really going on inside, before even my best friend knew. I knew she couldn't judge me, because she was my cousin, family, and we'd be tied together forever no matter what. She was my living diary. I trusted her with almost everything I said. And, I think, she stayed true to me. We may have had our up and downs, Chels, but thanks for always being there. I've change so much during this school year. With my cousin moving in, my friends and I being totally separated, and forced with my enemies, I knew I was going to change, but how much, I didn't know. Friends turned to strangers, and the "weirdo's" becoming my best friends. I grew closer with one of my friends that I hadn't even liked in the beginning. I found her intensely annoying and kind of "out-there", but we were more alike than I knew. She told me straight up what she didn't like about me, and me, it to her. She also lost the friends that I lost, and she is one of my best friends now and I'm so thankful for it. Thanks for understanding me, Natizzle; you're all I have left of freshman year. This year, I made my first guy friend. Him and I had classes together and were complete opposites: he was loud and obnoxious, and I was quiet and shy. I think one of the reasons we first started talking was because of my cousin, and how much we disliked her. But then we found things in common and kind of rolled with them. He made me laugh when I didn't even want to smile, and I'm so thankful for that. I went through my darkest time in my life and he was there to cheer me up, even if he didn't know it. Thanks for always putting a smile on my face, Mr. Dorey, and serenading me during class. The date is May 19, 2008, and as I was taking the bus home from school, the rain is coming down and the windows foggy, I turned my Zune on. Song: When You Look Me In The Eyes by Jonas Brothers. This song is so passionate and I've heard it so many times in so many ways, that it means more than most people can understand. I was thinking over this year to this song and I wanted to start crying. I put my hood up, leaned my head against the window, and began to write this, in my head, the wrap up of this year. I get off the bus, head towards the front door, and begin to turn. I take off my hood, and drop everything. I run around the yard, singing and dancing in the rain. It is the most amazing feeling you can get, and if you haven't already tried it, do it. It's incredible. And as I sit here, hair wet and glasses splotchy with raindrop remnants, reminiscing on this year and think about how it has been crazy, wild and super exciting. MANY ups and downs, but in the end, everything will turn out okay, won't it? "Everyday I start to realize, I can reach my tomorrow, I can hold my head up high, And it's all because you're by my side."

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