Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Although I am only 19 years old, I feel as if I have been through a lot: love, hate, trust, broken hearts, denial, disappointment, etc...but most of all HAPPINESS. Like anyone else I have made my fair share of mistakes, and even though most of them left a bad taste lingering in my mouth, I have turned around and made the best of them.
Growing up I was blessed with two loving parents (who have now been married for 30 years!!) and one sister. My parents always supported me and loved me dearly. They were at every basketball game, volleyball tournament, and school function that I was involved in. As I started high school things got more hectic. I was involved in just about every school activity possible and my sister, was well, involved in other extracurricular activities. This was hard for me to watch my sister, who is two years older than me, go down the wrong path and still go on living my life the "right" way. It was very hard on my parents also...but like always we made it through. Two years later, my sister graduated with highest honors from high school, but I felt like I got all the repercussions from her bad choices. It was me who had a ten o'clock curfew as a senior in high school and couldn't stay places on weekends, and I hated it and soon rebelled.
During this time, I had an amazing boyfriend we had been together for 2 years. He was three years older, but my parents didn't really approve. They didn't like that he was 21 and at the bar, and I was 18 doing math homework. I had become fed up dealing with my parents rules (which seemed outrageous at the time...but now I understand them more), and I had also forgotten what it was like to be single. So, I decided to break up with my boyfriend and break my parents rules. Having said that, I should also say, that I am a terrible rule breaker and a terrible liar.
I got caught...breaking rules, out past my curfew, and lying...so I got put back in my place.
During the summer after my senior year in high school, I worked and worked and worked. I worked about six days a week and made a lot of money and had no time to spend it, and then I moved to Lewiston.
I started college in August of 2007, and became very aware of why my parents taught me the things that they did while I was younger. It wasn't hard for me to turn down parties to get my homework done and it was no hard decision when somebody asked me to go out to say no. During this time, I found a guy that was very interesting to me. He was from my hometown and had the same interests as me. So we started dating. We dated for a year before I moved in with him. I thought he was the one, but after we had been together a little over a year, I found out some things that I just couldn't handle, and we broke up.
SO HERE I AM.
That is my story-the ups and downs of my short 19 years. I have been through boyfriends, friends, heartbreaks, love, sadness, distress....but above all HAPPINESS.
I know where I am going and who I am, and no one will change that.
Growing up I was blessed with two loving parents (who have now been married for 30 years!!) and one sister. My parents always supported me and loved me dearly. They were at every basketball game, volleyball tournament, and school function that I was involved in. As I started high school things got more hectic. I was involved in just about every school activity possible and my sister, was well, involved in other extracurricular activities. This was hard for me to watch my sister, who is two years older than me, go down the wrong path and still go on living my life the "right" way. It was very hard on my parents also...but like always we made it through. Two years later, my sister graduated with highest honors from high school, but I felt like I got all the repercussions from her bad choices. It was me who had a ten o'clock curfew as a senior in high school and couldn't stay places on weekends, and I hated it and soon rebelled.
During this time, I had an amazing boyfriend we had been together for 2 years. He was three years older, but my parents didn't really approve. They didn't like that he was 21 and at the bar, and I was 18 doing math homework. I had become fed up dealing with my parents rules (which seemed outrageous at the time...but now I understand them more), and I had also forgotten what it was like to be single. So, I decided to break up with my boyfriend and break my parents rules. Having said that, I should also say, that I am a terrible rule breaker and a terrible liar.
I got caught...breaking rules, out past my curfew, and lying...so I got put back in my place.
During the summer after my senior year in high school, I worked and worked and worked. I worked about six days a week and made a lot of money and had no time to spend it, and then I moved to Lewiston.
I started college in August of 2007, and became very aware of why my parents taught me the things that they did while I was younger. It wasn't hard for me to turn down parties to get my homework done and it was no hard decision when somebody asked me to go out to say no. During this time, I found a guy that was very interesting to me. He was from my hometown and had the same interests as me. So we started dating. We dated for a year before I moved in with him. I thought he was the one, but after we had been together a little over a year, I found out some things that I just couldn't handle, and we broke up.
SO HERE I AM.
That is my story-the ups and downs of my short 19 years. I have been through boyfriends, friends, heartbreaks, love, sadness, distress....but above all HAPPINESS.
I know where I am going and who I am, and no one will change that.
New At This
I have to admit..I am very new to this. I have gone over my blog many times now and have done a re-done just about everything! I have edited and played with and deleted and added stuff. I hope this turns out well.
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