Arkansas

        Within the first two weeks of  Mom and I moving to Arkansas, the power and water shut down. We were water less and powerless for about a week, and it was HORRID! But I got a lot of reading done. During that time, Mom and I shared a room, because we had a roommate named Robert... Now I don't like talking about people badly... most of the time, but this guy.... man, I wish I had never met him, and I am glad that I never have to see him again. When he wasn't working, he was sitting on the living room couch, drinking. Since Mom and I were sharing a room, I didn't have a space to call my own. So when I would talk to friends on the phone, I would go to the living room. One night, I was sitting in the living room talking to Raymond (friend from West Chicago), and Robert was outside, on the front porch drinking, and he came inside. He sat on the couch, and was listening to my conversation, and mocking me. I got to the point where I was so annoyed that I got off the phone, and went to my mom, and she told Robert to leave me alone. He then yelled at her and was also calling her other immature things, then he stormed back outside. I went to bed that night very upset. Later that weekend, we kicked Robert out. I cleaned his disgusting room out, and I moved in. Two days later, I started school at Benton County School of the Arts. My first day was so confusing.... In the early morning, I was trying so hard to find my first class....dance :/ . The principle didn't have time to show me the dance class, before school started, so I was on my own... in a new school... a huge school...on my own.... Scary much? I'm sure a lot of people know what I am talking about. I walked in the gym and found the gym teacher Mr. Nida (who was also my careers teacher), and I asked him what I was supposed to be doing. He pointed to a blond girl, who was mid height, who was wearing all orange and gold. This girls name was Taylor. She looked at my schedule, and was surprised to find out that we had three classes together! At BCSA, there are four buildings on one of the campuses, the elementary building, the middle school building, the gym/dance room/ auditorium, and the music building (which basically was were the choir, the orchestra, and the guitar classes were). From the gym, Taylor and I went back to the middle school building, and we went to her locker, and went back to the gym. We went up a flight of stairs, and there was the dance room! Please note that I was carrying all of the things that were supposed to go in my locker with me this entire time, because I didn't have a locker yet! Dance class was interesting..... I can't go any further into that other than interesting.... but for those of my friends who read my blog, you know exactly how it was/ is with Mrs. Strok. After Dance, Taylor escorted me to my English class taught by Mrs. Cerna. I was then assigned a locker (Hallelujah!). Since I was enrolled to BCSA about three weeks into school, I was extremely lost in the lessons. Even though I was lost in the lessons, I liked English. Next class was Musical Theater. Taylor came to get me from Mrs. Cerna's, and together we went back to our lockers. Turns out that we were two lockers away from each other! We went to the next class. I walked into the class room nervous. I heard so much about Mr. Terrell from Taylor, and he seemed pretty cool. I only hoped that he thought I was cool too. We played this game where we had an imaginary, marble sized ball, that would slowly get bigger as we threw it across the room from one person to another. Our "ball" got so "big" that it eventually exploded and in the room. I think that was the most fun I had my first day. If I go through my entire day, I think everyone will bore, and eventually leave my blog, so I am going to fast forward a class and a half, to lunch. I think that lunch was my least favorite time my first day. I went though the lunch line, got my lunch, and sat down at a table, and ate my lunch, quietly. I made myself invisible. I was also REALLY bored. BCSA was a charter school, it was a really close knit family of students, and for some people who have only ever gone to charter schools, I feel like they don't know just how lucky they are to be going to such great schools, and I feel like they don't realize that in other schools, people are mean (I'm not saying there weren't bully problems at BCSA, but I mean people at public schools can be really mean...), at other schools there isn't a feeling of family. (Does that make sense???). On my first day of school during lunch, I felt like an outsider, and I felt like I wasn't part of the family. I went about my day, doing what my teachers told me, and trying to understand how things worked. The thing that was most confusing, was waiting for parents to pick you up from school. Like I said, BCSA is a charter school, that means no busses to take you home, because there are students coming from all over the place, from other counties even. Pick up and drop off on my first day was new territory. you had to sit with your grade, and listen carefully for your name, then walk to the door, then wait till the teachers told you that you could go. For me it was WEIRD!
       Overall, my first day was, well... Different and challenging. Even though it was hectic, It was still a good first day. Within the next couple of weeks, I made a lot of new friends. Taylor became one of my best friends, along with Aaron and Ariel (who are twins), Kenzie, Sydney, and Hannah. I am going to take a few minutes to talk about these best friends of mine, if you don't mind. Aaron: "Fun Sized" ball of energy, who isn't afraid to show off his dance moves, and who always has a come back. (and although he is going to hate me for saying this) He is a good singer and actor. Ariel: Like her brother "Fun Sized", a great dancer, and who is brilliant in pretty much everything she does. She isn't afraid to show off her singing voice. She most definitely isn't afraid to voice her opinions. She is also a sexy beast! (Hopefully she won't mind me saying that...).  Ariel and Aaron are my African American siblings who I wish I was truly related to.  (Mc)Kenzie: She is awesome, has a good heart, and is always there to led a helping hand when it comes to homework. I am one of the only people she picks up the phone for, because she is great to vent your feelings to. She is an amazing singer and actress. She is, in my opinion (WHICH IS EVERYONE'S OPINON BECAUSE WHAT I SAY IS ABSOULUTLY, POSITIVLY RIGHT ALWAYS!... unless its the answer to a math problem...) is drop dead mother f-ing GEORGEOUS! Sydney: One word to describe Sydney is...Blond. She is very book smart, a talented actress and singer, and a beautiful human being with a dazzling personality. Now you are probably wondering why I called Sydney "blond"... well to say the least, common sense is not her strong point... and she is blond... and she knows that everything I have said about her is completely true. Last but most defiantly not least is Taylor: She is amazing as a human being, and is always putting others first before herself. She does her best at everything, and (even though she thinks it is so not true), she is breath-taking. She is a awesome performer, and has taught me so much about music, that no other music teacher could have pounded into my head.
       These people who I have wasted 322 words on, are my true family. I honestly don't know what I would do without them. Without them, I don't know who I would be today if I didn't have them in my life. I miss them all the time, and can't wait to see them again. (you'll know why later.).

      "Being a family means you are apart of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life. No matter what." ~ Unknown

I am going to end this post on this happy, and somewhat emotional, note.
Thanks for reading!
~Amanda