It’s here, the last day of summer. Months and months of vacations, no stress and constant fun has all come down to this. 9 months and about 270 days of school sits in my grasping hand. Close the water parks stop the late night movies and no more fun school is here.
But I must admit I am very excited to get back in the grove of thing and start a new year. I am sitting at my computer with exactly 24 hours and twelve minutes before school starts, continuing to think that this will be a excellent year. The possibility that this year will be worse than last year doesn’t even cross my mind.
Trying desperately to hang out with friends so I know that they feel the same way that I do. Questions cross my mind, will I fail a class? Will I get detention? Is it going to be a good year? Common questions yet eccentric ones at that. Most kids will be thinking, am I going to get a boyfriend or girlfriend this year? I may be thinking that but it’s not on my list for things to worry about. Other kids might be thinking, am I going to be popular this year? That is why my questions are odd but true.
What I’m asking myself is how to I attain the unattainable. Good grades, good friends and continuing to write daily. Questions like these is what makes me frazzled. The odious feeling in the deep reaches my mind tell me that it will be a horrible and boring year. But the nearer places of my mind tell me that this year will be excellent. I am stuck between a bind.
At that cliff hanger note, I bid you all good morrow until a new beginning of seventh grade. Good day.
Noah Reynolds
hey noah, this is marilyn. i've just read your last three entries and i feel that uncertainty about summer ending and the school year starting. and i'm not even there with your or even going to school anymore.
ReplyDeleteyou though make me remember it all. your descriptions of your trip to the mountains and your work at the onion are also terrific. thanks for letting me read these. love marilyn
Hi, Noah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sending the link! I loved reading your writing--it's so real and honest and immediate. I hope it's a great year for you and that you keep writing every day, no matter what. You've got a regular reader here!
Emily
noah,
ReplyDeleteyour description of your ambivalence toward the start of the school year...is excellent!
i, too, recall thinking/feeling this way...at the start of each school year...right through college and graduate school.
you've done a fantastic job at tying together your many different feelings.
great post!
love,
walden