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Well by this time I was in high school, freshman year.11/4/95:

Dear Diary,
Today was great!  In girl scouts, we were supposed to go to Great America today but I couldn’t go.  Shirley had already paid for us though and Jan was going, so Shirley left my ticket at recall & Damian, Diana, Monique, Alfredo, & two other Monique’s friends (& Jan) went to Great America today.  It was great, although the only rides I went on was the carousel & Days of Thunder.  It was hella tight, though.  Well bye!

Trisha Lyn FloydP.S. Funnel cake is deee-lishous!

I seriously cringe when I see how I “spoke” then & the gross misspellings (most of which I couldn’t stand to not correct).  More a few days later on 11/9/95:

11/9/95:

Dear Diary,
I’m so excited!  This is a 4 day weekend!  The only bummer is I had to carry 2 boxes of fund raiser merchandise home on my bike!  The handles on the boxes broke, so I put little things in my backpack & my jacket & combining the boxes as best as I could.  On Sunday, I have to go to Lorenza’s house to work on POW #6 w her.  She’s my partner.  It’s 1st part is due Tuesdays, so we must get crackin’!  Well, bye!Trisha Lyn Floyd

POW = problem of the week.  By this time I was in high school, and taking that stupid IMP math.  If I remember correctly, IMP stood for Interactive Math Project.  I squarely blame IMP math for the reason I had to take a remedial math class my first year in college.  More from 11/10/95:

11/10/95:

Dear Diary,
I can’t believe it.  The day was O.K. for the most part until we went to Home Town.  On the way home, Louie & Penni were arguing.  Dad told Louie he needed to learn when to shut the fuck up.  So Penni told him it was child abuse.  Like pounding Damian on his back isn’t!  Any way, all 3 of them got into a huge fight, she said Damian & I were little trouble makers, & then I exploded!  I screamed “Shut the fuck up!”  I’m sorry, but I just can’t take it any more.  Then, Penni told us to turn the T.V. off, then Dad said we could watch it, then all hell seemed to break loose.  I nearly cried myself to sleep.Trisha Lyn Floyd

Yeah, lovely adolescence, right?  The next day doesn’t get any better…

11/11/95:

Dear Diary,
Today was O.K. considering our circumstances.  We should be moving soon.  I don’t know where, but we can’t take this shit any longer.  Today Penni called the cops on Dad because of her shitty line of child abuse just ‘cause he yelled a little at Louie.  The cops set her shit straight, though.  The Floyd’s went to Lum School playground.  Damian roller bladed and Dad & I played “football” for most of the time.  We had fun.  Plus, all the fish died because Penni put a sea apple in & it can’t be mixed w/ those fish.  Too bad for Ms. Bitch.  Well, bye!Trisha Lyn Floyd

“Football” involved a little piece of paper, making our fingers into goal posts & flicking it back & forth.  I’m sort of curious why the next day I didn’t mention any of this bullshit.

11/12/95:

Dear Diary,
Today I went over to Lorenza’s house to work on our P.O.W. #6.  Us two are partners, & the 1st part is due 11-14-95.  We didn’t exactly just do the P.O.W.  We did it, I helped her w/ her English homework, played Wheel of Fortune on her computer, and kept reading a bunch of monologues.  It was very fun.  Just what I needed to do.  Well, bye!Trisha Lyn Floyd

Yeah, someone who says things like “us two are partners” really in a position to help someone else on English homework? 

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