It’s the August edition of Flashback Friday where I share events from my own life during my kid and teen years.
Down here in the Atlanta area, school started on Monday. The bus stop is right in front of my house and it was mixture of happy kids running in circles and angry kids kicking at rocks.
So I decided to find a diary entry about a first day of school, and I found one when I was in third grade. And believe me, my 8-year old self was *not* impressed with the first day of school:
“It’s doomsday for me.
I’m not liking 3rd grade at all. I want to be in 2nd again. I liked it very much. This new school gives me the creeps.
3rd grade is all messed up.
I thought everybody in 2nd grade would be in my class this year. I thought when I talked to Frisky that he would make sure all my friends were in my class.
[Diary Flashback Note: Frisky was my dead dog who I believed was psychic and therefore even more powerful in the afterlife].
Stupid dog can’t take directions.
Paul [S...] gave me his Hersey kisses for my barbecue potato chips at lunch. Don’t worry diary, those kisses were candy. Not real kisses. I don’t kiss boys. Boys have germs and germs are yuck-nasty. Paul [S...] is germy. I still remember when he ate that dirt behind the playscape in 1st grade. Gross-out.
It’s been just one day and 3rd grade sucks.”
Reading more entries from that year, 3rd grade turned out to be okay in the end.
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Get some writing done or read a good book — still one of the best ways to learn good writing.
Hah, I love this! Your third grade self has some great attitude! =)
But I have to say… why was school starting at the beginning of August? Is that usual? When does school let out for summer?
You know that would make a great story idea? A girl who talks to her dead dog b/c she thought he was psychic and more powerful now that he’d died – really she’s in denial about her own life.
Anne: It’s so early, I know! The Atlanta area started this a few years ago. School gets out down here in May — so believe me, it’s time for them to go back. Ha.
Laura: Ooh, you may be on to something about that story idea. This would be a good middle-grade premise!
Ha ha ha! I loved this!
What do you mean you weren’t impressed??? I loved that entry and I LOVE that you thought your dog was psychic from the grave. Seriously–there’s a novel in there somewhere =)
How great to have your 3rd-grade diary. I think you are being too hard on the 3rd-grade writer you.
Sara and Theresa: Ha, I probably need to clarify the post, I meant my former 8-year old was not impressed with the first day of 3rd grade. Ha.
OMG!! I LOVE that! If that were a book, I’d buy it. Seriously, if you can bottle your third grade self – well, you get the idea.
The joys of the first days of school. Frisky – it sounds like he came through for you since third grade turned out okay. LOL. This was fun to read. =D
RaShelle: Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Ha, maybe Frisky *did* listen to me when I pleaded to him that day at his grave.
Hmm…maybe I should start talking to Frisky again. I do have some things he could work on for me. Ha.