Vanellope over the years

Vanellope was always special. I knew it from the start. I knew it from the moment I picked her off the streets.

It felt like love at first sight. I couldn't take my eyes off her. I couldn't leave her there. I picked her up and brought her home, against all opposition. Best decision I ever made.

Who can say no to that face?

Every time I picked her up, she would climb up to my shoulder. She claimed that as her territory. I liked the touch of her soft grey fur against my cheeks. But then, she got too big to be sitting on my shoulder. 

We had our moments. On Saturday mornings, when I overslept, she would jump onto my bed and try to wake up. But most of the time, she just ended up sleeping next to me.

Like most cats, she is curious. But maybe a bit more than the others. One night, she just hopped into the car and refused to get out. She ended up taking a road trip with us.

I can't believe my baby is all grown up. My house has been home to dozens of cats but she is the one that stands out. She's the one that holds that special place in my heart. Vanellope... is the best.

The Year Ahead Of Me

I stepped into Eleventh Grade today. Same school. Different classmates. Teachers who have never taught me before. And text books the size of truck tires. I guess it's no wonder I'm overwhelmed.

Very overwhelmed.

Everything is so different. It's all new and strange to me. It drives me crazy trying to wrap my head around everything I have to study and everything I have to do. Sigh. Time to contemplate me life choices.

Day one, and I'm already starting to regret choosing Bio-Maths as my main subjects. Not that there was much of a choice in the first place. I keep telling myself it's for the best. It has to be.

There was no shortage of the usual resolutions I take at the beginning of every academic year. Study the daily portions, do your home work, try not to hate any subjects; the list goes on and on. Every year I tell myself, you have to stick to these promises till the end of the year!! So far it has never worked. That's why this year I keep telling myself, It's not like last time. You can not break these promises to yourself. 

But I know all this "study everyday" stuff won't last until July. It is, unfortunately, inevitable.

I guess what I really should be telling myself, is that this is just another school year like all the others. I got through all of those; I can get though this. Maybe a little bit more effort. Maybe work a little harder. And I might actually make it.

It can't be that hard, right? Right? People have survived before...

Anyway, my life doesn't revolve around this. There's so much more going on outside school. I can't let all that go. I know this is important. But not the most important thing going on in my life.

Besides, I got this. I totally got this. Piece of cake. Just like 10th was a piece of cake. Not utterly terrifying at all!

This is a new beginning. A new phase. And no matter what happens; even if Life brings me nose-deep in trouble, there's always a way out. There's always hope. And I just gotta have faith, and a smile that never fades. 

It's a new dawn, 
It's a new day, 
It's a new life...
And I'm feeling... good...