Chapter two
As I’m driving to UCLA, for my first year, I get worried. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAS9o9J1lLY3
Nothing big, I’m always worried. Worried that I’m not pretty or smart or something stupid. Once I even cried in a bathtub. How stupid, right? 548Please respect copyright.PENANAbupYkY5k4x
But that stupid phase was years ago. Six years to be exact. That bathtub phase is over and now I’m going to college. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAShJxIqHGUq
I’m so excited but at the same time so anxious. I already know I won’t have a problem with making new friends. Actually, that’s the easiest part. love meeting new people.548Please respect copyright.PENANAAKmchnSycv
My mom always says that I'm a social butterfly. Oh. My mom. I’m going to miss her terribly.
It's just been me and her all my life. She’s always been busy working her ass off as a real estate agent. She’s very successful and we live comfortably. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAwloHN0Xm3I
That’s why I’m able to go to a college that I chose. College at all is a big accomplishment, she always says. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAafdGU4QQZs
But her working so much comes at a very steep price. Her always being busy means, too busy to date.548Please respect copyright.PENANAYGM6tZ20ll
Too busy to go on vacation. Too busy to have more kids. Of course, I’m not complaining. At least not for me. 548Please respect copyright.PENANA7PSMVh7ww9
Its always been that way. No, I’m complaining for her. She never gets to do things that she wants to do. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVLuXiBRiub
She never gets to relax, and it worries me. I mean everything does, what’s new? But I worry that she’ll collapse under the pressure.
I begged her to let me get a job so that she can take a break but she told me to focus on school. School has always been important to me, naturally, but it’s also very important to my mom. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOzWpOsIHtP
She says that she is where she is today because of the things that she’s learned. So I’ve always focused on school. For me, but also my mom.548Please respect copyright.PENANAcE8ioksjs5
That’s all she asks of me. All my life since, about, age five I’ve tried to always be on my best behavior because I knew my mom was busy. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAQitSNVyjNM
I knew she simply didn’t have the time to deal with me acting out, so, I’ve always been a good child. But I really am going to miss just me and my mom. 548Please respect copyright.PENANALhK9F560Xp
Mom and me. I’m going to miss us baking pie every Sunday. My mom is sweeter than any pie we could ever bake, no matter how much sugar we add.
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