Chapter two
As I’m driving to UCLA, for my first year, I get worried. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHupwYTQhft
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? 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNQZSrQhd2
But that stupid phase was years ago. Six years to be exact. That bathtub phase is over and now I’m going to college. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RuGs4GiQO
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXR4eLEoOZf
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. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXwe9lcBXj
That’s why I’m able to go to a college that I chose. College at all is a big accomplishment, she always says. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXp40ANrv7
But her working so much comes at a very steep price. Her always being busy means, too busy to date.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidGjXFJODd
Too busy to go on vacation. Too busy to have more kids. Of course, I’m not complaining. At least not for me. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvVYDbgigk
Its always been that way. No, I’m complaining for her. She never gets to do things that she wants to do. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCtbLBsNe8
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. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7m9Rs6og5c
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBApP5LO1zc
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. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmy4lCzXKS
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. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAseY7rN0M
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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