Goodbye

“As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own.” - Michael Dell

“You should never begin your papers with a quote.” - Mrs. Caffey

I'm sorry Mrs. Caffey for going against your word, but here we are. We are at the climax of a milestone we ferociously conquered. As in we, I mean all class of 2016. I am proud to say I've made it this far. I am also quite heartbroken because I feel as though we will all forget each other forever. There are so many things that can go wrong in each and everyone of our lives and so many choices that could cause an endless ripple effect of events. The matter is whether it holds a positive or negative outcome. The choices we all have to make as a senior are going to go through the same motion as these ripple effects, so the advice I have to give everyone, including myself, is make the right decisions.

I have to chose to follow a path the universe has set out specifically just for me. Everyone has their own path in life, it's just a shame when one loses their trail. Everything that has happened up until this exact moment has happened so I am able to make my life changing decisions in a such a way that things are black and white. There will be no grey in these decisions. It is either one way or the other, and you can't be selfish to try and attempt to manage both. You will be ashamed and feel like a failure.

I am proud of the decisions I am making regarding my future, and in my eyes it's the most clear path set out for me. I hope everyone in class of 2016 can say the same. Don't feel discouraged. Don't feel as though you are just a speck on this world. Feel as though this is YOUR WORLD and you are making the decisions that come along with consequences that you can't even necessarily call consequences. Why? Because you are so proud of the outcome.

I love every decision I made throughout high school because it has led to create me into the wonderful and intelligent woman I am. I also love every person that has walked in and out of my life because without you guys, I wouldn't understand the feeling of pain and loss. I wish nothing but the best for every single person that has made any sort of impact on my life. There is one more thing I want to say before finishing up my last blog and that is thank you. Thank you to everyone and everything that has lead my life to turn out the way it is meant to be.

This is Not Fast and Furious

My last blog talked about how freedom was different than what I had expected, and over the weekend I had a life changing experience that definitely crushed my freedom.. and my car. I’ve only had my car for about three weeks, and even though I wasn’t the one driving my car, I take full responsibility for all that happened.

As all of you know, I work at Burger King, and the boredom that comes with working there leads to a lot of bets on food. My co worker had owed me some Alibertos, my favorite fast food here in Holbrook. I decided since I would be giving my co-worker a ride home, why not go get the food he owes me, this decision lead to the worst night of senior year by far.

As we sat waiting in the Alibertos drive thru for our food, the man that works there started asking me questions about my car.

“What year is your car?” “Is that a z24 Cavalier?” “How fast have you tried going in your car?” The ultimate question that lead to utter failure. My co-worker then asked me,

“Can I drive your car?” I sat there pondering on whether or not I should let him, but I figured since my friends and boyfriend let me drive without my license in their car why shouldn’t he. I decided to drive to my house and let him drive back, avoiding all possible Holbrook police or traffic, since I don’t live too far out on McLaws I figured it was no big deal.

We had stopped and turned around near my house and switched seats. I admit I knew we were going to speed, that was the whole point of my co-worker wanting to drive my car in the first place. After over correcting and slamming the breaks, we ended up flipping three times front first and slid in a field. My car is totaled, I have whiplash and bruises, but I am more than thankful to be alive and safe, along with my friend. There were two lessons learned here and that was 1. Don’t let other people drive your car 2. Don’t listen to the drive thru Alibertos guy when he tells you to see how fast your car can go.