Chapter two
As I’m driving to UCLA, for my first year, I get worried. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O9sPG37Tn
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? 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDlyAJ6Ttt
But that stupid phase was years ago. Six years to be exact. That bathtub phase is over and now I’m going to college. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwTs3Owcvw
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjODyUkx50U
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. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfYTbuKqNw
That’s why I’m able to go to a college that I chose. College at all is a big accomplishment, she always says. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAstWECVXd
But her working so much comes at a very steep price. Her always being busy means, too busy to date.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKBdlimaBj
Too busy to go on vacation. Too busy to have more kids. Of course, I’m not complaining. At least not for me. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZwYWfmgsa
Its always been that way. No, I’m complaining for her. She never gets to do things that she wants to do. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZGklPJUIg
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. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A6qNKH5BM
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKwNor9fa4
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. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXAA4cH1OY
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. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiwkBQ8dt4
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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