How are things with you and Ashley? Is she still talking about marriage? Has she named your future children yet?
Sincerely,
Glory
July 30, 2010
Dear Glory,
You were right. I never should have taken Ashley up to the roof with me. Now I get nauseous every time I go upthere. She broke up with me. She asked me what I wanted my career to be, and when I told her I probably wanted to be a musician, she said that wasn't practical and I couldn't support a family with that and that she couldn't see a future with me. We’re in high school! Who thinks of that in high school? So now I hate the way I feel whenever I think of her. I've written a few songs about it. They’re not great songs, but writing them gives me something to do to process it all. What did you do to feel better after Michael Dunford broke up with you?
I’ve spent a lot of time singing and playing on the street downtown, and I'm making pretty good money. Did you end up working at space camp? How are your parents doing with the divorce?
Bye,
Collin
September 9, 2010
Dear Collin,
I’m sorry that Ashley broke your heart. She sounds really shallow if all she cares about is money. Although, I care a lot about money too, so maybe I’m shallow as well. But, there are plenty of musicians that end up making a decent living. She should have had more faith in you. I didn't really do anything to make myself feel better when Michael broke up with me. I just let myself wallow in my pain and I cried a lot until the feelings went away. That probably doesn't sound very pleasant, but I think it helped me get over him a lot faster than if I had tried to ignore the emotions.
My parent's divorce became final a couple weeks ago. My mom has moved in with my Aunt Sara until she can find a place, so I stay with her there during the week and I go backto the house with my dad on the weekends. It’s pretty boring being with my dad because he hardly talks to me, so I usually just go out with friends or spend my time getting all my homework done.
Last week I went to homecoming with some girls from the volleyball team and it was a lot of fun. We got all dressed up in our formal wear and went to have dinner at McDonald’s, and we even crawled around in the play place with the little kids. At the dance we went around and took a bunch of crazy pictures. It was nice to not have to worry about being on a date. I'm sending you one of the pictures from the dance. I'm the one in the red dress.
Sincerely,
Glory
October 24, 2010
Dear Glory,
I don't know what you were trying to do by sending me that picture of you at homecoming, but I honestly can’t stop looking at it. Why didn’t you tell me you were hot? Now I'm kind of nervous about writing to you. Seriously, Glory, you’re gorgeous. That Michael Dunford is an idiot. I kind of wish you hadn’t sent me that picture. But I'm also kind of glad that you did. I don’t know, it's a little confusing.
A couple days ago Ashley came up to me and said that we could get back together again if I would change my mind about being a musician. I actually thought about lying and saying I was thinking about becoming a lawyer or something, but I figured I had better be honest, because I really do want to be a musician. Plus, I was a little annoyed that she wouldn’t let it go. She got all mad and said she couldn’t believe I was choosing music over her. I guess I am.
So now I’ve been looking for music scholarships to apply for. I might just go to community college for a couple years first though. We’ll see. I kind of hate this whole planning for the future thing. I'd rather just let life happen as it comes. How about you? Are you still set on Berkeley?
Bye,
Collin
December 9, 2010
Dear Collin,
Why would I say that I'm hot? That would be a really conceited thing to say. “Hi, I’m Glory, I like astronomy and sushi, and by the way, I’m really hot.” Besides, I don't think I'm hot. I wish my hair wasn't so curly and that my boobs were bigger. Now you’re just going to write me because you think I'm hot. But thanks, I guess.
I think it's good that you chose your passion over a girlfriend. People change and can disappoint you, but passions stay steady.
Turns out my parents aren't rich. That was one of the things they were always fighting about. They have a lot of debt. So I can't afford to go to UC Berkeley, but that's fine, because I’m kind of mad at my dad right now and I don't want to give him the satisfaction of going to his stupid alma mater. I'll probably end up going to Arizona State, which is a great school and I want to stay close to my mom anyway.
My mom is going to move into an apartment closer to the hospital in January, and that's probably a good thing. I like living with my Aunt Sara, but I can tell that we're stressing her out. She makes really good pizza though. I'm going to miss that. If you could live with any of your relatives, who would you choose?
Sincerely,
