Tales of Tenth Grade

We're slowly drifting into a normal school schedule and I'm still not ready. Summer didn't necessarily feel short but I would've been completely fine with some more time. Just like most people I've talked to, I spent the last few days, doing my summer work, trying to make up for the time I'd spent procrastinating. Usually, I get myself together and do the work by mid August, but this year, I couldn't bring myself to do it. It was like completing the homework meant admitting that summer was over and I couldn't get myself to do that. In past years, we've had and orientation or open house to signify that school's starting soon. Not having that to remind me this year, I didn't fully comprehend that we were going back until I was setting my alarms the night before. I also didn't bother correcting my sleep schedule so I started the year with awful sleeping patterns. I tried to go to bed somewhat early during the first week but my body wasn...

I haven't formed my thoughts about this school year yet because it's only the second day but my first day was straight fire. I got to reunite with the friends and meet my teachers and all the good stuff but I did burst into tears after school because I realized that I do actually have to go back every day. Not mentally prepared yet. I may have also just started sobbing because I woke up at 5:30 a.m. but I'm sure I'll have worse states of delirium as the year progresses. In all honesty, every first day of school has been the same for me since I became a sentient being somewhere around the second grade. All of the teachers ask if I'm related to my siblings who graduated long before me and have apparently left a legacy for me to fulfill. It does get a bit stressful, considering how my new teachers might adjust to me just not being as funny or creative or talented as my older brother and sister. School does have it's charming though. I desperately wanted summer to l...