A letter from Jun 1st, 2022

Dear Senior Izzie, Over the course of the past year, so many things have happened. We finally stopped quarantine and I was able to get back in school. At first, I wasn’t very happy about this, but I got used to it after some time. There was also the problem between Ukraine and Russia, I didn’t understand why, I just knew that Russia was in the wrong and Ukraine was good! Another pretty recent one was the shooting in Texas, it was unfortunate and just plain terrible. The news spread like rapid fire across America, and the entire country began to mourn the 19 children that were lost in the mishap. Some of the trends at this time were things like stealing stuff from school and vaping (although neither were very fun or good at all). As of right now, my hair is dyed a weird black and white pattern, and I dress the same as I always have. Some shorts and hoodie over a T-shirt I pulled from my pajama drawer because I was too lazy to get one from the closet. I’m friends with Jax, Sophia (Jorge), and Maggie. We’re all good friends and sit together at lunch ( excluding Maggie because she’s on another team). Jax can make me angry sometimes and be a bit pushy, but I get over it (sometimes). My grades are ok, I have pretty much straight B’s minus one class, which is ELA. I don’t know, Mom always tells me it’s because I’m lazy, but sometimes I just don’t feel like getting up and doing anything. I always spend my time laying around and sleeping because my body doesn’t like to work sometimes. I know it makes a lot of people upset at me, but I just can’t help it. My mental health hasn't been all that great this year, but it’s totally fine, I’ve got it under control (maybe)! Mr.Zimmerman's my homeroom teacher right now, and he’s very nice and supportive of what I do and think. I don’t really know what I wanna do when I’m older. Mom;s convinced I’m gonna be some kind of graphic design artist, but she knows as well I do that I’m not very creative and can never put colors together correctly. It’s unfortunate really, I wish I did have the tiniest thought of what I want to do when I'm older like the other kids, but I just don’t. I can’t figure it out, no matter how hard I try. For now, I’m just gonna continue testing out the water so I can figure out what I truly want to do. Enjoy your time through highschool, wherever you may be. Lots of Love, 8th Grade Izzie