Chapters 1-4                “Magical Move” 
                  

When I was in 7th grade my family decided to move houses. It was really a crazy time for us. It was on the brink of covid and the house market was really low and my parents wanted to buy a house.At the first thought of this I was very upset that my parents wanted to move. I loved my room with blue walls and surfboard bed sheets. I loved my white ceiling that had stars on it so that when I went to bed I felt like I wasn’t alone in the darkness. It took us a couple of weeks of going to many open houses and we found the perfect house for us. It was really close to the beach and it had 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and it was perfect for us. We were trying to get it but then we were outbid. My parents were very upset about this so they decided to give up on finding a new house. Me and my brother were ecstatic and thought that we weren’t going to move. Until  a week later something terrible happened my parents found another open house. My parents loved this house and decided to bid on it and they won. Everyone was happy except me and my brother. There were so many emotions sleeping at the old house for the last time. Me and my brother were sobbing in tears while my parents were telling us how good it was going to be. The next day we moved in and we met a bunch of kids from the neighborhood and they were really nice. We started to hang out everyday and all of us got really close. A year later everyone was really happy except one person. My mom. My mom started to really miss our old house and all of her friends there. This was the time that me and my brother started to feel comfortable with the new house. My mom eventually got over it and now it has been five years. It was a crazy journey but it was well worth it.

      Chapters 13-16         Live with what you got
                

When I was younger my parents always told me to get what you get and don’t throw a fit. This was the theme for chapter 14. I finally understand this saying now. As I am older I always try to make the best of what I have. For example if me and my friends don’t have money to do stuff we will always have to be creative by setting something up for free and those times are the best times. When it’s just you and your friends conversing and having a wonderful time. I always try to make the most of everything even if it’s not much that I have because if you just complain all the time life will get boring. You have to be creative and live your life to the fullest. You can’t just put yourself in a box even if you feel like you don’t have much, you have to have adventure and fun with your life. Don’t say I can’t or it’s impossible because nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it and try your absolute hardest. Be the best you can be, don’t just be made because you don’t have something, just make the best of what you have and enjoy your life.

  
   Chapters 17-20         I wish I was

                     

My parents always tell me not to grow up too fast. When I was younger I really didn’t understand this. When I was younger I wanted to grow up fast. I would always try to act older and do stuff adults did. I would try to keep up with my dad running. I would always tell him to let me drive. When I was younger I really wanted to be older. Now that I look back on everything now I wish I was younger. Right now I have so many responsibilities. Pressure to do good in school. Pressure to do good in sports. Pressure to do chores. It is so much work. When I was younger I had no cares in the world. I was  a free spirit. I just loved the world for what it was. I would play without a worry, meet new kids and we would be friends right away. It is crazy how now I wish I was younger and when I was younger I wished I was older. It’s crazy how fast time goes by. I wish I didn’t grow up so fast.

Video Game Therapy  Chapters 29-32

 I have some amazing memories of playing video games with friends. One Particular moment pops into my head. During covid me and my friend Jason played 2k all of the time. At that time our role models were all of the big 2k youtubers like Joe Knows. Everyday we would hop on the game together and have some of the best conversations. We would just talk for hours about our lives and our futures. Of course we talked while dominating our competition and absolutely destroying everybody in our path. On a serious note it was something that really pushed me through a tough time when I didn’t really know what was going on. It kept me grounded as a person through hard times.

      Risky  Ryan Chapters 25-28
  

One day me and my friends were just chilling by one of the tables by the lunch line. One of my friends had bought an uncrustable for lunch.. With that uncrustable he started teasing the pigeons. I know we  all have that one friend who always  messes around and does really crazy stuff. This perfectly describes my friend Ryan. He will always try to do incredibly crazy stuff like the story I’m about to tell you right now. He started teasing the pigeons. He got really close and was shoving the uncrustable in their faces. Then out of nowhere a ton of pigeons started to form a group. We all watched in slow motion as all of the pigeons started to attack Ryan. They started eating the uncrustable from the hands of Ryan. They ate everything and Ryan was left with crumbs and scratches. A couple of minutes later the pigeons flew over and pooped all over him.