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adolescent journals: the wonder years

Tuesday August 29 1989 My house was very quiet this morning as I awoke to find no one up. Usually my dad is awake viewing the morning news but not today. I was the first awake. For breakfast I had Cheerios. My mother spilled some shell salad on the floor and in came Blacky, one of our cats. August 30 1989 School has been fun the last few days and I think I am getting used to the rules of the junior high. The teachers are fair, the lunch is alright, but the suspense of changing classes with only a limited amount of time is what I like. roaming the halls as a "big 6th grader" makes me proud. September 01 1989 This morning I awoke at 7 o'clock. The bus comes for us at 7:25. I was hurrying around getting things together for school then I clipped my nails. I needed breakfast so I dumped some dry Cheerios in a bag and ran to wait for the bus. No sooner had I reached the top of the hill the vehicle wheeled up the hill. Tuesday September 05 1989 On Saturday my grandma and I went