2 days to go.
current mood: bored
It's two days until Christmas and for the first time in two years I'm looking forward to it. Mainly because Christmas two years ago was the first Christmas without my grandma, who i miss very much, and the last Christmas where my sister and myself were living with both our parents. Then their divorced was finalised, the house was sold, dad got his own place, myself, my sister and my mum moved in with my grandad and then spent Christmas 2007 living with him. Dad obviously came round on Christmas day to see us but it wasn't the same as when he lived with us because he'd be there as soon as we'd wake up and mum and dad would sit and watch us open our presents. Now my mum has her own place and I'm a lot happier that I'm not living with my grandad and having to sit through arguments and disagreements every day. We moved out in September so this will be our first Christmas just the three of us in our own house. Once again, dad's coming round to see us open our presents and, for some stupid and pointless reason, so is grandad. I understand that he's on his own again for Christmas since grandma passed away in 2006 but we spent twenty months living with him and we don't exactly get along so the last thing I need is to have him there like last Christmas. But the good part is, he has to go home eventually and this year we're not having Christmas dinner with him. I bet I sound really harsh but I still can't forgive him for what he did before he kicked me out for the second time. On the other hand, I know deep down he cares for me more than my other grandparents.
I can remember doing a review of 2007 at the end of last year and for some reason I can't wait to do a review of 2008. So instead of waiting until the very end of the year or until the start of 2009, I'm going to do one now. Because it's half past three in the morning and I'm still awake and I'm not tired.
JANUARY
Started the year at my dad's house with Jake. I had red hair at this point which changed over the months to the point where I can't really remember what colour my hair was at other months until November. Was still living at my grandad's house at the point.
FEBRUARY
Had my first Valentine's day with Jake. That's pretty much it. First Valentine's day in a while that I was with someone. He got me a really nice card thatI still have along with last year's Christmas card and this year's Birthday card. Still living with my grandad.
MARCH
I think it was this month where I got kicked out of my grandad's house for the first time. He had a massive go at me and tried to prove me wrong which resulted in him calling me things which I'm obviously not going to put up with so I said things back which he didn't like. So for some reason, he thought it was acceptable for him to say bad things but not me. Moved in with my dad for a week or so until he kicked me out after an argument which Jake was mentioned in and my dad pretty much accused me of sciving school while he was at work so I could have Jake round. He eventually realised in April that he'd got the wrong end of the stick when he heard me and Jake talking on the phone about the increased walking distance to each other's houses since moving in with my dad. Obviously, I was back living with my grandad by the end of the month.
APRIL
My dad started talking to me again after a month of ingoring me due to him wanting some time away from me and my sister. Since then, I haven't argued with him anywhere near as much as we used to. Still carried on living with my grandad even though dad started talking to me again. Got drunk to the point of throwing up and having a three-day hangover. First and last time that's ever happened.
MAY
Turned fifteen. Went to Give it a Name festival and met MC Lars twice and Mayday Parade twice. Went to Slam Dunk festival and met Cute is What We Aim For, Furthest Drive Home and Sean Smith from The Blackout. Had Omar from Fightstar and Aled from Kids In Glass Houses walk right past me but I didn't get to talk to them because I didn't realise it was them until they'd walked out of sight. Was still living with my grandad at this point.
JUNE
Not much happened this month. Still living with grandad.
JULY
Started preparing to go on holiday to Spain which meant being without Jake for two weeks. Still living with grandad but things started picking up when we heard about a house that was going to be available shortly after we returned from Spain in August.
AUGUST
Went to Salou in Spain for two weeks. Was exciting and I enjoyed it but it would have been a million times better if Jake was there. I felt so lonely without him and I just wanted him to see everything that I was seeing. The hotel wasn't nice and the staff weren't polite. Other than that, the holiday was amazing. Booked a day trip to Barcelona while we were in Spain. Went to the football grounds there and I started feeling unwell. Got back on the bus which took us to the city area with all the fancy shops and we decided to go to McDonald's for something to eat but I passed out on the floor in front of over forty people as mum was ordering the food. For some reason, I felt better after I passed out and managed to enjoy seeing the fountains before returning back to the bus which took us back to the hotel. Went to see a magic show at the House of Illusions. Went to Port Aventura water park and theme park. When we got back to the UK I decided that next time we go on holiday, Jake's coming with us because I wouldn't want to experience being away from him that long again. Had a really good day in Leeds with Zara near the end of the month but it was ruined by returning to Pontefract having found out on the train back that Jake's "friends" took him to a flat owned by drug addicts. They bought some weed but Jake didn't because he isn't that stupid. But he almost got beaten up by a fat, butch lesbian on crack and he got his phone stolen by chavs who were at the flat and they sent me a text from Jake's phone that I don't like to talk about. He got his phone back and he got away from the flat in one piece. I was still living with grandad by the end of the month.
SEPTEMBER
Got kicked out for the second time after grandad said that he didn't want me in the house ever again. He pretty much assaulted me and I could have reported him to the police. He didn't hit me but he pushed me around the room and dragged me to the door and pushed me upstairs, shouting abuse at me. So that day, I moved in with dad and it stayed that way until we could move into the new house. When we moved in I was really happy because I could have my own room for the first time in twenty months. We bought four female guinea pigs named Rosie, Daisy, Sasha and Layla.
OCTOBER
I think it was this month when Rosie died because while she was still with her mum, she ended up pregnant by one of the other guinea pigs in the litter. Because she was so small and young, she couldn't carry the pregnancy to full-term and she eventually died because of it. So we ended up getting another guinea pig named Angel. We've decided to breed two of the females with our two male guinea pigs after Christmas. That month, I also attended to funeral of a woman named Barbara who was my mum's friend's husband's mum. Half way through this month, half of my high school got burnt down.
NOVEMBER
Celebrated mine and Jake's year anniversary. I'm very happy with him and we're still together as I type this. Due to the fire at school, all the pupils had to start attending lessons at another local school, half past two until half past five which was good because I could stay in bed on a morning for a few more hours than I usually would but it was also bad because I was missing out on the amount of art lessons that I should have had if the school hadn't of been burnt down.
DECEMBER
I had my mock exams this month and the results are good but I got an F in R.E and a D in I.C.T. I'm not so bothered about those because I've never liked I.C.T and I don't need a pass in that to get to college and because of the school burning down we missed out on R.E lessons so we never got told how to answer the questions properly so most of the year didn't pass. They're not the proper exams anyway so there's always room for improvement. We got a kitten about a week ago. She's called Dana and she's twelve weeks old. Booked tickets for Fall Out Boy in March 2009 with Sarah and after new year I'm booking tickets for Forever the Sickest Kids with Jake, Sarah and Mike. That's it so far. There's still eight days left of December so after Christmas I'll write a list of my presents and after new year I'll write about the rest of the month.
This year pretty much involved a lot of arguments with certain people, sitting on rooftops with Jake and my friends, hiding on rooftops from people, meeting bands and dying my hair. I said I started 2008 with red hair. That changed (in order) to black, black and ginger, black and blonde, ginger and blonde, light brown and blonde, dark brown, dark brown with a bit of pink, dark brown again, dark blonde with dark brown and ginger highlights, light blonde with fewer dark brown and ginger highlights and now my hair is just light blonde. But I plan on it being extremely light blonde/white by prom.
Now it's gone half past four in the morning and I'm still not tired. But I should be making an effort to get to sleep. So I'll go now.
Bye.
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