Dreams
Ana had grown wearier of my whereabouts after telling her "goodnight". She went through ALL of my devices. I tried to stop Ana, but I was unsuccessful. Surprisingly, she didn't go off at me as much as I thought she would for watching the YouTube videos that I did. They're not even inappropriate, so I don't know why Ana was making such a huge deal out of them. Ana tried to make me admit to "misbehaving" behind her back, but I played dumb and pretended not to know what she was talking about.
The next day was a school field trip. Ana, Brandon and I were talking near the bus stop. Unfortunately, we were too into our conversation and I missed the bus. The bus driver began taking off without me. I knew I couldn't run so fast, and since we were in front of her car, I asked Ana to race me up the hill, so I could get on at the next stop. (For some weird reason, the bus was at the stop that my junior high school bus used.) Ana told me "Go! RUN!"
That's what I did, and by some miracle, I had made it to the top of the hill and got on.
That's when I got flashbacks of my junior high bus driver beeping her horn whenever there was an emergency and she couldn't stop the bus properly during the winters, as well as other bus procedures. However, I must've got lost in my thoughts, because my pencil punch fell out of the doors and onto the concrete in front of my old karate dojo as the bus took off. I pleaded with Danny to go back and get it. He asked if it was an emergency and I confirmed that it was. Danny drove back to the plaza to retrieve it. Unfortunately, my former karate coach, Mrs. Gates, had grabbed it before I could. I confronted her and politely asked for it back. She kept interrogating me about my whereabouts since her dojo went out of business (it did IRL) and made me fight for it.
I eventually got it back and ran back onto the bus as fast as I could. I sat in the seat of my bus relieved and got out my iPad to watch some anime on Netflix. I saw that season 2 of Toradora! had been released and was one of my English professors, Mrs. Dierig's favourites. Ahh, I see that she is a woman of culture. The cover art was so different compared to the first one. For a show so old, they make it appear so modern.
Before I could watch, all of the previous dream events came hitting me like a train, and there was immense shaking and pounding on the school bus.
That's when I woke up to my alarm and the heavy rain at my window.
Man, what a nightmare, but at the same time, it serves as a nightmare for two things:
I need to take time for myself (and catch up on Toradora!)
Be on time for the bus!
Why I skipped Sunday 16 May 2021
I never thought I could eat so much food in one weekend. Not only did I fall out of my routine, but I felt SO sick. Even this morning, as I'm writing this, I'm still suffering the consequences. Fortunately, I can get back on track with my weight loss and eat less. Also, Ana was getting on my case about not sleeping good and threatened to observe me as I slept. Parents should be parents, NOT dictators.
Today is Day 1 of dance team tryouts. Oop.
"When someone does something well, applaud! You will make two people happy."
-Samuel Goldwyn
Daily Dose of Happiness
How applauding (fill in the blank here) made us both happy: (I'm also going to challenge myself and make it someone who I don't know well.)
(I forgot to complete my daily dose of happiness challenge.)
I had a lot of fun learning one of the tryout routines yesterday during the dance team clinic. Something tells me I'm going to like Pom. It's quite like cheerleading, only with dancing and without lifts or tumbling. It's also jumpy. It makes me all happy and energetic inside. Tomorrow we're learning our second tryout routine, which is s jazz-funk number. I'm super excited. I love jazz-funk! However, the real question is...
Would I be able to keep up with these girls?
They're all veterans of the team and seem to know everything the coach is teaching us.
My only advantage: I'm the only boy.
After all, the dance industry works hard to keep the boys interested in dance.
She'll have to offer me a spot, right?
Coach Werick kind of doesn't have a choice. If I don't make it, Ana's going to go off at me for wasting hers and Patrick's time. Even though she and he are separated, Ana still looks out for Patrick. It's quite annoying.
Ana yelled at me for not eating and exercising enough. I'm not even going to go into it. It's just Ana's daily dose of body shaming. It's always the same things being said. PRO TIP: Eat the food Ana serves and complete 1-2 hours' worth of HIIT workouts. Maintain a skinny, average-weighted figure and (hopefully) you'll survive in this family.
