Keeping Hope, Anna

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Dear Noah
I didn't get any sleep last night, I know I woke up and looked at the clock at least every hour. Then I almost slept in half an hour late and nearly missed the bus. Tiffany still refuses to eat, sticking to her story that she's never hungry but I don't believe her. She hasn't told me this big secret that she's keeping and I have been acting like it doesn't bother me, but it really does. I argued with James for two hours last night, he believes she hates him because she hasn't talked to him since they broke up three weeks ago. I know she really does want to be friends with him again, but he seems to just push her away. I have no idea what to do and this problem always seems to distract me from my homework.

I still haven't talked to Sam, I decided to let him come to me, since I don't even know what I did to upset him. I worry that this may be the end of our friendship, and I'm always distracted by this as well. I have band with Tiffany, James and Sam so lately it has been the worst forty-five minutes of my day, I would in fact rather put my hand through a wood chipper than go through that. I keep getting drilled by my parents for not doing my homework and I wish I could tell them about what's going on, but I'm afraid to. I am certain my mother will just brush it off like she does everything else. We are going on our first camping trip of the season in two weeks. I am super excited to get away but also dreading packing for it, the first trip is always the worst to pack for because we have to completely clean the camper too.

How are things at the lake? And your siblings, how are they? Is the restaurant doing well? I miss you.

Keeping Hope,

Anna