Dear Grace

Friday November 5th 2012

So my best friend of all time, Eric Mason, got me this awesomely amazing diary for my 15th birthday! Originally there was no title. It is sort of like a make-it-yourself kind of thing. Eric named it "Dear Grace". I was so happy when I saw it, I almost got teary eyed. So I decided to make my first "Article" or "Write Up" about this diary. I want to have a good introduction to my favourite diary. So here! Anyways, my birthday was actually yesterday, along with my presents. It was so overwhelming, so I'm writing now. All cozy and snug in my bed with my new pajamas with the pen I got from my grandpa Joe. While, my mom said I should get to bed. It is really late. Even though it is the weekend tomorrow, I'm tired.

Saturday November 6th

So this morning my mom told me we had to move and sell the house! I can't move away from Eric! He is my best friend! We are only 4 houses away. She said we have to move because she has to get a new, better paying job. I kept arguing with her but she was sure of this desision. I still have about a month or more before we actually move out of the house. Tomorrow my mom is going to call a Real Estate Agent to come and do stuff, and put our house on the market. I am going to try to spend as much time as I can with Eric. As I said, we have more than a month. For now I am going to try to forget that I am moving, and focus on enjoying the next month or two.

Monday November 8th

Yesterday I was so busy cleaning my room and rearranging furniture, I forgot to talk to Eric! So today after school I went to his house to tell him about us moving and my mom getting a better job. We decided to go to the park to hang out as much as we could. But, we are NOT dating! We don't even like each other that way. Come on! Everyone at school keeps teasing us and singing "Eric and Grace, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" But we are just friends. We have known each other since we were 4 years old! Just because you are friends with a boy, does not make him your boyfriend. He is just your friend that is a boy!!! Ok. I'm getting a bit carried away. Got to go now. Me and Eric are going to the park.

Tuesday December 25th (Christmas Day)

Tomorrow I am moving. I am so glad I at least have Christmas day with Eric! We both got each other a gift. Eric got me a broken mirror. He says it means that I don't need a mirror. That I am naturally beautiful. I got him a picture of me and him at the high school dance in a blue picture frame with smiley faces on it. Mom says we have to leave really really early in the morning so we can unpack. So I guess tonight will be the last time I see him. We are moving far away. I don't think I'll ever see him again unless when I move out and I fly all the way there!

Wednesday December 26th (moving day)

Today is moving day. I don't think I'm ready for this. I've said this before that Eric and I have been best friends since kindergarden! I'm taking a bit longer to write this write up because I have to pack at the same time as my mom yelling at me to stop writing! Goodbye Eric, goodbye Lana (that's eric's little sister). Goodbye Mrs. Mason. Goodbye Eric. I will miss you so much! How will we survive? What will my new school be like? How will I make friends without Eric?

Thursday December 27th

Yesterday was the reveal of our new home in London, England. The house was small but beautiful. The door had indents on it in a swirly design. The handles were some kind of bent black rod that was shaped by a black smith. In the kitchen, the tiles are in a black and white checkered pattern. The kitchen sink looked just like a giant spaghetti bowl attached to the top of the counter. Then I ran as fast as I could right up stairs to choose my room. I opened one door and there was no windows, closet, mirrors. Just a completely blank room. I went to the one beside it which was five steps up from the rest of the house. I opened that door but it was different. It was an old carved wood one, with a brass handle. I opened the door and it creaked. The ceiling was slanted like those ones in a cottage. It had old wooden dusty blinds with no curtain. I decided I'd take this room. I went back down those five stairs and went to see my mother's room. It was very big and had a bathroom attached to it with a Jacuzzi and a stand up shower with those glass walls. It also had two sinks, and since that was the only upstairs bathroom, that's where I'd be going to the bathroom in the morning, brushing my teeth, washing my face, and having a shower or bath (which I'll most likely have a bath because the Jacuzzi looks very tempting!). The kitchen is very small though. Almost like an apartment room. It has a silver metal, one door fridge, and a tiny oven. But there is no dishwasher which makes me upset because now I'll probably have to wash the dishes. Washing the dishes will give me time to think of Eric, but I don't want to think of Eric. It makes me sad and I don't know what I'll do anymore!

Friday December 28th

Im glad that we moved on Christmas break. I am so scared for starting up school without Eric. Who will I sit with? Who will my friends be? Where will I be on the social level? I'm thinking about sending letters to him each week no matter what the cost. I'll get a paper route! That should give me enough money for weekly letters. I just hope that Eric will reply. We could send pictures, places we've been, friends we've met. As long as we will always be best friends no matter what even if it does have to be long distance. Well I have to go to the store with my mom. We're buying new furniture and some paint. I get to pick my paint colour which will of course be red. Red reminds me of Eric's red hair! It reminds me of the rose bushes in front of his house, his mother's ugly red shaggy carpet that smelled like moldy milk but me and Eric didn't mind because we got used to it. Anyways, my mom is dragging me away so-

Saturday December 29th

Today is my Mom's birthday. I really hate how it's this close to New Years. Every year we scramble around to get ready for her party and then clean up and get ready for our New Years party. This year it'll just be my mom and I because our family members can't fly out all the way to London. We're just going to celebrate New Years and her birthday on New Year's Eve and bake a cake together, sit on the couch, and watch Supernatural. We're not going to even bother with watching the ball drop or counting down. This is actually the first New Year's Eve that I'm excited for!

Saturday December 31st