April 19, 1996 – Fri

I am helping a first grader learn to read. He hates reading, but loves the pictures so he guesses from the pictures. I covered up the pictures until he sounded out the words. It was pretty neat.

We saw part of the Bryant Talent Show. Clay and his best friend Simeon were in the last one. They took off their shirts and man are they scrawny.

I stayed after school to work with Erica, Max and Christina on Debate.

You know what? I like a lot of guys. I like John B, Clay, Simeon, Jesse T (sort of) and I probably like more which I can’t think of and I will like more in Junior High.

Beth

April 18, 1996 – Thu

Today is Chris’s 9th Birthday. He got some cool stuff. He got a pogo-stick which is pretty neat, he got “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” which is a way awesome movie. And he got some K’Nex.

I helped the first-graders learn to jump-rope. They are so cute!!!

Last summer we took two of our snow tires, some cinder-blocks and a really long wooden board and mad a teeter-totter – it was really fun and cool. When ever we were bored we would find some one else to totter with us. We would plan on inviting our friends over to play with us on it.

Weeks after we made it, it rained, We were tired of staying inside so as soon as it cleared up, me, Becca, Isaac and Abby went outside to play on the totter. Two on each side; the teeter-totter broke. I can see our surprised faces as we fell to the ground. It was totally hilarious that we were so stupid.

Beth

April 17, 1996 – Wed

I am just plain sad today. I think it is for many reasons. One of them is that we watched the rest of Henry V. It was sad because the French killed the kings Brother and all the pages and squires, who are only not much older than me. The main squire-page was played by Christian Bale.

Another reason I am sad is because I don’t have really any friends here in Bountiful. It’s horribly awful. I hate it.

The other reason is that since all my friends live in Salt Lake, I can never go and do anything with them. I never have rides, so I will probably hardly ever if ever see them again after this year. It’s awful.

Beth

April 16, 1996 – Tue

Today we went to this AIDS assembly. It was kind wierd. In Debate we found out if we were Aff. or Neg. I’m Neg. 2nd Neg. to be exact. I get to attack my opponent, and shoot down all their points and all that. I hope we win and that we have fun doing it. In math we did this extra credit thing. It was really hard and I didn’t finish it all, but it just might bring my grade up to an A from an A-. Clay B is so fine!!!

At mutual we wrote letters to the missionaries. I only knew a few of them since the boundary changes screwed us all up. It was fun. We just wrote quick little notes and put stamps and stickers all over them. I hope they make a difference in one of their lives.

I also tutored a little first grader for a Personal-Progress goal. I have to do it for 2 weeks I think. It was fun and it gives you a good feeling to know that you helped them.

Beth

April 15, 1996 – Mon

Today was a good day. I mostly just goofed around with my friends. It’s fun doing that. I did my math homework all wrong and I had to do it over again, but that’s not so bad. We wrote our things that are going to be in the yearbooks. Mine is a little over half a page and they are supposed to be a little less than half a page. I had a lot to write about. I am excited for the year to end because then I will be in Junior High, and I will get to see John more but I won’t be with my friends. But I can always visit them.

Beth

April 14, 1996 – Sun

Today was much more eventful. In church we got to do a lot of stuff. We talked about the Resurection.

We talked about sacrifice in Beehives. We had a presidency meeting and we planned a lot of activities. We are going to make a movie. We don’t we’re going to do exactly, but it is going to be fun!!! We are also going to go ice blocking.

But you know what bugs me: Kari says things out of the blue like today at the meeting, she said, “You know who is sooo stuck on themselves, John P.” And then she goes on to say how he is going out with this girl named Krista and all this other stuff, but that he is really cool. It bugs me because she says it because she knows I like him, but I don’t like him, I like John B. It’s wierd.

Beth

April 13, 1996 – Sat

I didn’t do much today. I did my math. Went to the Library. I read. I listened to music, I played around.

I really, really like John B. He is so fine. You should see him jump, (I gave them starbursts). He’s really nice (I think) and he’s in Algebra which means he could be in my math class next year!!

Do you ever wonder what your life is going to turn out like? I do it all the time. Who am I going to marry, what are they like. What are my kids going to by like where am I going to live what am I going to be .

Beth

April 12, 1996 – Fri

I stayed home form school today. I got almost no sleep last night because my leg hurts a lot and mom said I had a fever. I think I need to learn that missing a day of school is not the end of the world. Every once in  a while, I get these wierd feelings, like something strange or bad is going to happen, it happens when not everyone in my family isn’t there and I don’t know where they are, or what happened to them. It makes me realize how much family means to me. And then I always think about when I grow up and I have a family of my own and what they’re going to be like and how much we will love each other and then I want to know who my husband is going to be and what my kids are going to be like. It is a very strange feeling, and then I want to love everyone.

Beth

April 11, 1996 – Thu

I went to Becca’s play again today. I met the coolest, Finest, awesomest guy. His name is Jon B. He is in seventh grade and so fine. There is only one slight problem with our relationship. I don’t think he knows my name. I could be wrong. he might know my name.

At school we had the worst substitute. She would stand there and smile and then chew us out, with out even telling us what we did wrong, and since she was smiling, we thought we were doing okay. We were going to have PE, but she made us do the mile run. We went and played on the big toy, she stood there and smiled, then she got Mr. Pope mad at us, and everyone is afraid to come to school tomorrow.

Beth

Jon is fine!!

April 10, 1996 – Wed

Okay, there’s this guy, named Clint A. He is soooo fine. Talk about a hunk. The only sad part is, he doesn’t even know me. He is Becca’s friend, from her play, which I saw today it was “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” It was really good.

You know what. I don’t know if I like any one any more. Because no one likes me. It is very depressing. When I go ice skating and to things like that with my friends, and there are some cute guys there and we ask them which one they like out of us, it is never me. I always convince myself that they like me some how, then I start to like them a lot, then they find out I like them, and they hate me. I wish if I like some one, they like me.

Beth