Another blast from el past.

Currently: I really like work. I really like the money I get for work. I really like summer. I really like liking a boy.

Even though the summer has been incredibly uneventful, I have still enjoyed myself nonetheless. I haven't taken any big, exciting trips or anything, but the little weekend road trips to here and there have been enjoyable. I had a great family weekend with my favorite aunts and cousins in honor of my 21st birthday. I don't really have a lot of experience with the drinking scene, but I must say- I can really hold my liquor. I had a good weekend in Denton with good people. All in all- a pretty damn good leisurely summer.

One thing that isn't making me happy- E*beth is leaving for Newcastle very very soon. She told me the other day that she probably won't be coming back. I'm just trying not to think about it. On a positive note, I have always wanted to go to England and now it seems I may have a very good reason to go and stay for a long period of time. She has asked me to be her lodger and I just may take her up on the offer at some point.

I started reading my old diary again. Here's another entry I find fitting straight from the heart of a 12-year-old me.

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June 9, 1999.

I am watching Conan O'Brien. He is funny but I like Andy Richter better, I think. I love watching the show. I am glad I can watch it because it's summer. I am glad that I have you as my diary. :) Sometimes I can't wait to get older so that I can look back at this and remember what it was like to feel small. But still I think that and know I should be happy being little. Sometimes what upsets me is that our whole lives are spent wanting to be something else. Like, when you are little you want to be big and when you are big you want to be little.

Jordan Hillin

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Hmmm. Amen 12-year-old me. I think I may feel ready for the semester. Maybe. Maybe not. I am interested to see what it brings. Hopefully good, happy, fun things. And good grades and stuff.

I'm feeling pretty happy right now. I think I will buy a fish tank. and fish tank stuffs. and FISH!