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Throughout my life, I knew I wanted to grow up fast. I always looked forward into doing adult things like driving and dating. Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed my childhood, but adulthood always looked more pleasing to my younger eyes. As I grew up over the years, I knew time was flying by, but I didn't think much of it. It would take the death of my best friend for me to realize that I must enjoy life in the very moment, and not to over plan the future. High school is stressful as it is with your standardized tests, to your petty "he said/ she said" drama. With that in mind, Sophomore me was finally making a name for herself and grabbing life by the neck while dealing with those pesky high school downfalls. I felt pretty at ease, especially compared to how Freshman year went. You see, I pretty much had to start all over. Based on where I lived my area was on the borderline to a different school zone. Thus I was zoned for Wekiva High School when all of my "friends," were zoned for Ocoee High School. So having no friends during your first year of …show more content…
I wanted to live a perfect life. Remember how I always said that I wanted to grow up fast? Well, that never stopped, even in high school. In fact, it got worse. I know they say it's good to plan ahead, but I took it to the extreme. It was to the point where I emailed companies that I was interested in working with, asking if there was some way I could start doing a sort of internship with them. And because I had this mentality of growing up so fast I didn't have to time to hang out with friends or socialize, it didn' seem important to me at the time. Then one day, coming back from school I go upstairs to put my things in my room just as I've done every afternoon only to see my mother in the living room. I then kissed my mother hello and asked her "why are you home so early?" She gave me this solemn stare with tears in her eyes and eased me with the news that our family dog Brownie has

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