Looking Back To 2011; Looking Forward To 2012

Many have asked me about my year in 2011. Was it good? Bad? Normal? Insane? Well, I find it is time to answer the question; How was your year?
I must say, I fully enjoyed 2011. Although it was mostly overshadowed by people worrying abour the world ending in 2012, I ignored them and enjoyed the year.
So, you might be wondering; Why?
Why did I enjoy 2011?
There are many reasons.
1) I turned 13. I know it doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but it feels wonderful knowing you are not a child, but a teenager. It gives you some choices of what you wish to do.
2) I started highschool. It was horrible at first, I must admit. Mainly because of the class schedule. I remember how the first day, I went to the wrong class, math. I thought it was science class and I was in a room full of eighth graders and I only knew one person in there. Luckily, the teacher told me where to go, so I wasn't late but I was highly embarressed. Good thing I has to excuse of being new to the highschool. It was also hard because of the lockers. It was, of course, everyones first year using lockers. In elementry, you had backpacks and such. But in my highschool, backpacks are not allowed, so everything must be in a locker. I was luckily not one of those people who forgot her combonation, although I do remember how a lot of people were late because of it. Although, as the days dragged on, we all finally got used to the new life of a high schooler. I personally enjoyed the choices we got. What to eat, how much, how many books we could check out, what class we wanted for our first or fifth period...It was all quite enjoyable, feeling like we had some freedom and choice.
3) New and old friends. Being in highschool made me realize who my true friends were. At the start of the year, I hung out with my friends from last year, though one girl in paticular, her name, Angelique. Towards the middle of the year, I quickly realized that she was two-faced. She was using me to try to get popular, Although I don't see myself all that popular, and for money. I lost her as a friend. We are still not friends, but I do not regret it. Infact, I am glad that I have had enough strength to put her off as a friend. Although I lost some friends, I made new ones and got closer to older ones. I found out more things about my friends and made new friends to hang out with. Yes, we do fight, but in the end, we are all together forever.
4) Love life. It might not seem to important to people who had boyfriends all through elementry, but I had/have my first boyfriend in high school. We are still together and I love him to death.

Those are jsut a few things that I missed about 2011. But, like all years, there are things that I do not miss.

1) Drama. This was the first year I did not play basketbal. I decided to enroll in a program called E.A.S.T, a computer class. At first, a lot of the basketball girls begged me to switch classes. I of course, said no, I am enjoying E.A.S.T. After awhile though, they started to look down upon me for it. I ignored them and defended myself when I had to.
2) Fights. I will not miss the fights I had with my friends, although they are now forgotten. I remember feeling horrible after the fights but being too stuborn to go up and say "Hey, look, I'm sorry, Ok?". That is just who I am though.
3) My group in E.A.S.T. In E.A.S.T, we were put in groups of three. I was put in a group with Leann and Cory, both of whom are my close friends. Though, towards the end, I started to realize that I was the one doing all of the work. Now, you must realize my frustration there; doing all of the work and Leann and Cory getting some of the credit. Also, being Team Leader, I got tired of being ignored by them. When I would ask them to work, it would always be a "Too busy", "I'm working on this." or a straight out "No.". This is one of the reasons we did not get much work in our group.