New Chapter

I want to go more in depth about the fact that I have moved. For those of you that have just tuned in and don't feel like reading my old posts I used to live in Bogota, Colombia but now I live in Lisbon, Portugal. It's been pretty cool but this move could have gone much more smoothly.

First of all I had no idea it would be this hard to try and fit in. Honestly I thought that people would want to talk to me but no one really did and on top of that I had just gotten into this new thing called IB. I didn't know anything about it except the fact that it was advanced. So I came home that day scared shitless and cried for hours. I thought my life was over. Of course my sister who didn't want to move here at all had already made a bunch of friends. I only knew this one guy and a girl in my sister's grade. It was my first day and I already had to write a two page essay on the Russian Revolution, start reading the Odessey and preparing for an oral quiz (I am terrible at public speaking).

There was one thing I was wrong about when I came home from school that day. I thought I wasn't going to make any friends and eat in the lunchroom alone for the rest of my highschool life but I met this one girl, Gavrielle. At first I didn't thing she was gonna be like a really good friend but now we have a bunch of inside jokes and I know I can trust her.

Now my friends issue is fixed and the third week of school or so I switched out of IB. Personally I think it really sucks compared to AP.

I have met so many awesome people here and so far I've been to some really cool places. I mean just last week I went to Spain and I did something I normally don't do...community service. I went to Habitat for Humanity, I got really sick and I just stayed in the hotel every night watching TV while everyone else was out eating. But it was cool and I got to miss some school.

So for everyone that moved this year and had to make a bunch of new friends and felt like their lives were over, I know how you feel. I mean I've never felt this way before so pessimistic about moving. Usually I make friends easily and I'm the first one to make friends out of my brothers and sister but this time I was last. I guess the older you get the harder it gets. If you still don't have friends, don't worry, there's usually other new kids and if your in a big school you probably haven't met all the people if your in a small school give the people a chance.

They might surprise you.