16th May 2003
"With training the dreams lessened, and I stopped fearing sleep"
"But that didn't mean they stopped altogether"
"They became vague, blurry, full of faces I never knew"
"Dreamlike"
"Cassandra, seriously? "
"Exams are starting in an hour, get out already"
"This is how I prep, I need to relax"
"Yeah, sure except you're in the only bathroom and we all need to pee"
"Ugh"
"Things dramatically improved once I actually started taking care of myself, I stopped being the annoying underage kid in student housing and became everyone's friend instead"
"Unfortunately, now I'm thriving the same can't be said back home"
"Today's the day the ceremony for renaming Sunset Valley to Pleasantview takes place. I'm refusing to attend"
"So my parents will pretend to be a united front for the cameras and I want no part in that game"
"And I'll be staying in Veronaville during the summer unless they start behaving"
"But I still feel like death is calling me"
"I didn't want to enter my twilight years as a deadbeat father who spent his whole life living in the same backwards town"
"Bella understands, she says the fire made all of them revaluate their place in the world"
"Doesn't explain why she seems to think she's stuck with a husband who doesn't even say good morning"
"Money does that to a person is a phrase my mother used to say whenever the Goth's looked miserable"
"So maybe it was best I left my sister behind, to save myself from becoming her"
"My friends have referred to this as my midlife crisis"
"And I admit, the one night stands have been lonely"
"The freedom to change who I am, who I want to be has been getting me through the depressing moments"
"I'm my own boss now, no more freelance work"
"Having to deal with HR and employees"
"And their internal relationships"
"Lee-Roy, Ophelia"
"Morning, Mike"
"Your holiday begins later right?"
"Flight's at 4pm, sir"
"Great, hope you both enjoy the long weekend"
"Still, at least this new life is of my own creation"
