today

i officially lost my best friend of 6 years...again.

there goes another one.

funny how i did so much for her & in return i get no respect.

you should see what she texted me.

why am i always being traded?

oh right cause i'm boring.

at least i know i still have one good friend...two if i'm lucky.

i'm kinda confused

one minute i'm super extra excited about going to college,

then the next i wanna cry cause i'm scared...

no fun.

a couple of things

1. I GOT INTO MY FIRST CHOICE COLLEGE!

now i know this isn't the world's hardest college to get into,

but i gotta say that i worked my butt off and it paid off

2. yesterday (the 20th) marked 11 years that my family & i landed in this new world called the United States of America

i've officially lived here for over half my life & longer than i did in brazil

3. i've watched Freedom Writers at least 5 times these past 2 days

i love that movie, and had forgotten that

i hope to one day impact a student's life...

and i'm sure i could watch that movie every day for the next year and i'd always cry at the same part haha

&

4. i'm so so so proud of my best friend, Matt

i won't say what he did, but he made a very poor choice last friday night

and he had to pay the consequence for it with his parents

he called me saturday in tears because he was upset for losing his parents' trust

but he came to an epiphany

he realized that his friends were all taking him down a path he didn't want to go down

and what got me is that although he's been my best friend since 7th grade, we don't really show each other any kind of affection outside the occasional hug

well he told me he loved me and that i was his only true friend

and considering what i'm going through right now with a friend situation, that meant more than he could ever imagine

no matter what, i'm proud of him for coming clean to his parents

anyways this has gone on long enough!

CONGRATULATIONS JACKIE!!

& Lincoln

on their newest addition to their lovely family!

little Amelia June is so precious!

<3(:

lots of love & happiness for the whole family!

love you guys

do you remember

the spice girls??

i've been listening to the cd of theirs i have from when i still lived in brazil!

so you know it's REAL old

it's pretty fun though

(:

i think my mom is trying to convert me...

my godmother is crazy christian so it's jesus talk 24/7

& now our family friend's wife (he's 25 & she is 19) is coming to stay a few days with us because he's going out of town and she can't be alone...-_______________-

she is even more religious than my godmom!
DON'T GET ME WRONG, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING RELIGIOUS
but these are the kind that are shoving their beliefs down your throat.

she (the 19 year old) told me that depression is not a real disease, that all it is is you letting satan get to you....like what??

what's worse is that i'm not exagerating, she doesn't talk about anything else! she'll bring anything you say back to jesus and god and blah blah blah!!

UGHHHHH

for jackie

so instead of leaving you a comment telling you everything, i'll do it in a post.

so i am currently still waiting to get my response from Texas A&M University-Commerce.

BUT if i get in (which i kinda think i will) then i will be attending for the next 4 years to major in photography & minor in either journalism or secondary education.

after that i'll get my teaching certificate and i'd like to take over the yearbook, photojournalism & independent journalistic study programs at my high school.

my teacher and i talked about it cause she plans to retire in 4 years

what i think is really funny is that my principal knows me pretty well and at the end of the year when she went to give the end of the year report, she actually told him that!

BUT if i don't get in,

then i'll do an 8 month program to become a medical assistant

and later go to school for ultrasound technician or nursing

2 very different careers

but both things i enjoy (:

so you see

i was going to post pictures from graduation,

BUT since my one and only FABULOUS reader, Jackie, already saw them, i'll save myself some time (:

but here's one anyways

i do, however, have a confession to make.

I, Isabela Macedo de Sousa, sit and plan/daydream about my future wedding/family ALL THE TIME!

like to the littlest details O_o

like i know it's normal and stuff but i think i've taken it to an obsessive level

hahaha

i told my mom that i'm excited to be a teacher and such but that i've discovered that i'm destined to be a mom...cheesy huh?

but it's true though...i just know it.

but let's not tell Dave this

last thing i need is to scare him hahaha

today we had rehearsal

and it was odd

luckily i'm at the end of my row so i sit next to the teacher

& it just so happens to be my 2nd favorite teacher

& my all time favorite teacher is right behind me

:DDD

so you see, i'm getting more excited

little by little...

i'll have pictures by sunday