Linda

Linda! OLIVE YOU!



I Miss you Hunny Bunches of Oats! Whatever you're going through.... Don't forget to smile that beautiful smile of yours! You're a wonderful person and no one knows that better than you!

Quiet Reading

I just got done with a statistics test. Dude.... it was killer man. Last question was a tricky one I think. Why do teachers put a tricky question on the test for?! I just think they wanna screw us over.. and never give us a chance to achieve any goals we want.

Anyways, Tomorrow is my fall break... No school for me! What am I going to do?! i hope I don't have to watch my sister's store. I think I probably have to though.... she needs to go out of town again. So, here's my chance to finish that book I started on before Katrina. I never passed chapter three on that book yet....now I can have some quite time for me. I miss those days when I have quite time doing puzzles and reading books in my room alone. I'm sharing a room with my sisters now and the only time I have some alone time is like in the bathroom or something...... funny.

Chinh

I went back to New Orleans for the first time in 5 weeks. Dude, it stinks... I didn't want to stay long because there might be air-borne diseases floating around. Before we went back to Lafayette, we got some hot beignets and frozen au laits. Good Lord do I miss those. Thu called me yesterday and found out she's in Ohio. Haven't heard from her since Katrina.... and now she's an Aunt! Congratulations! I miss Thu very much man. Getting a call from her right before I went to sleep just made my day.

A new friend confided in me last night and had a heart-felt conversation. She's okay now. It lasted very long and my parents thought I was talking to a boyfriend or something. Never talked to anyone that long before..... It's a new friend (Chinh) I met here in Lafayette just three days ago. I do Believe in FATE (from Mary-Thao's Entry) because she and I can so relate to each other, seems like we're best friends or something and it's only been three days.

Can't forget... I got a phone call from Loi too... He's back in New Orleans.... So now there's hope to return to. It was a nice kick off to many conversations through the evening. I think having friends to give you a simple phone call can get you through alot. Thanks you guys!! I love you all!! Now it's my turn to call some people up.

Breathe

I'm getting happier! I'm scared i might lose it though... because everytime I'm happy something bad happens. i just want to keep this feeling a little longer. let's not get my hopes up too high. I've been having trouble with this.... i really like this guy.. but things might not work out because the hurricane distanced us. I never really told him i like him because i'm scared it'll ruin our friendship. I even thought that a friend of mines was falling for him too. If I don't take this chance to tell him.... it might not have it again to tell him. So should I tell Him? Or just leave things the way they are... until we all go back to New Orleans?! then I'll have to wait some more... what if i never go back? ..so confused. I'm still thinking about it... and i feel like i should wait.... but I might lose my chance again.... i hope i don't regret this, but i'm going to wait til the time is right.... But what should i really do?

New Friend

when things are almost starting to get settled down.... One second later.. boom. things change again. So now my parents are going back next week to New Orleans and I think they are staying there. heard that they can work again and live in a trailer or something. But... wherever that's gonna go.. It means that i'm staying back in Lafayette with my two little sisters for school. Now we are trying to figure things out and I got really frustrated. who's gonna drop off and pick up Anna and Thao-vi?! Who's gonna babysit Katelyn? and grandma is gonna be alone in the house.... Urgh! On top of that... got into a argument with my dad, and my sisters got all mad at me. But it's over now. but still.... i'm very stressed out and I need to get away from my family right now.... but I Can't! Urgh. And then my dad got mad at Hong for something that is not her fault cuz she didn't know. Like she said, Dad can bring you really high one minute and then can just easily get you down the next and make everyone hate you. he really needs to control his temper. actaully everyone does in my house. One good thing, Hoa and I got help from Red Cross. It's not for Katrina, but for Rita. How?! Because I got my license in Abbeville, where Rita hit. God Knows I'm Broke! So I'm not gonna be too broke in the next couple of weeks. When life gives you bumps.. you smooth it out right? but it's not giving me enough time. trying to smooth out one and then it gives me another one to deal with. i'm soooo PMSing too man. I'm very angry and just need to be alone for a while, at least from all these negative things.

This morning a girl ran into me thinking I was a friend of hers. She said I looked like her friend named Van. She felt a lil embrassed... And then I told her my name is Van! wow.. .is there actually a lost twin of me out there?! Hahaha... we talked for a while and I think she's really nice. She asked me if I wanted to go chill with her sometime to meet the other Van. Glad I got to meet a new friend here. Her name is Chinh by the way. Maybe I can finally get out of my family mess and chill with new people.