• I was always outside either on a bike, on roller skates, or at the park with friends. I was a tan kid.
• I could never finish the lunch my mom packed me.
• I remember getting really scared with this other girl after watching Jumanji at my dad's naval office.
• I used to go to my babysitter's house and play with this little girl who only knew how to speak Tagalog. I pretended to understand her.
• At my babysitter's house, this girl gave me her cute zodiac magnets. I still have them on our fridge.
• My elementary school was still being built, so I attended kindergarten at the high school I would later attend.
• In kindergarten, (I think) we made hand prints on the wet cement in front of the Dolphin Beach community pool with our names under them. I believe they're still there.
• I remember passing by the hills that had cows on them in Eastlake.
• I woke up early one morning to go fishing with my dad for the first time at the Otay Reservoir.
• I showed this boy named David my underwear because he showed me his. lolol
• I lied to people for the longest time that I was an only child just to avoid explaining what happened to my sister.
• My sister left for Missouri when she was 18. I was 7.
• We used to go to Catalina Island annually with my aunt's family for the 4th of July/my cousin's birthday.
  • I really wanted to go parasailing.
• My dad taught me how to ride a bike without training wheels.
• I loved my Little Mermaid kite.
• I got most of my Barbie dolls from the swap meet.
  • I got made fun of for going to the swap meet.
• I hated going to the mall with my mom.
  • I would play inside the circular clothes racks.
  • One day I slept on the floor and a couple kids just stared at me.
• I still have my Dominos from the old Fedco that got replaced with a Walmart in National City.
• I put crayons inside Easter eggs as an April Fool's joke.
• On the year 2000 new year I went on a bungee jump for kids.
• I went on my dad's friend's boat and we sailed out of the San Diego bay to whale watch.
• I collected Pokemon cards and traded some with this boy on my block.
• My dad would take us to look at RV's, even though we were never going to buy one.
• I cried after my dad sold his large white van because I liked watching Sailor Moon on the little TV, even though it was in Spanish.
• The only instrument I knew how to play was a recorder.
• I had a crush on a couple boys
  • Christian in 3rd grade
  • Christopher in 4th grade
  • Bobby in 5th & 6th grade
• I frequently played dodge ball w/ Bobby and a few friends after school at the YMCA.
• I used to go to Britney's house.
  • One day she undressed in front of me and her grandma caught her.
  • Another day, I stole some of her toys.
• I rode a horse at a fair.
• This boy on my block that reminded me of Justin Timberlake kissed me on the cheek.
• I was horrible at math. I didn't like the times table.
• I didn't want to go into my sister's friend's convertible because I was afraid of flying out of the car.
• I dressed up in my Barney costume for no reason when I went to my mom's friend's house.
• I got head lice after sleeping over at Alex's house.
• I brought my Ariel doll with me to Disneyland and took a picture with the "real" Ariel. I was in heaven. lolol
• I used to watch wrestling with my dad.
• I had two birds. Then they had babies and it got really crowded in their little cage. One day I forgot to feed them and they all died.
• I had a guinea pig named Guinea Pig. lol
• I had an unnamed goldfish. My mom over fed it.
• I played Mario with my sister on our Nintendo ES.
• Keeping my sister's smoking a secret.
• I colored and cut out paper bunnies for my sister. She kept them on her binder.
• I collected lady bugs in a plastic bottle with Christina.
  • One day, she slept over at my house and the next morning we caught a grasshopper. Before we caught it, it jumped on my forehead.
• After my sister left, I was afraid to use my bathroom. So I used my parents shower instead.
• Sitting on top of a toilet was my go-to place to cry.
• I watched Spice World with Kari.
  • We also loved watching Matilda and would use each other's back as a surface to write on paper.
• I occasionally spent time with the Figueroa family.
• I accidentally took Jonathan's homework in the 2nd grade so I did it for him.
• Jacob Ruiz liked me in the 6th grade. At 6th grade camp he made me something heart shaped but I denied it. I also told him I didn't like him. Poor guy. lol
• I always kept my jacket on no matter how hot it got outside.
• I didn't like putting on lotion.
• Chase asked me out because I liked Dragon Ball Z. I denied him. lol
  • My friend Maristel told me he asked her out for the same reason.

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++ CLARIFICATION: Some of my friends think I'm an only child, which isn't entirely true. I actually have a half sister that nobody really talks about. I haven't seen her since I was 10.