Introducing Me

Hello people of the internet, no I'm not a hilarious cat video, but I do consider myself and an amusing person to talk to. I will further refer to  myself as AF, and this post is mostly going to be me introducing myself to you, the public.

My childhood was not so great. With only 50 dollars to my family's name, it is no mystery as to why. I was quickly accustomed to not asking for anything in the store. No matter how much I may have wanted that chocolate bar, and me being unaware of the financial situation at the time, my mother would simply have to deny me anything that was not a necessity. Close to my middle school years, however, my family made the gamble of buying our own house after years of savings and building up our credit score. Now there was someplace I could truly call home. Unfortunately, that dream was nothing but that, a dream. In the 2008 "little depression," we lost our home and were on the search for somewhere to live before we got evicted. Now we live in Napa, in a small home that we rent; it's nothing compared to our old house, but it's fine, with just enough room for the four of us.

Those were my early years, and although there were many more bumps to that road, they have made me stronger and I appreciate everything I have as a gift. There is, however, more to me than simply my past. I enjoy soccer and used to play as a child, but I have week ankles and before I knew it, my soccer career was over before it had even began. I love to draw traditionally and digitally. The latter I just recently discovered was not only a possibility to cartoonists, but to everyone, of course for a rather large fee. When I'm not wasting my life doing homework, I help my mom around the house, cleaning, cooking, and maintaining the two dogs I have, constantly fighting for all of the attention. My younger sister usually entertains me when I get so bored I start to roll on the floor. I'm not so sure as to how many other people actually enjoy math and science, but I must be one of the selected few. These are my best subjects, and they also fall into my favorites. I have always been relatively advanced in math, and now in high school, I like being challenged with ridiculous math my brain could never imagine.

My family is doing much better financially now; we actually go on vacations every now and then, I got a car for my 17th birthday, and even though we still don't have a house to call our own, it won't be soon before we gamble that again. My grades are fine, I love my parents and my sister, and I have extremely supportive friends who seem like extensions of me at times. The next struggle of my life is now college...and I don't know where I want to go or what I want to study, so with that said, I'll end my blog here because I never know what the future holds, but hopefully I'll figure it out soon.