Sunday, September 16, 2007

Autobiography part 2

When I was in grade school and jr. high, I was blessed with the news that I had sister on the way, and even though it was hard to have all of the attention shifted at first, both times I was pleasantly surprised. My sisters are the two greatest kids that you will ever meet. My brothers and I used to argue over who would baby-sit them years ago, but right from the start a bond was formed that most people never achieve with anyone throughout their entire life. Even though I’m not that much older than them, I can still teach them what I’ve learned so far in life, and they listen more intently to me than anyone I’ve ever met. If I get nothing else out of life except for teaching them what little knowledge I’ve gained so far, then it will all be worth it. I’m just glad that parents have never talked about my drug and alcohol problem around them, because it would rip my heart out if I knew that they found out about it. I always tried to avoid everyone in my family if I was drinking or using drugs, but I would never even think of being around my sisters if I had been using. I know that this paper keeps jumping back and forth between subjects quite a bit, but I’ve never been very good at organizing my thoughts and ideas, so you’ll have to bear with me.

I think that jr. high was the turning point where I started to have major problems both in school and life, and I barely scraped by both years, finishing out 8th grade in summer school. It wasn’t that I physically couldn’t do the work; it was just that I initially set such high standards for myself. This is where my all or nothing thinking (that still persists to this day) became my downfall. All of my tests were nearly perfect, but I kept missing one assignment after another, telling myself not to slop through any of them. I felt that I had to have every answer on every paper correct, and by the time I had 10 or 12 assignments to do, I decided that this wasn’t possible, and gave up. I goofed off in class, and scraped by with just enough to pass, and nothing more. I now had lower self-esteem than I’d ever had before, and was desperately searching to be popular and find my niche. It was the end of my 8th grade year when I first tried alcohol and marijuana, not because I was trying to fit in, but because I sought it out for the adventure and excitement that I wasn’t getting from school. I experimented a little bit more in high school, but most of the that time I filled up my days with extra-curricular activities to get that thrill.

It was the summer before 9th grade when I was first introduced to cross country running by my older brother, and to this day it is something that just seems to run in my blood. The first day of practice that I ever went to, I went from 1 mile being the farthest that I had ever run, up to that point, to 10 or 11 miles that first day. After practice I thought my legs would fall off and I would throw up my insides, but it was those extremes that I fell in love with. I was never as talented as a lot of the runners on the team, but every single practice I gave everything that I had, and I got a sense of accomplishment from it. I got a high from pushing myself to the limit that was unlike anything else I had ever experienced. I continued to run cross country and track all through high school, and ran 2 full marathons my senior year. I wrestled for 2 years in high school, also, and got the same kind of thrill from giving everything that I had in practices and meets. Even though there was always training going on for running or wrestling throughout most of the year, it still was not enough to keep me from being bored, so I joined choir, concert choir, ensemble, and participated in a musical (Bye, Bye, Birdie). I always felt that I had to be doing something to keep myself busy and entertained, and was always bored when I had nothing to do. I got off on the right foot when high school started, keeping fairly decent grades freshman and sophomore year. In the summers I would work out with the wrestling or cross country team, or try to hold down a job, but without the tight school schedule I got bored a few times and ended up drinking and smoking with friends. By the time junior and senior year rolled around I got behind in my schoolwork again and did the bare minimum to pass, repeating what I’d done in jr high because of my perfectionism for schoolwork. By the time senior year rolled around I stopped going to class almost completely, showing up only for practice after school. I soon was failing all my classes, but luckily I was able to attend independent study and finish up my last semester of high school. I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to graduate with the rest of my class, but relieved to finally be done with high school.

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Anonymous said...

Great post...looking forward to hearing more from you. The love of your family shines through your words. Don't fret about the "all over the place" ideas---been there done that. Thanks for the link to my blog.

Amanda said...

Welcome to blogging Stretch. I like your title. (Manic Repressive describes me very well at times.) I can also relate to this post. High school was a very crazy time for me too.

Shalimar said...

The dichotomy of your life story so far something I can relate. Pass-fail. Good-bad. All or nothing. To be, or not to be. Keep going; I'm listening.

Anonymous said...

My heart melted when I read what you wrote about your little sisters. That is every little girls dream, to have a brother like you.
I don't think you were jumping around. You were stringing things together, if that makes sense, it's like there is a common thread that leads from 1 subject to the other. My brain works the same. So see, it goes in a sensible pattern. :)

Just Me said...

I don't think a life, esp. a bipolar life, runs in a straight line. We write the way we think, and my writing is often the best way to see how my mood is.

For example, I wanted to say something and I forget......:)

Thanks for the link. I'll reciprocate soon.

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Where are you????

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