March 8th

Dear Stones,

So, I’m already starting to re-think this whole track team thing. I know it’s only been a few weeks since I made the team, but I had no idea how many practices we were going to have. My mom wanted me to be busy, but this is ridiculous. I feel like all I do is go to school, run, play guitar, homework, sleep, and repeat. Oh, and fit in the weekly OC appointment. Can’t forget that!

I haven’t had much time to do anything, including keeping you updated. I’ve been so busy that some days I even forget to think about you. It’s not that I forget—it’s just that the whole day can go by and, before I know it, I’m in bed and too tired to think. It used to be that moment after going to bed but right before falling asleep that I’d think about you the most. But lately I’ve been too tired and, as soon as my head hits the pillow, I’m out. Is this what they all want? Me to be so busy that I can’t think about you? Is this what’s going to happen? I gradually stop thinking about you until I don’t think about you at all. Is that what it means to move on with my life?

Does moving on with my life mean forgetting yours?

I promise that won’t happen. No matter how much they get me to do, how busy they keep me, I won’t forget you.

Sticks