August 18, 2002

Dear Diary - 

2day we had a gospel thingy @ church. It was @ 6. After the songs there was A Make your own sundae.
Ethan was there so I showed him 2 Sarah E SHE thought he was HOT!! I think he's cute but not hot. & Sarah & I were talking about boys & stuff. So it was cool. We went in & Stacey, Sheila, AY & my mom were talking about Bloussant! It's this stuff that makes your boobs bigger!! N E ways, Stacey ordered it!!?!! Sarah & I left and started talking about that. By the time we were done she wanted to ask somebody (a boy) if they wanted 2 C a girls b_ _ _ s bounce! She started running towards Henre & right as I caught her she yelled his name. Naturally he came over there. So I just asked him some bogus question. (I was covering Sarah's mouth). He answered and just walked off. As soon as I let go of her mouth, we just started cracking up!
New subject: Sam Rayburn Aaaaagh!!!!!! It's TOMORROW! I am so scared! I will NOT be surpised if I don't sleep 2night. I have 2 do it n e wayz. Bye.

I <3 Henre H. & Ethan W. 

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I mean, where to start?! I looked up Bloussant and it is a real thing, at least it was back in the early 2000's. It had pretty good reviews at the time, but a quick scan of the top Google results looked like there might have been some sort of lawsuit that shut them down - shocker. 
Also, boys and boobs - at least I was sometimes a normal pre-teen girl.
I do remember being really scared to go to Rayburn; it was a big school (at the time) and was very intimidating. Switching classes was scary, especially because there were multiple areas/hallways, and I couldn't keep them straight. I was nervous about how many other kids would be there, especially older kids. I don't know if my diaries reflect it or if I even have diaries from the time, but I also know I had very similar fears when it came time for high school. Spoiler alert: I survived (mostly) and it was pretty awesome (mostly).