  Aw, Craig seemed so sweet giving me a Hershey's *kiss* charm. But then the truth had to come out... he didn't even know why he was going out with me. Oh crap. That's not a good sign. Nooooo this first love was supposed to last foreverrrrrrrrrrrr! Or at least longer than Jessica's record with Craig of two weeks!
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“11-13-96 Dear Yraid, Today Craig found a Hersey Kiss chain on the floor (you know, for a necklace). It was broken, there was no loop to put a chain through. Craig gave it to me. Later in Science, he said, “Too bad that charm is broken. If it wasn’t, you could wear it as a necklace.” Whoa! Cool, he really wanted me to wear it. When I got home from school, I wanted to look at the charm but it wasn’t in my pocket! I LOST IT! AHHH! -Krista P.S. Meghan said she said to Craig, “I don’t see how Krista can go out with you.” Meghan told me he said, “A lot of people ask me how I can go out with her and I don’t really have an answer for that question either!” Is Meghan lying? She wouldn’t lie. Does Craig truly like me or is he just playing games? God help me my life is so confused!”
  When I think of how immature I was at age twelve and how young little twelve-year-olds seem to me today, it blows. my. mind. that people trusted me at that age with their INFANTS.
And then I remember how uncomfortable I was the most recent time I held a baby a few months ago, and realize... nope, those parents were right-- I was wayyyy more qualified for childcare at twelve than I am at twenty-five. Not only was I "safe-sitter certified" back in 1996, I was all-pro at feeding babies, burping babies, cooing at babies, changing babies diapers, carrying babies around for hours, etc. Now, I don't even know where to start. I can't relate to babies.
What happened? I think college happened. Four straight years of zero contact with anyone under the age of eighteen. All my nurturing qualities were thrown out the window.
OH god. Know what's scarier yet? Morgan, that baby we watched, is now older than we were when we babysat her. Crap! And Hunter is probably driving now! I. feel. so. old.
And P.S. I hope $5 wasn't half of what we earned!!!
So back to the entry-- What do you think? Will Craig and I last 2 weeks 1 day? Will we date longer than he and Jessica? Is it true love? CAN YOU STAND THE SUSPENSE?!?!!
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“11-11-96 Dear Yraid, On Sat Jaime & I babysat for a 3 yr old (Hunter) & about an 8 month old (Morgan). It was an interesting (ask Jaime) experience – but I got $5 out of it! Then I slept over at Jaime’s- very fun! Today, I called Craig after school. We were both doing our homework. It was funny because we kept swearing because we didn’t understand it or we got something wrong. We got our seats changed in Sci & Math. Now in Sci I still sit by Craig. But in Math, that’s too far apart! Well, I need to go out with Craig longer than Jessica. I’m determined! She went out with him for 2 weeks. So I have to last until Friday which would make it 2 weeks & a day! Well Bye! KRISTA”
First of all, thank you to everyone who emailed, texted, and/or left comments reminding me that I hadn't posted in almost a month. You'll be happy to know I am not dead (however, I did burn the shit out of my finger tonight... please learn from my mistakes-- before you lift an electric stove burner with your bare finger to retrieve a wayward grain of rice, make sure it's not the burner you JUST turned off seconds ago... damn).
Anyhow, my primary excuse for being a shitty blogger recently is that I was on vacation in San Diego all last week and I spent most of October planning the trip. But now that that distraction is over... we can get back to: the 7th day of my relationship with Craig...
    "What's more important to me: my life & future OR Craig? Craig!" Oh dear. My decision wasn't between not failing out of school OR dating Craig... or not becoming a teenage mother OR dating Craig... or not smoking crack OR dating Craig. I got two C's... and still had a B average! With two C's on math tests, how would I ever get into college?!? It's kind of cute that I thought my decision between grades and Craig was like life or death, when in the grand scheme of things, who really CARES?
Lying to my Mom (err withholding the facts) and choosing Craig over studying has not come back to haunt me. There has never been a day since where I was like, "Now, damn. If only I had hung up with Craig in 1996 and solved that polynomial equation, I would have gotten that raise I wanted."
Here's a list* of 10 important events from 1996 that I could have cared more about instead of worrying about Craig versus Homework...
- The U.S. launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq.
- Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya.
- The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills 1 and injures 111.
- Bill Clinton wins his second term in the U.S. presidential election.
- The O. J. Simpson civil trial begins in Santa Monica, California.
- Dolly the sheep, the first successfully cloned mammal, is born.
- Chess computer "Deep Blue" defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov.
- 2Pac is killed.
- A gorilla saves a three-year-old boy who fell into its 20-foot-deep gorilla enclosure.
- Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup against the tournament favorite Australia.
* Thank you wikipedia.
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“November 7, 1996 Dear Yraid, Usually, Craig calls me cause I ask him to. Today, he called m & I didn’t even mention anything about the phone at school today! I got really bummed today at lunch cause Craig sat w/ his friends & Jessica & Kara (2 people who have gone out with him) said that meant he didn’t like me. Imagine that! I believed them! Then Lisa & Jessie started telling me how I act differently around Craig. They told me I act like I’m really cool & sophisticated. Yeah right! When I’m around Craig, I usually acted weirder than I do around my normal friends. I HATE LISA! SHE’S A BITCH! BITCH! I had Mat for Content Lit today (Content Lit is after lunch). Mrs. Chandler passed our tests, graded. I got 2 C’s! That is really bad for me! I knew that if I show Mom she’ll ground me & apparently so did Craig. He told me, “Don’t show them to your Mom cause then you won’t be able to go to the movies & that won’t be good.” I want to show Mom, but I want to go to the movies! What’s more important to me: my life & future or Craig? Craig! Is that the right answer? I don’t’ know! I wish there was a handbook on how to live life! I think I’ll pretend I got the test next Monday so then I can go to the movies & Mom can still ground me – just 4 days later. I also got a C in Social Studies. I’m definitely not showing that to Mom because it doesn’t matter because for 1st quarter I have a 98.5 in Social Studies. Here are my 1st quarters: LA:A SCI:A 98.8% MATH:probably B SS:A 98.5%. Craig gave me his school picture today, I gave him mine. I put his in a little heart picture frame by my bed. When I was on the phone w/ Craig, I’m pretty sure he was looking at my picture! Why? Because he said, “You know, you’re wearing all black in your school picture?” About 2 minutes later he said, “You know if you hold a picture a certain way it reflects light?” I’m very sure he likes me, I just hope I could raise my Math grade! -Krista I LOVE CRAIG! DUH!”
 "November 6, 1996 Dear Yraid, Craig was back in school today. At lunch I sat at our every-other-day-table. At our every-other-day-table, I sit with Craig, Jaime, Doug, & Doug M. Here’s how we sit: sometimes Lianna sits with us. She sits in between me & Jaime. Doug M was scaring Craig so Craig kept moving closer & closer to me. At the end of lunch, we were sitting really close together. Doug broke my lunchbox today. Craig called me today. We talked for about 25min. I could talk forever with him! But Mom doesn’t let me stay on very long. –Krista”
Craig was out "sick" for our first two school days as a couple. Suspicious. DUH KRISTA! Don't be too surprised that your boyfriend may like you. You don't have any reason to doubt that... that is, unless you had to BEG him for weeks to go out with you... and he skips the first two days of school in your relationship. Hm.
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“November 5, 1996 Dear Yraid, Craig still wasn’t in school today. I called him after school! He said he’ll be back in tomorrow. He’s giving me his picture & I guess I’ll give him mine (mine stinks, that’s why I said I guess). I think he likes me (WELL DUH KRISTA!). Okay, that was weird. I’ll see you! Krista P.S. We talked on the phone for like 45min! P.P.S. Today is exactly 1 month until my B-Day. I heart Craig! XXXOOO”
  Craig had such a way with words. "If you were dead, that would not be good" is pretty much the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me. Every girl lives to hear a guy say that to her one day.
I don't think I ever mentioned Ryan before this entry. That's because I didn't like him back, so he was of little concern to me. Instead I pursued a handful of other guys who didn't like me. So backwards.
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“November 1, 1996 Dear Yraid, I LOVE having a boyfriend! It makes me feel special, appreciated and loved. Craig called me. I got his address & phone #. He has both of mine too. For awhile it was me, Craig & Doug talking 3-way. Cool! Me & 2 guys! Awesome. Me, Craig, Jaime, & Doug might go see Romeo & Juliet at Tinseltown tomorrow! Cool! Ahhhh! When I was on the phone with Craig, we were talking about me dying or something. Craig said, “If you were dead, that would not be good, not good at all.” He repeated that about 3 times. He really does like me! He knows just the way a girl wants to be treated and exactly what they want to hear. Today me, Craig, Jaime, Doug, & Lianna sat at a lunch table together. Cool! I’ve gotta go! Krista P.S. I know for sure that Ryan likes me because he admitted it twice! I heart Craig!”
  Sorry to ruin the surprise in the title (especially when I had gone through all that effort in the entry to build in suspense with the long string of periods), but this was obviously one of the most monumental days of my youth and I couldn't help announcing it prematurely.
When I was trick-or-treating with my friends that night, all I could think about was that I had a boyfriend. I was so giddy. I don't even think it was a feeling like, "I like this guy SO much, I'm so happy he's my boyfriend now!"... it was more like, "Holy crap! I can say I have a boyfriend now!" A boy, any boy, finally gave in!
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“October 31, 1996 Dear Yraid, BOO! Happy Halloween! Today in Science, we were talking about Moe’s hair. Here’s how the conversation went: CRAIG: Your hair is ugly, Pippi Longstocking. MOE: Then why’s Krista allowed to wear her hair like that? ME: Because I look good in it. CRAIG: Ya. Whoa! Craig likes my hair. But today at 11:55 something unbelievable happened… Craig said YES! We’re going out! Boyfriend-girlfriend! Get the picture??? My first boyfriend! He couldn’t sit with me at lunch today because he had to make plans with Will about Trick-or-Treating tonite. He waited for me after school today. We walked out together. I gave him my phone # & he called me! We talked for about 20 minutes & then I had to go. Well, I’ll be seeing you! Krista I heart Craig!”
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Aw, Craig seemed so sweet giving me a Hershey's *kiss* charm. But then the truth had to come out... he didn't even know why he was going out with me. Oh crap. That's not a good sign. Nooooo this first love was supposed to last foreverrrrrrrrrrrr! Or at least longer than Jessica's record with Craig of two weeks!
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