A/N: Not so sure about this chapter. Thank you to those who reviewed. If you could keep it up, I'd be beyond grateful.

December 8, 2010

Top Ten Favorites:

1. Macaroni and Cheese—My mom use to cook it all of the time. She would use whatever leftover noodles and cheese we had in the fridge, and combine them together. It tasted delicious.

2. "Castle on a Cloud"—From Les Miserables, a musical on Broadway about the French revolution. A friend bought me the CD when I was eight, and I would sing this all the time. My mom promised me someday when we had more money, she would take me to see the play in New York. I liked the idea of castle where everything was perfect. I felt that even more when I was brought into foster care. My mom never fulfilled her promise.

3. Dog—So adorable. I never owned any pets, but neighbors did. They let me walk their dogs in the morning when I didn't have school. They were always friendly and dependable—it's a shame not everyone is like that.

4. Blue—I don't know why. It's just a really pretty color.

5. My mom—She knew me the best. She could always tell what was bothering me or how I felt. She knew when to help and when to back off. She wouldn't pester me with questions, demanding to know how I was feeling. I liked to please her. I like to please everyone.

6. Venice, Italy—Okay, I've never technically been there, but I've seen pictures. With the water, the glass, and the gondolas, everything seems so peaceful. Maybe some day I can visit. I hope I can. I hope it's as good as I think it is.

7. Hibiscus—They're all over Florida, and they're pretty. They come in three colors: red, yellow, and pink. The pink isn't as common. I had a bush of yellow flowers in my front yard at my old house. Our house was small, but nice. Now someone else lives there and is sleeping in my old room. I don't like to think about it.

8. The Chronicles of Narnia—I read the whole series in a month when I first found them in third grade. I use to pretend my closet would lead to Narnia, and go on a huge adventure through my house. Now, I know better then to believe that stuff (magic and whatnot) actually exists, of course. I'm almost fifteen.

9. I don't have a favorite movie. I don't go to the movie theater very much. It's not my thing.

10. It's a Small World—Sure, it's got the most annoying song ever to accompany it, but it's cool seeing all the different costumes. I like the ending where they show all these different ways to say "goodbye." Every time I went on it, I would try to name the languages each word came from. I wasn't very good at it. I figured out that "Aloha" was Hawaiian, "Au Revoir" was French, and "Good-bye" was, well, English.

Top Ten Least Favorites:

10. Haunted Mansion—It's so creepy. I've barely managed to get through the whole ride once, and it was a horrible experience. The foster home I lived at before Mrs. Nash had a boy there named Derek. He was my age, and he was a huge jerk. The only reason why I went on the ride with him was because he kept making fun of me for being so scared of it. I tried to prove to him I wasn't scared. It didn't work. Everything made me jump—from the corpse in the Portrait Chamber (yes, I know it's fake, but still! Creepy!) to the knockers on the door that would move by themselves. The Library wasn't that bad, but that was only a few seconds. When we got to the graveyard and started going backwards, downwards—I lost it. I started freaking out like crazy. The people from the other Doom Buggies kept giving me looks—some were sympathetic, others thought I was mad. And Derek kept laughing at me. We were almost to the end of the ride when he started waving his hands around. I couldn't figure out what he was doing until the ride stopped. The motion detectors must have gone off. We were stuck there for a minute before the people in charge realized everyone was where they were supposed to be and started it back up again. That was three years ago. I'm never going back there. Never.

9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians—It's nothing like the book. Why even bother?

8. Go Ask Alice—So depressing. Her dreams about maggots and worms made it to my dreams. Why did my English teacher assign that book? It's disturbing!

7. Sunflowers—I'm allergic to them. I would sneeze nonstop around them, and my eyes would get all itching. Also, a bee stung me once. It had been buzzing around a sunflower beforehand.

6. The Hospital—I visit my mom once a year. I used once a week when it first happened. I would talk to my mom, thinking she could hear me. Could she? I don't know. I will never know. It's been four years—I've given up any hope that I had before that she would wake up.

5. My Aunt—she's my mom's sister. She's the only living relative I have, since no one knows where my dad is. Yeah, she's nice. She sends me letters from Boston all the time. She gives me presents for Christmas. So why can't I live with her? Whenever I ask, she just tells me it's "complicated." I don't think it occurred to her I'm not three years old.

4. Yellow—It looks like puke. Bad memories…

3. Alligators—They freak me out. I've heard news reports about them attacking people. And they're so close!

2. The song the sing at the Carousel of Progress. I'm not sure what it's called. "It's a Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow," I think. It's annoying and repetitive. It's worse then Small World.

1. Anything Mrs. Nash cooks. Don't get me wrong—I like Mrs. Nash. But even I will admit her cooking is awful.

1. Food, 2. Song, 3. Animal, 4. Color, 5. Family Member, 6. Place to visit, 7. Flower, 8. Book, 9. Movie, 10. Ride at Disney World (Specifically the Magic Kingdom)

Just checked the weather forecast. No snow.

I really need to get out of Orlando.