OH. MY. GOD. MY SUMMER IS RUINED!!!!!
Okay. Let me start from the beginning.
My name is Corine Atkinson. You can definitely call me a city slicker, as I have been living in the big city my entire life. It’s so wonderful! Shops everywhere, wonderful friends, stuff to do…so much better than being out in nature! I’m sixteen years old. My favorite activities include shopping, going to the beach, getting my hair done, and hanging out with friends. My grades are okay, but who cares? Oh, and my favorite food is chocolate ice cream with sprinkles from this place called Sugar Ice. It’s so good! I go there almost every day with by bestie.
And here she is! This is Hillary Monroe. She is absolutely fantastic. She’s a little boy-crazy (actually no, she’s
very boy-crazy), funny, flamboyant, and just all around awesome. She dyes her hair all the time, and is pretty much known as the Snark Queen at my school. We go everywhere together, from clothing stores to Sugar Ice to the beach. It’s fantastic! Oh, and she’s rich as well…and guess where she invited me! A TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER! Squee! I’ve already packed my bags in advance. I’m going to be leaving in a week!
But today when I got home from school was when it all came crashing down.
So I got home, yeah. I guess I shall introduce my family.
So these are my parents. On the left is my mom, Elnora, and on the right is my dad, Fredrick. They are often at work. Mom works for an advertising agency, while Dad is more into cars. Usually they’re not home when I get home, but today was different.
“Oh, you’re home,” I commented as I flung my school bag on the couch. My parents were all smiles as they invited me to sit down, moving my bag out of the way. I wasn’t quite sure how to react. It seemed like they had good news, but what?
“Honey, we have excellent news,” Mom told me, still smiling. “We’ve enrolled you and your sisters into a summer camp! It’s going to be so fun!”
My jaw dropped. This cannot be happening. “A summer camp?” I choked.
“For the whole summer,” Dad confirmed, still smiling.
“No!” I jumped up, and the smiles started to disappear from my parents’ faces. “I was supposed to go to the BAHAMAS! With Hillary! How could you do this to me?”
“Now Corine,” Dad said sternly. “Your mother and I paid good money for this. It will be a great experience, a good chance to spend more time with your sisters, make some new friends, and try new things. Life isn’t just about shopping and spending money.”
“That’s not fair!” I cried indignantly, running a hand through my hair. “And why do
they have to come?”
By the way, these are my 10-year-old sisters. They’re twins. Carly is on the left, and Caitlin is on the right. They are
devils. Annoying, pretentious little beasts that do nothing but cause trouble and throw tantrums if things don’t go their way. And I’m supposed to spend my summer supervising them at a camp when I should be in my bathing suit with my best friend tanning on the beach in the Bahamas? No way!
Speak of the devils, the twin terrors came crashing in. And of course, when Mom and Dad told them the news, they just whooped and jumped all around and just acted completely obnoxious.
“We’re going to a camp, we’re going to a camp!” they chanted at the top of their lungs.
“Shut up!” I yelled at them. Carly stuck her tongue out at me.
So apparently, according to my parents, the camp we’re going to is Camp Newman, a summer camp out in the middle of the woods with no wifi and a bunch of people with either no dignity or no other choice. I obviously fall into the latter category. I'm also guessing that it will be filled with little kids--most places like this are. Ages ten to eighteen? More like ten to eleven.
To entertain myself, my mom bought me this. A diary. It is nowhere near Pawbook or Instadog, but I suppose when I get back I will post everything I write in here. But before I could sulk in my room, I had to call Hillary to tell her the bad news.
“Hey girl, what’s up?” Hillary’s voice issued out of the phone.
“Look, I’m incredibly sorry, but I can’t come to the Bahamas with you and your family. My parents are making me go to this stupid summer camp instead.”
“Ohh.” Hillary’s voice became instantly sympathetic.
“That really sucks. I’m so sorry.”“I know, right?” I responded angrily. “And what’s worse is that I have to go with my stupid sisters as well!”
“That really sucks! I feel for you, girl! And if I can call internationally, I’ll be sure to give you a call!”I smiled. “Thanks. I just hope there’s a signal.”
“Don’t worry; I’m sure there will be! Parents will want to call their kids at camp, right?”I nodded. Good point. “Yeah, you’re right. Hey, this whole thing might not be so bad, right?”
“That’s the spirit! Ah, my mom’s calling me. Talk to you soon, okay girl? Bye!”“Bye!” With that, both Hillary and I hung up.
To be honest, I’m still not looking forward to this. Oh well, I can only hope that things won’t be as bad as they seem. Hey, maybe something good might actually happen!
SUCH AS MY PARENTS SUDDENLY DECIDING I CAN GO TO THE BAHAMAS WITH HILLARY AGAIN
Bye for now, Diary...