I am not a very interesting person, let me tell you. I don't really do much, save for the occasional friend fight and vacation. Actually, I am going to Alaska to visit family in just three more days, and am really excited about that. I love going up there and being able to sled 24/7 if I want to. I do ski a little bit, but the least coordinated person in the world can do better than I do. I actually had to take my skiis off and walk down the slope last time, it got so hard. This stunt earned me a few catcalls and snowballs from the lift. I quit not too long after that, and went home to have some hot chocolate.

Also, the big news of the week is that I am absolutely furious at one of my friends. Her name will not be dsiclosed here, so let's just call her Rose. Rose was being a jerk to one of my other friends. Let's call her Alice. So Alice is a very nice person, and would never do anything to insult another person or hurt their feelings. Rose decided to take advantage of this and began picking on Alice. Alice finally decided to go to the counselor, needed some moral support, and brought me with her. I was dragged into the whole mess very deeply when Rose got called to the counselors' office and we all sat down to have a "talk about our feelings" and "work things out like true friends". Uh-huh. Really gonna work, Ms. Breem. Thanks for solving all our problems in one of your genius master strokes. So anyways, we all went to a meeting room (except Ms. Breem, who left the room. Coward.) and had a chat about why Rose was hurting Alices' feelings. At one point, Rose turned to me and said, and I quote, "Isabella, how come you ended up here? I mean, I thought it was Alice who I was being mean to." You know it's serious when one of my group calls me Isabella. I hate my name, and they all know that. So I just kind of glowered at her and said "Alice needed help getting her feelings out there, and she thought I would be a good friend to bring along. And just so you know, I prefer to be called Izzy." "Sure. And I was just wondering. There's no need to get all defensive...Izzy." Rose responded with the same amount of contempt and thinly veiled anger. So when that torture was over, we all headed home and life went on. However, Rose refused to let it drop. She told all the rest of our group about the meeting, and soon everyone knew all the gory details. Then, Rose went on vacation to California and was gone for a week. That drove me up the walls, knowing that she was going to prolong the visit just to stay away from all of us.

When Rose came back, she found one heck of a ticked off Izzy Collins waiting for her. Alice was also angry, but she didn't hold a candle to my fury. Rose ignored me in the six classes we have together. I was fine with that, but she just was very pointed with it. I got so angry, I very nearly punched her. Thankfully I didn't, the last thing I need right now is a suspension. Then the next day, she was back to her normal, bubbly self. Acting as if nothing ever happened sure is the style lately these days at school. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard or seen in my life.

So now I'm just letting the feelings of resentment store up over winter break. Rose is going to have a truckload waiting for her when we go back to school in January. I'm going to talk about it with Alice when we go to a play together tonight. It's going to help seeing someone else who is involved even more than I am.

Have a Happy Holidays, everyone! Don't let a Rose ruin your social life!
-Izzy