.this is not at outdoor ed, this is now.

May 21, 1994

Dear Diary,

I like Scott as a friend. But you still can't tell anyone. I have written a lot of pages in my diary. I hope no one reads this. I just woke up a half hour ago, 7:00. It is a saturday morning and I am tired! We have to get out early 'cause my mom has to get her hair cut. I forgot to mention Outdoor Ed in March. you want to hear about it? Okay! In March, we went on a bus trip to Cottontail Ranch, where Outdoor Ed was being held. My counselors name was Alissa. She was nice. We made visors, and I still have mine. At Outdoor Ed we watched a movie about the Lorax. The Lorax is this little guy trying to save the earth. One quote is "I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees!" At the end we also had a talent show. Our group did excersising a weird way. Shannon T was the top of the body and I was the legs. And we did excersises. Also at the end of Outdoor Ed, we had a square dance. I got to dance with Wes, Shannon got to dance with Daniel, Christina got to dance with her cousin Mike Milliotti, and Kristine got to dance with Jason. That is what i was telling you about last night. He was jealous cause he didn't get to dance with me, Wes did. Then they got into a fight and were not speaking to each other. Now they are friends. I think Mark Taylor thinks I don't like him. This is not at Outdoor Ed, this is now. But I do like Mark Taylor. He doesn't believe me. Oh well! Gotta go.

Love, Meagen

**notes from the awkward author:

-whoa. first of all, who did i think i was? "mark taylor was so jealous because wes got to dance with me"...i apparently had a very high opinion of myself.
-i had 4 boyfriends that year. mark taylor, daniel dregne, mike nickeas, and wes rundle. and by boyfriends, i mean we all played together at recess and i got nervous around all of them.
-i remember alissa writing in my outdoor ed book how i was going to be a "heartbreaker" when i grew up because of all my men. like i've said before, i think i peaked in 5th grade.
-exercising is still a difficult word for me to spell
-teehee. the lorax.

.School. (4 pages)

3/25/91

I went to school.
And we learnd Haiku.
Then we learnd Clerihu.
I have a Hamster.
I am maybe going to do a report on her and bring her to school.
We have to do dinosaur reports.
We have to do presidents reports.
We do math.
We do poetry.
We do (turn page -->)
dinosaur reports. We do presidents reports.
We do phonics.
We do Handwriteing.
We go to school at 8:10. We get out of school at 2:00.
I go in a carpool. Some people go home with their mom or dud.
We go to Music at 1:00 on Monday.
We go to the library at 1:00 on Wensday.
There are 29 people in the class.
There is a boy named Michell that comes at 1:00 almost every day. He is in a different class the rest of the day.
I am in Mrs. Howards class.
I am 7.
I am in second grade
We do lots of things.
We do reading silently and out loud.
We do siace. **(science??)
We do history.
We have pictures on the wall. like the human body and the four food groups. and sharing.
We have to follow directions.

THE END.

**notes from the awkward author..
wow, where to begin.
-first of all, i left all the spelling errors. apparently science was a really tough one for me at 7 years old. siace? ok.
-the "turn page" element was key in my diary. just in case whoever was reading it (mainly me) would know what to do once you got to the end of the page.
-when i started writing after the "turn page", i wrote the exact same sentences i had just written. i guess i forgot. damn turn page...
-michell was a kid from the 'special' class that was in our class. i don't think at 7 i quite understood why he wasn't in our class the rest of the day...just that he apparently had a different deal than the rest of us.
-mom or dud? uhhh ok.
-the ending kills me. "we have to follow directions. THE END."

classic megs.

.didn't even tell her mom.

April 20, 1995

Dear Diary,

I am so mad. I got a B+ in math. Phooey. I wanted to get straight As. So much for that idea. I am going to try harder next time. Oh. Guess what! I like Chris Finnefrock. But guess what. he likes Lindsey Jamba. Lindsey has her bellybutton pierced. And she didn't even tell her mom!!! Her sister did it. Oh well.

GOTTA GO!!! BYE BYE!!!

Love, Meagen


**notes from the awkward author
-i love that i'm mad that i got a B+. i'm pretty sure the reason behind this is because my math teacher was dyslexic and i had a hard time following her. ironically, her name was mrs. perfect.
-i fell mad hard for chris finnefrock. we had the same nanny at times and i pumped her for information. standard
-i love how shocking it is that she "didn't even tell her mom!!"

god i'm a nerd.

.two boyfriends.

January 27th, 1994 8:02pm

Dear Diary.

I am in fifth grade. I have two boyfriends. Their names are Daniel Dregne and Mark Taylor. I like them a lot. They are cute! I most like Daniel, but Mark is coming close for a tie. I think they are a tie. I wrote a letter to each of them saying "What's up lover boy?" Cristie and I wrote them. They are signed your secret loverS. Cristie also likes Mark Taylor. Haley, my sister, LOVES Adam. I maybe LOVE Daniel and Mark. Meagen Marie Dregne. Hmmm...Meagen Marie Taylor. Eh? Meagen Marie Carroll. Yea! Huhhh. Gotta go!

Love, Meagen Carroll
8:11pm


**notes from the awkward author:

-daniel dregne was the first boy that ever pranked called me, and inevitably my first crush.
-towards the end of 5th grade, i had 4 boyfriends. i think i peaked in 5th grade
-wow, i didn't know the definition of love
-really? what's up lover boy? that was my flirtation technique?
-good thing i wrote the start and end time, and also signed my full name. in case my diary didn't know who it was from.