I lead a pretty average life, I wake up the same time every morning, dreary eyed and still tired, I go to school the same time every day, listen yet learn nothing, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed and I repeat.
As much as we are all the same and stick to the status quo, we are all different and separate our selves from the rest in some way. We may eat the same foods, join the same teams, and like the same movies. But everything we do we do in our own way, on our own terms, and at our own time. I like to believe that I am different from most girls at my school.
Smoking between classes isn’t my thing, drunk Friday nights doesn’t appeal to me either. Most people tell me that I am wasting my grad year not doing the things an average eighteen year old would do. In my eyes those things are not the kind of things that will make this year memorable. I still like to go out with my friends and I think they know that they aren’t missing out on much by having a sober night with me. At times I do get upset because I wonder if those people telling me that im missing out are right. I hear the stories from the weekends and get that feeling in my stomach that I wish I was there. But even if I really wanted to go, I couldn’t.
This year I am representing our city as Queen Val Vadette the 65th Miss Penticton 2012/2013. I could talk about my journey as Miss Penticton for pages, it’s who I am and it’s what I do, but I am so much more than that. I may be gone every weekend with pageants and parades and my weeks consist of helping prep the candidates for the pageant in August. Apart from all of that, when I do have my down town, which is very limited I take advantage of it. Being Miss Penticton is overwhelming with stress and responsibilities.
I take out my feelings and let go of some steam by playing the guitar or writing music.
I started playing the guitar just over a year ago and I thrive at it. People always tell me that im amazing, I hope they’re right. I play a few gigs here and there, im making a demo CD at the moment and hope to put myself out there more next year. As naïve as it is to have a dream to become a performer, in my head if I set my mind to it I will accomplish that one day. Even if its just opening acts for the real deal, in my mind I will still have made it.
My family supports my dreams and pushes me to go for them. I have an older sister named Courtney who is my rock. I don’t know where I would be without her, whenever I have doubt in myself or things go to my head, she gets me through it or brings me back to reality. Were four years apart but I can already tell that we will always be best friends, just like my mom is with her sister. My dad, as embarrassing as he may be, and he may have the stupidest sense of humor, I always laugh along. Then later role my eyes of course. He tries his best to intimidate my boyfriends but he’s just a big teddy bear and treats me like a princess. And yes, he does spoil me more than I deserve.
All of that makes up the person I am today, I guess I kind of lead an above average life, depending on how you look at it. I do wake up the same time every morning, dreary eyed and still tired, I have to go to school the same time every day, listen and try my best, I go to work get paid, I come home relax, I go to bed and I repeat. But its my life and I wouldn’t trade it with anyones.
