Before I Knew Anything

September 24, 1995

Dear M.G.,

Oh my lord, I am so sorry I have not written to you in so long! You must forgive me because, as you should know I am feeling like an incredible low life! right now. the reason I didn’t get to write to you is because I was so busy! I know every time I miss a few times I always say “BECAUSE I WAS SO BUSY,” but this time I really was busy! It was my first week at gifted, wich I LOVE! I wish I could go full time, the only flop was, the second time I went a bunch of girls from palmerston were playing, this game called Marco-Polo, and this stupid girl K—— was playing, And I asked this other girl, E——-, if I could play, she said yes but then STUPID K—— whined “Noooo, I don’t want her to play!” I was so upset I litteraly almost dissolved in tears, but I just walked away, my birthday has passed, I will tell you all about it tomorrow and I promise tomorrow, not in days.

Love from,

Courtie J.P.W.

June 11, 1995

Dear Morning Glory,

I told you I would tell you the rest of yesterday well, today! But I want to draw first.

(Picture of a rainbow, two musical notes, and an annotation that reads “NOT A VERY GOOD RAINBOW.”)

So, on with the day! So, I was invited to the Olive St block party by Toto, but mum and dad didn’t wan’t to go. So we went to the zoo with Steph and had a picnic the first thing we got there. There were alot of wasps and bees, I got freaked out a little bit but not that much. We saw a red panda! It was so cute! It said on a sign near their cage that they are part racoon, part Bear and Part Panda but they can’t figure out where they fit in. (Okay I’m going to use a different pen.)

When we saw the monkeys Mum tried to communicate with them (wierd to the Max!) But some one threw them gum! And Mummy saw a poor monkey trying to eat the gum some gombaa had thrown to them!

We went also to see the gorillas. I saw a poster saying somedays this one gorilla will paint or something or show his paintings, sounds cool, doesn’t it. I wanted to see the oran-ugtangs but mum said we couldn’t (also wired to the max!) After the zoo we went to chico’s to order the pizza and then TO THE BEER STORE! Steph wanted some point nine, (almost no alcheol) Then we went to Steph’s apartment for pizza. I can’t believe it. My breath is still garlicie from the supper! I helped Steph make the cafe au lait, she has a machine to make cappuchino and cafe au lait. It is so cool! And then we went home and to bed. No, no, no, first Kate had a fight with mum for some unknown reason. But I made her stop crying! So that’s the day! I stopped writing ‘cause I had to write an English project GAG ME! Anyway, I have it done! Katherine is coming over, but she wants to change dolls back. WAHHHHHH! I don’t wanna! I love christina! Anyway, I better get ready, more later, Courtney.

Tis now after Katherine has left, i feel kind of wierd, I mean emmotionally, kind of strange right! Well, lots of love and forever true,

Courtney

ps I love you lots

September 26, 1995

Hi! 

It’s now about 10:30pm and I am sitting at kate’s desk while mum dries my hair! It is so late because we went to a baseball game! We didn’t stay for the whole game, just till the 5th inning and then we left because everybody was so tired! We ate at McDonald’s and there was a really ignorant sales person there - grrr! I got a keychain for free, it says GOTEAM, it’s in the shape of a licence plate. I got it free ‘cause they were advertising vanity licence plates, it came in a little bag with a booklet about how to order the licence plates. I ate a Drumstick - (the ice-cream one, not the chicken.) it was my first one and I loved it! I had such a good time! Just me and my family, at the end. scince dad had parked so faraway, he went and got the car while we waited on a bench, neat uh? I know I put of telling you about my b-day, but i promise I will someday.

Love from,

Courtie

September 11, 1995

Dear Morning Glory,

Today started out pretty good and ended pretty good but the middle was a disaster! I will tell you the rest tomorrow.

Love,

Courtie

Monday, August 14, 1995

Dear Morning Glory,

We are still on the train! We have about 45 minutes till we get to Amherst. Right now I am sitting in the dome car. I barley slept at all last night! I miss daddy alot. Even though I had 2 cups of tea the caffine hasn’t had an effect on me, (yet.) I am so tierd! (DO DO, DO DO.) Yesterday I got two neat magazines, one is called Nickelodeon, and the other is called girl’s life. Nickelodeon is sort of really neat, with all this neath things like note passing kit for school, and other VERY cool stuff. Girl’s life is a girl’s magazine, duhh…. and it has all the articles about neat stuff. There was a two page article on The Baby-Sitters club movie. YEAH. The girl who plays dawn is the same girl who plays Colline on Dr. Quinn, medicine Woman. And Kristy looks well… not kristyish, The girl who plays Kristy should play Mary-Anne and the girl who plays Mary-Anne should play Kristy. In the Girl’s life magazine al there was a page of girls who wanted pen pals, there was a photo of each of them, and a discription of their interests and stuff, and guess what, none of them matched me remotly, zip, zero, nada, and the ones that had anything at all in commen with me wanted oen pals that were in like, sixth grade. HOW ANNOYING! Food, food, I want food.

Love, Courtney

November 20, 1995

Guess what? I have pinkeye! So does Kate, and because it’s highly contagious neither of us are going to school, insted we’re going to the doctor, you see Kate got pinkeye yesterday and I woke up with it this morning, I caught it from her, it is really weird to wake up with pinkeye, because your eylids are sorta stuck together, and you have trouble opening that eye! Anyway, we both had to sort of lean over and dip our eye into water in a special cup and blink a few time whaile it’s in there.

Yesterday we went to the Santa Claus parade, my favourite float was the giant Alligator - And this kid sitting next to us had bionic vision, he would scream when the float was 1 mile down the street. “I see captin hook, captin hook is coming down the street.” how annoying!