Describe a time when you had to make a difficult decision. What did you do?How did you choose?

A time when I had to make a difficult decision would have to be when I was about to turn fifteen. My parents decided to get a divorce, and I had to choose who I wanted to live with. This was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I did not want to upset either one of my parents. I love them both. How was I supposed to choose? I did not know what I wanted to do, and then my sister went and told my dad that we were both going to live with him. I hadn't decided on who I wanted to live with. I was leaning toward living with my mom, but my sister told my dad I would be living with him. I kept thinking what should I do. I went with my heart, and that was to live with my mom. I had to tell my dad that I never said that I was going to live with him, and it really hurt him. As it turned out, both me and my sister went to live with my mom. My dad moved out a week before my birthday and took my dog too. I think that had to be the worst year of my life, so far. I got used to the fact that my parents weren't together anymore, and then my mom met a guy. My sister was very upset, and she started to rebel. My mom sent her to live with my dad. I have to say; I had mixed feelings. I was very happy because I though that for once I could be the center of attention; instead of my sister. I was also upset because my sister didn't live with me anymore. My mom ended up getting married to that guy, and we now live with him. He is very nice, but I have to say things have sure changed a lot in only a little amount of time. Whenever I get faced with a difficult decision, I go with what my heart says I should do. If I always listen to my heart, then things don't seem as bad as they could.

Describe your dream vacation. Use as much detail as possible.

My dream vacation would have to be to take a road trip to Mexico with a bunch of my friends and stay in a house for a week. Road trips are so much fun as long as you have people with you to help make it fun. It would be a lot of fun to drive a long distance with my friends and stop in different towns. The fun would have only just began because we would just be arriving to our destination... Mexico! What a blast it would be being there with my friends. I think it would be so much fun to be in a totally new place with your closest friends just partying and having a good time. I would love to go shopping with my girl friends and then at night cook a big dinner and just be laughing and having fun partying with everyone. I would love to lay on the beach and watch people surf as I get a sun tan. After I would get done tanning we would play volleyball on the beach and then jump in the water. I would love to walk around and explore the new places. I think it would be a blast to meet new people and learn about them and their culture and then invite them to come and have dinner with us and party. Eventually the week would come to an end but hey, we would still have a road trip home to make the trip even more enjoyable and memorable!

How would you like to be remembered?

I would like to be remembered as a fun, loving, outgoing, goofy girl who isn't afraid to be her self. I would like for people to be reminded of my sense of humor, but at the same time keep in mind my temper, and how not many people wanted to be near me when I was angry. I would like for people to know that I loved almost every person that came into my life (unless they were mean) and I cared about everybody and everything. I would want people to remember how I worked my little butt off until I accomplished each and every one of my goals. I would want people to know that I was a tough chick that wouldn't take any crap and I would let people know exactly how I felt. I would want people to remember all of the fun times that I had with each one of them. I would like for people to remember me by throwing a party to celebrate all of the wonderful times and memories. Just throwing a party would make people remember me. I would want people to remember my blond moments and laugh about them. I would want people to remember how I was unique. I would want people to remember the weird conversations that we would have because most of the time I would bounce from one subject to the next(like my grandma). I think I would just like for people to remember me in a fun way kind of celebrating all of the good times and not mourning over the fact that I would be gone. I would want people to remember me as being a fun chick!

What will life be like in 20 years? What will you be doing?

In 20 years my life will hopefully be better then it is now. I will have graduated college and gotten my RN license. I will hopefully have a wonderful job working in the delivery unit of a hospital or at a doctor's office. I will have a great family. I hope to get married eventually and have two children. I will have a nice house which will be perfect for me. In 20 years I hope to be in wonderful health and just living life one day at a time. I hope that life will be less stressful than it is now. Everything that makes me stressed out now will be out of my life, that is for sure. My job adds so much stress on me that I think I can't handle it anymore. In 20 years from now I will be a much happier person. I don't exactly know how the world is going to be 20 years from now, but what I can imagine happening is that gas will be around $5.00 a gallon and houses will cost at least 500,000. Chico will get to be huge like Sacramento is. I'm sure that it will be unsafe but I hope for our future generations that the world will be a better place, but I just don't see how that is going to possible if things keep going how they are. I am curious to see how my life will be in 20 years. Hopefully it will be like I imagine!

How has the world changes since you were a child? Are these changes good or bad?

Since I was a child, the world has changed a lot. When I was a little kid, I would be able to go and wait for my dad to get off of the plane right by the gate. Now days, you can't even go up to the food court unless you have a boarding pass. Since 9-11 you can't even take your normal bottle of hairspray. Anything you take has to be less than 3 ounces. I understand that this is for safety reasons but why do they have to limit everything you bring? When I was younger, gas was under two dollars a gallon. Now days, your lucky to see gas go under 2.50 a gallon. Highway 99 is now under construction that will totally change the highway. Soon Chico will get to be like Sacramento. I mean it is already growing and undergoing changes to make it more like Sacramento. When I was younger, I didn't have to worry about my personal belongings getting damaged. Today, there are a lot of little punk kids that think its cool to smash in car windows or break into people's houses. The world is changing constantly. Some of the changes are for the better like airport safety, but a lot of the changes are not for the better. I don't understand why some things are happening. Is it really necessary to make the prices of everything outrageous so that living becomes almost impossible? I don't think so. I don't think that minimum wage needed to go up because that just means that everything else will go up too. People are struggling with money now days then ever before!