Some more back story….Sarah’s step Dad find a lost treasure and we find out how her mom passed away…..to whoever asked, yes, I worked a “pink horse” into the story….

April 11,   So today another mom mystery.  Dad found this little pink sea horse pendant with sapphire blue eyes.  He doesn’t remember ever seeing it before.  He found it in an old jewelry box.  I remember that old red jewelry box.  It still plays the music but the little tiny ballerina bit the dust.  My mom’s aunt had given it to her.  I remember her telling me she used to play with it in my aunt’s bedroom.   I’ll have to ask my great aunt or my grandmother if  they know anything about this  pink sea horse pendant. It’s really beautiful.   It looks enameled and the sapphire eyes are so beautiful.  We don’t talk about what happened to my mom.  It’s very upsetting and it was  one of those accidents that should never have happened.  She was taking a walk one morning, 2 years ago.  Some jerk playing with his cell phone and texting lost control of his car. No more mom.  Still hurts.

  

So here is Day 10.  Some “back story” pieces are being woven into the story…..I meant to add why Sarah drew the juvenile Sandhill crane but the story took a path of it’s own.

April 10,   Well it’s another nice sunny day here in Florida.  On Sundays,  we go out for breakfast when there isn’t a sports activity.  Sunday breakfast can be good or bad depending on my evil step-sisters. Today they were annoying.  They are going on and on about my prom and the glass slippers and how they wished they could have worn them.  Of course they think the whole glass slipper thing is awesome.  Like I really want advice from them.  Unfortunately, they played the “Dad” card.  Stephanie asked about my real dad and what would he have wanted?  Really, I just don’t know.  My dad had four brothers.  Two of my uncles have boys, one never got married and the other never had kids.  So I am the only girl on Cinderella Grandma’s side of the family.  I guess she’s looking forward to my prom….UGH!

(Sandhill  baby we saw by the water.)

  

Some down time….( just a side now….I am handwriting these and what pops in my head…..if I were actually typing these, there would be adjustments to grammar).   Some of my ideas and sketches here are coming right out of my real sketchbooks.
April 9,  I had a softball game this morning.  We won 5-2.  Yay.  Went home, got showered.  Everyone was out.  I grabbed my sketchbook and came back down by the water and I am sketching, plus reading a book.  I actually have an open/free day.  No pesky Cinderella Grandma, no annoying step-sisters.   Just me and a nice warm Florida breeze with the lovely view of the nuclear power plant.  It’s nice to know we live so close to one of these.  My Aunt lives down in Jupiter and I don’t even think that she’s far enough away from this thing.  Uhm? This is Florida and we get hurricanes but it’s ok to build one of these on the coast down here?   I guess they don’t think of these things?  I hope we never get a nasty storm.  Manny and friends are floating around.  There’s also a ton of dolphins out in the lagoon today.  Actually, I can’t think of a Bette way to spend my Saturday afternoon.  Going to stop and read now.
  

So for those of you who didn’t read the first posts….I am participating in International Fake Journal Month where you write a journal in the first person as someone else….if you missed the first 7 days, go back to April 1st and catch up with the story.

Here is day 8…

April 8,  My artist grandmother came for a visit today.  She drove us down to the water where we sat and sketched together.  My grandmother travels a lot to paint and when she’s home she takes me out sketching with her.  We sat by the bridge and watched the manatees snuff around for food. There is one that likes to come over to get his belly scratched.  We call him “Manny” for lack of anything more creative to name our blubbery friend.  Manatees are gentle creatures that live in a delicate balance between their lives and dealing with inconsiderate humans.  Anyway, Manny came up and played with our feet dangling in the water.  Grandmom and I sketched and talked about stuff like the Prom and old fashioned shoes.  She thinks I should just wear the shoes for Promenade and wear something more comfortable the rest of the evening.  This way both the Cinderella Grandma and I are happy.

  

Sarah is coping with her ancestry and being an athlete…..

April 7,  Another Day at school.  I had softball practice after school.  I really just play softball to have fun.  Soccer is my real sport.  I have a few college teams that offered me spots on their team.  My grandmother never really liked me to play sports.  She thinks that it’s unCinderella-like.  I am glad my Dad was able to convince her that sports, especially soccer, are good for learning leadership and confidence building skills.  There are many times I really miss my mom so that she could be here.  She always kept the Cinderella Grandmom on a leash.  It’s funny, I have a softball game the day before the Prom and she’s having a fit that I could get hurt or something before the “big day.”

  

One forgets that in the modern times, teenagers don’t always want to do what is traditional,  especially when it has to do with wearing something OLD.   The glass “slippers” from Sarah’s family were a style that was in high fashion in the late 17th century in France, not something that a modern day teen wants to wear to her Prom.

 

April 6,  OMIGOD it has started!!!  I forgot to mention that although my parents are dead, the rest of my relatives are NOT.  The only reason why I and living with my stepdad is because I asked to stay.  My mom’s mom is an artist and she travels a lot.  Both of my Dad’s parents are alive and kicking and my grandmother wants me to live with her but I asked to stay where I am, the place that my mom and step dad made together.  Sometimes my step-sisters are a pain but I don’t complain so I can stay here.  I grew up on the whole Cinderella thing.  My grandmother made sure I knew all about our family’s history in France.  Now that it is time for my “ball,”  my grandmother wants me to wear the glass slippers!  They are from the 17th century for crying out loud!!!  Why would I want to wear 300 plus year old shoes just because it’s tradition?!  Sometimes I am sorry the stupid shoes survived the French Revolution!!  I know they are history but why do I have to wear them?

So The dress and jewelry has been picked out but what color for nails?  And today we find out who Sarah’s date is for the Prom and the Prom theme….
April 5,  Today was a tough day at school.  I had two exams and a quiz. I think I did well on all of them but it was tough just the same.  I haven’t decided what nail polish color I want to wear with my prom gown. Decisions Decisions.  I made my appointment for the salon so that I can get my hair, nails and make up done.  Some of the girls at school were complaining about the theme of our prom which is “The Grand Ball.”   Well we all had several choices and that’s the one that won so I don’t know why people are griping.  I feel like I am forgetting something important.  Oh!  I never mentioned my date!  It’s my friend Patrick.  Yes, we are just friends.  I didn’t have a boyfriend and Patrick didn’t have a girlfriend so we decided to pair up as partners for the Prom.
  

Here is Day 4…..got the dress, got the jewelry….

April 4,  Dad found this necklace and earring set in my mom’s things.   This looks like the set my mom wore at her wedding with my real Dad, the war hero.  I never knew him.  I was too little to remember and he died  in the war.  Oh well.  Anyway, this is a beautiful set and I might wear it for my mom.  Dad says my mom would have  wanted me to wear it.

  

Here is day 3.  Sarah has found her Prom dress!

April 3,  I found my pink pen in Steph’s room, grr….Anyway, Dad and I went out shopping again yesterday afternoon and I found a totally awesome dress at Macy’s.  Who would have thought to look there!  Dad picked the color, he actually spotted it on the rack, he said the gold sequins caught his eye. He said that my mom’s daughter and Cinderella’s descendant should look Royal, so gold would be the perfect color.  The dress is actually white with gold sequins.  I drew the dress here, I forgot to take a picture and it is already at the fitters. We popped into Neiman Marcus and found these great gold shoes.  Dad is looking in mom’s things to see what jewelry she had. SO PSYCHED!!!!

  

Here is Day 2….I did it earlier today but there was no way I was transcribing this on my tiny IPhone keyboard while we we bouncing up 95….I wrote this in the car this afternoon I think while we were driving thru South Carolina….

April 2,   I couldn’t find  my pink pen.  So I am using this green one.  Yesterday we went and looked a few dresses.  Melissa and Stephanie came and they  kept picking out the ugly ones and the ones that looked like they belonged on the Tropicana girl. They were no help at all.  I saw three I really liked but when I checked our Prom FB Group, other girls had them or had a different color. I want something different.  Dad said there are other stores so today we went out shopping WITHOUT the evil step-sisters and I think I found the dress!  We’re going out again in a little bit to check Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus and Macy’s in Miami.  I don’t want anything that looks like a Southern Belle, either.  Ugh, Steph’s dress last year looked like she stepped out of a Gone With the Wind meets Auntie Mame (Yes, I watch old movies with my Dad, he says they remind him of my mom).  Gotta go!  Heading Out!