i wanted to be sharpay evans

i remember the first time i straightened my hair
i remember when someone broke into our car in san francisco & i told my mom it was the worst valentine's day ever. i got a heart-shaped sucker.
i remember buying gauchos from old navy.
i remember the first time i saw my dad really cry.  i was making pancakes with my friends.  
i remember in 7th grade i had a cough, so i took medicine and pretended it made me crazy so i could make friends.
i remember driving around in the winter with the windows rolled down and the heat blasting, trying to pretend it was summer to make myself happy.
i remember being sung to by a boy and never wanting to be sung to by a boy again.
i remember 5th grade basketball and getting in trouble because i wasn't aggressive.
i remember that my favorite part of the movie Spirit was when Spirit got taken away from his horse family.  
i remember when a stranger came to our house just to go to the bathroom. she clogged the toilet and left.
i remember seeing my friend for the first time after she got sick.  i cried the whole way home and people stared.
i remember going to mexico and wanting to come home, then leaving and wanting to go back.  i remember wanting a lot of things back after they were gone.