Zach's First Day

Well, things went pretty good yesterday. Zach made it clear he didn't want special treatment, so he didn't get any. He had homework on his first day, though it was pretty easy. He's got mom scared to death because he's taking woodworking, and my brother is notorius for being a little clumsy, or moreso careless.

He was also given a low locker, which my mom doesn't like. She's afraid he could bump his head when raising up should the upper locker be open. So he's supposed to ask for a top locker, but he probably will forget.

He hates the food they serve and says the lines are so long it takes up all but a couple of minutes of their lunch time, so he's vowing not to eat lunch. He hates taking his lunch (I guess he thinks it makes him look uncool or some crap, I don't know), so we're kind of concerned about him not eating, so we're making him eat breakfast, something he normally doesn't do on school days. He's that much like me I guess.

But he seemed to handle the whole day pretty well. He had quite an attitude yesterday as he wants to believe he's better than he is and wants to start doing things again. Of course we can't let him yet. Despite him saying he's okay he had a terrible headache last night, which also concerns us.

Today he was supposed to wait for his cousin and they were to walk down to this restaurant, a nearby hangout, to be picked up. It's the first time they've been in the same school, and she's not as outgoing as Zach, so she feels kind of out of place. Yesterday she got her feelings hurt because she thinks Zach ignored her, which is possible, but it's hard to say. She can be dramatic, but Zach can be like that. So anyway, today he looks everywhere for her and is calling trying to find her, and so he stays at school for like 30 extra minutes. Come to find out she walked to the restaurant by herself and Zach got in trouble for not walking down there until I cleared up the situation and told Mom what really happened.

So it's been a hectic start of the year to say the least. But things are looking good so far, Zach likes all his teachers, and a bunch of his friends are in his classes. Aside from some other problems, which I hope he'll grow out of, things are okay.

Brant