It's Elementary My Dear

Here we go, Elementary. I didn't hate Elementary; there were a lot of good memories from those years. Kindergarten....the bomb! Snack time, nap time, play time, no seizure time, and met my best friend time. My best friend for life! Jess has been there through it all and to this day she is my very best friend. Really, another sister.

The summer going into second grade wasn't just a change in how my mind was working, I had to figure out how to work with my mind. Not to mention I didn't want anyone to know. I was already a tomboy I didn't need another reason to get teased.


Yeah Muhammad Ali hugged me and yes I met Karl Malone and the rest of the team....just sayin. But as you can see....Tomboy. But you may be thinking, who would tease her??? Well, stupid boys. I got my revenge though. I was taller than most of them, and apparently stronger. They're big talk turned into scared sprinting when went after them! Plus, I beat them at nearly every recess sport. What a bunch of cry babies too!


Sorry side tracked. My parents had to make my teachers aware EVERY YEAR that I had epilepsy. What to do if I had a seizure. And any problems I may experience with the absence seizures. Then, they had to set up for me to go to the office at lunch time. Sometimes before, to take my Depakote. Fortunately, Jess' mom (my other mom) worked in the front office and already knew the situation. Then there was another secretary, Cindy, who gave me my medicine the most. I would go into the office and she would start singing the Cinderella song but changed it to Gabriella, so she always got a smile out of me.

I was doing everything my little brain could think of to hide this from  the kids. They gave me a hard time for going to the office everyday.

"OOOOOOO Gabby has to see the principle!"

"Gabby is in trouble again!"

By the way, my nickname is Gabby. No one could say Gabriella correctly and I gab pretty damn well, obviously. At any rate I just went with it, I figured maybe it will help build on my tough girl persona. Sometimes I would throw in that I had to call my mom or some B.S.

I was still able to be really active, there were times that I would have absence seizures and just space out. Certain days they were REALLY wanting to make my day awesome, I would black out for a few seconds instead of still being able to see when I was having one. Luckily, it didn't happen during tether ball that would have hurt like a mother!

It wasn't just my social life, my physical life, it also started to affect how I was learning.

DON'T FORGET TO CLICK BELLOW TO GET UPDATES OF NEW POSTS!

FOLLOW