Blog 16

    Last year Sid and I became close after falling off during COVID. We had 4th and 5th periods together and spent lunch in the library, one of my favorite memories with her. Every day up until Ramadan Sid and I went to the lunchroom where she would get some sort of child snack and I would get a bag of chips. From there we would go to the library, fight over the bean bags, and play different games. One of my favorites being Connect 4 and Jenga which she always lost, but she claims she always won. Every time I would get close to winning Sid would take the whole board of Connect 4 and take out my pieces so she could put her own in and win. Due to this, I would always end up yelling at her and she would walk away from me and go play the piano or ukelele that she did not know how to play. I would go to her and tell her to come back which she did after she tortured the whole library with her poor playing skills. I miss hearing this horrendous noise now that we are not so close, and do not get the opportunity to sit in the library anymore.

    One other thing I loved doing with Sid was getting Boba with her and Simran. They would force me to go to Mtea on Highway 6 which I refused to go to because I disliked Boba every time I tried it. However, after finally going with them and trying the Creme Brule Latte with Boba I was grateful to them. We went almost every other week and just sat there and talked to each other for over an hour before all our moms got made and expected us home. Getting to just sit and be with them made me happy as it was hard to find people that I could just appreciate and be myself with. 

    Something Sid and I did for each other was buy cars for one another randomly. She has gotten me different trucks which I keep in my room and backpack, and they remind me of her all the time. We spent over an hour trying to unscrew one of the trucks she bought for me because it would not work without that. We probably did not look like the most mature or smartest people running around the school looking for a screwdriver, but the time we got to spend together was worth it. Every time I went to Target and found a charger or Mustang my first thought was Sid and it always will be. Even though we may not be as close I will always love Sid and cherish my memories with her.