I haven't been up to much.. like at all. My parents have been keeping me busy and school is crazy. There is so much homework that I don't think I'm ever going to keep up with it all. Unfortunately I've been trying so it's taking up a lot of my time. I haven't seen anyone. Where is everyone? Are we all loaded down with homework or something? Anyway if someone wants to hang out you know how to get a hold of me. I could use a distraction.

It's Emma here and like my best friend Manny I have had a few of these journals to my name. I start one and write in it for a couple months then I read over what I wrote and realize none of it makes sense anymore. It's like the stuff I was always talking about isn't what's going on in my life anymore so then I get a new journal. Things have been changing a lot recently, that's why I figured it was time to change journals and find a new place to my put my thoughts.

I never know what to say in the first entry of a new journal. I’m Emma Nelson; I’m in grade 12 at Degrassi. For those of you who might know of me, you might think I’m a good girl turned bad girl turned girl with major issues turned who can keep up. That’s not true though, I’m not a bad girl and I’m not a good girl either. I do have issues but what normal teenage girl doesn’t? I’m opinionated and stubborn, I care a lot about the environment, I love to spend time with my best friends and yes I can be a dork. I’ve had my share of problems, my mouth sometimes gets me into trouble and I make a lot of mistakes. So that’s me all bottled up the best I can.

So at the moment I am really just working on moving beyond all the bad things that have happened. I'm starting to be in a good place, I've got most of my problems sorted and I think I'm finally beginning to remember what it feels like to be happy... but enough about all that because it's really boring. I've been hanging out with Manny, helping out with Jack and just worrying about school. I need a life though so if anyone feels like hanging out you should know where to reach me.