Letter of Compaint

Holly Galen

Big Timber, MT  59011

November 18, 2011

Counseling Service

Bozeman, MT  59715

To Whom It May Concern:

Re: Letter of Complaint

I am currently in a slump in my life. To start my weekend out, I lost four dollars in scratch tickets. Those dumb tickets. They get one so excited, because they only have one more letter, number, or box that they need but than it fails to become a winner. Besides the likelihood of winning from scratch tickets, I am also feeling overwhelmed.

I feel as if there are way too many decisions to make. As I start applying to colleges, I need to have somewhat of an idea of what I want to do. The time and the money that it takes to fill out applications really make one reconsider how many schools they want to apply to. So far, I have applied to four colleges. I feel like there are a ton of different roads that I can take and I need to pick one. Also, I need to find the motivation to fill out scholarships. I do not find the excitement in senior year; so far it is just overwhelming. How is someone who is eighteen supposed to know what they want to do with the rest of their life?

I am currently seeking advice of how to make senior year less stressful. I am interested in coming out of my current stage of where I feel as though the world is collapsing on me. I look forward to advice and help in this situation.

Sincerely,

Holly Galen

 Holly Galen

Time of Exhaustion

It was just last week that I was overly tired. I had been to school everyday that week by 7:30 AM working on our marketing plan for FFA. There had not been a night that week that I had been asleep before 12:30. To add to the chaos of the week we had volleyball tournaments that Friday and Saturday and football playoffs Saturday to cheer for. On Friday, it was my birthday I turned eighteen.

          Friday night we were on our way back from Bozeman after cheering three games. Maureen, Lauren and I were talking about winter formal and who to ask. Maureen and Lauren were complaining about how when they are seniors there will not be a lot of good options for dates. They were coming up with plans to ask little freshmen.

          I started to fall asleep as they continued to scheme. They were both getting excited and saying how it will be legal for them because neither of them will be eighteen before winter formal their senior year. I pondered whether I could ask a freshman to winter formal.  I looked up at them seriously and asked, “Wait, you don’t have to “do” your date, do you?”