Immunizations!

Hi! I'm back with a terrifying story... IMMUNIZATIONS!! (Girl screams in backround) Yeah, we got our immunizations two weeks ago. But I survived. I was really nervous, and everyone was sweating and had cold hands and feet. When they were called to the staff room to get the shots and left the classroom, most of our faces were white and were sweaty and had looks of terror on their faces. But they came back into the classroom all happy and cheerful with a lollipop in their mouth. Then it was my turn. I left the room just like everyone else. Scared. When I got in the staff room, there was a couch and we could lounge there until they called us up. We played Jenga there for a while, and then we were having lots of fun, until the nurse called me up. I smiled to hide my terror, and I went and sat down in the chair. I told her I was pretty good with needles. I wasn't really that okay with them. She rolled up my sleeve and held the needle a centimeter away from my arm. She told me to breathe out. I didn't look. It was scary enough to feel the pain. I didn't want to have to see it happen. I looked straight ahead, not down at my arm, and breathed out. Then the needle went in. It pierced through my skin and in went the vaccine. It felt like she was sucking out all my energy and blood. I felt myself go kind of queasy for a second, then regained my strength and looked at my arm. It was fine. You couldn't even see the hole. I smiled at the nurse to show her that I was still alive. I repeated that process once more. I was glad to go, but she really scared me when she told me:

"If you feel any dizziness or nausea, or if you feel queasy in any kind of way, sit down on the floor immediately."

That really scared me. She said it with serious eyes. I wasn't queasy at first, but after she told me, I think I felt a bit queasy. So I sat on the couch for a few minutes just to be sure, then I headed for the classroom with my lollipop.

As I came in through the door, everyone looked at me with a did-you-survive face.

I smiled triumphantly and tapped on the shoulder of the next student to be taken down. The student smiled weakly and asked me a few times if it hurt, then left the class.

I have to admit, the immunizations weren't as bad as I thought they were... but that still doesn't mean that I'm going to be okay with needles from now on!

Well, I'll see you next time with another post~!

Book Review #5 ~ Rules

Hi, I'm back with a book review!!
This book is called "Rules" by Cynthia Lord. This is a touching story about a 12-year-old girl named Catherine who loves art and longs for a friend. She is the sister and often-babysitter for her autistic brother, David, and has a hard time fitting in with her classmates because of David's behaviour. She works hard to help David be more "normal," specifically giving him rules to live by that most people take for granted. Her best friend is away for the summer, visiting her father, so Catherine is excited when she learns that the family moving next door includes a girl her age. She spends most of her summer days helping her mother with David, visiting the clinic where David recieves occupational therapy, and hoping that Christy, her new neighbour, will not be scared off by David's differences. At the clinic, Catherine befriends a wheelchair-bound paraplegic boy named Jason who is also a mute and "talks" through a communication book he keeps with him at all times. The story comes to a sort of predictable climax when Catherine must choose whether or not to invite Jason to a community dance when challenged to do so by Christy, who doesn't know about Jason's disability. This book really helped me feel for children with autism, and I hope you will find some sympathy for them too.
I rate this book a 6 out of 5 stars. It was a fantastic book. I left out some of the parts, because just in case you read this book, I wouldn't want to spoil the whole thing for you. It is really worth reading. Really.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my book review (and I hope you didn't fall asleep during parts of it), and I'll see you next time!