1 Before Everything Was Lost

Alice ( December)

I'll admit. My life wasn't even that bad.I lived in a good house near the ocean.Were every time the wind blew I smelled salt.The ocean Is always cold to me no matter the temperature.When it was hot the ocean water was cold.When it was cold the ocean water was cold.The only time it was warm or hot was when someone peed in it and you could always tell who it was.Which is nasty of course.The crazy part was nobody cared or wondered. It was just normal or natural.I don't understand why people do that type of stuff in the ocean.Do they not understand that the fish that breath in the oxygen that's in the water breath it or when the fish they are eating are eating(or drinking) the pee water? Then you know what happens.we eat it! And they don't even know it. Thank goodness i only eat plants and beef. I wonder what my 4 year old self would think of this.When I was little I wanted to live in the ocean.Wanted to be the little mermaid.I always wondered what was at the bottom of the ocean.I asked my mom what was at the bottom of the ocean she said"probably the ship parts to the titanic or you can ask google'' Here's what i don't understand about parents: How are they so hooked on technology but the say ''you teens are to hooked on your phones and apple watches that you can't do nothing your self'' or '' this generation spoiled rotten because of those phones and gadgets'' ( quote one from my aunt quote two from my grandma) But then they turn right around and pull out an Iphone 10 or 11 and get on snapchat and start asking me how to work the filters and stuff? That's what i don't understand.My parents who want me to be'' independent'' and start doing things myself. Me being the only child I am independent most of the time. Chores, school, after school and parents that's a full on job.Not to mention that i'm gone for 8 hours of the day going up and down stairs ,taking quizzes, tests and SOLs. The crazy part is this is not where everything happened. Oh no no no not here.My life was plain but simple. Now I'm not saying my life was a fairytale. Because it wasn't. But i'm not saying it was trashy either.My name is Alice Jonhson and this is My Story.