And welcome to MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!! This morning Mariama and Holly and I drove down to a friends house to walk to school on the FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL. Middle school effects me on several levels, I want to have JOY for my little sweeties, beautiful excitement and "I DO, I DO" she shouted like a psycho.. I do... think our neighborhood is unique in helping foster friendships and easing our little Nancy Drew's, into the lead role in a middle grade novel, I mean I wish life was like "The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" and maybe it is on some days.. but I remember 5th grade and how much I loved Mrs. Wilkerson my teacher and 6th grade when I had Mrs. Craft, but I also remember Laura Bartula, yes I had to say her name because she was mean as a snake and tried to bully my best friend Robin Finecky Wienecke constantly and it was stressful, even with all those Dr. Pepper's I drank and Snickers I ate.. I remember.. and I am PROUD and HAPPY that our c...