Week of September 29^th and October 1^st:  Water color project

            During the class period of September 29^th, we were given time to finish up our water color projects. Over the weekend, I had finally decided on the topic that I wanted to paint. I chose the time in 8^th grade (which was really the whole year) when I was sick. I had gotten H1N1- or Swine flu- but instead of getting better I got worse. It turned out that the virus had done some damage to my digestive system and I know struggled with keeping stuff down. Because of this, I spent a lot of time at home and away from my friends, which was one of the many reasons why we stopped talking that year.

            Drawing this painting was hard for me (because my drawing skills are sub-par at best) but it was fun/challenging to draw something so personal to me. 

My sketches of my memory: this one shows my mom and I at one of the numerous doctors appointments I had after getting the flu.

My first idea for my memory was to draw about my first day of  school. However, I struggled to show how this was a significant memory to making me the person I am now, rather than showing how embarrassingly I reacted on my first day.