My personal timeline by Diana Vasquez

My Birthday! - May 10 2024

10755851 — 2025-01-06 22:06:14 UTC

My Birthday is always a fun time to spend time with the people I care about, i'm always blessed to have a party where my close friends and family and this year everyone came that I love, we spent the day playing games, eating good food, taking photos and honestly just having fun.

School had just ended and the first person who came to my house was my cousin Ayden, he's and optimistic person and never fails to make me laugh, he helped me get ready and over the course of 2 hours I got to my final look which he helped me reach. In that time of 2 hours my best friend Sophia also joined us, she brought a nice calm vibe to stay relaxed and truly it was an amazing combination of my favorite people to be present on one of my sacred days.

It was 7pm and more of my family had started showing up bringing me gifts and treats that made me smile! It was truly amazing watching my family reunite one by one coming through the door of my house. At exactly 9:21pm my family brought my birthday cake out and sang me happy birthday in the kitchen I made a wish,and blew out my candles, soon after this everyone got a slice of my tres leches cake and enjoyed.

First day of highschool - August 7 2024

10755851 — 2025-01-07 21:40:24 UTC

My first day of highschool was terrifying, I spent all night deciding what to wear and how I wanted everyone to view me, what impression I'd make on those around me and if I would like like it at all.

That morning only I woke up at 5:30am to start the morning, I did my routine in order took out the heatless curls I had put in the night before hoping to get my hair perfectly put in place to look beautiful. I ate my breakfast, a waffle eggs bacon and small bowl of strawberry's. After this I brushed my teeth and put on my outfit I had planned the night before "So basic" I thought to myself but no time to contemplate and only had time to move forward. It was 8:00am and I left the house, giving myself a quick glance in the mirror.

In the car I was in shambles, my hands were hot, and I felt nauseous, not ready for this next chapter in my life and not ready to go in but I had to, as summer was over and my inevitable day was to come. I stepped in feeling nervous, I met up with my best friend for a while but soon after the bell rang and it was time to go to first period.

First time on a plane - December 11 2024

10755851 — 2025-01-07 22:03:38 UTC

I woke up at 7am in the morning to begin the process of beginning to make preparations to go on the plane which boards at 3pm. "Why so early" some may ask, I would say simply I was excited, which I was, I put on some comfortable clothes cleaned my bedroom, I made eggs and bacon for myself that morning which were delicious, my cousin came around 9am to drive us to the airport and my sister decided to join us too! I heard my cousin say it was so they can drive in the express lane but I think it was because she wanted to say goodbye to me.

We arrived at the airport two hours later, In Tijuana, we took our luggage and began the process to cross the border, I had luggage it was heavy and I fell many times trying to stroll my suitcase just because of how heavy it was, it gave me and my 2 cousins who came with me a good laugh.

time flew by and soon enough we were boarding the plane. I was more excited than any other scared or nervous feeling I was having, we found our seats I sat in the middle and it was extremely hot but once the doors of the planes closed it freshened up with the air-conditioning. The plane slowly started going forward then accelerated. it was the most surreal feeling ever, It felt like I was flying (and we were!) I took photos on the plane and then fell asleep for the rest of the plane ride. It was awesome.

First time in Veracruz - December 11th 2024

10755851 — 2025-01-08 22:05:11 UTC

I stepped out of the plane and onto the land of Veracruz, everything was the same but somehow it was also different, the air smelled different and my head felt light. We exited the airport and decided to walk around the streets a bit, the sky was lit up with not only stars but lights and the moon. I let down my guard and wanted to experience many new things, we started the night with out first meal, tamales which were being sold 5 minutes away from the airport. They tasted delicious but my stomach got so upset with the fact it was real and more unprocessed than most of the food from here in the U.S

The feelings I got while being there was unreal and I felt accomplished and I a way I felt at home, though I didn't know anyone there I was excited to see how everyone would act because my mom is pretty well known in the area where I was staying. I hope to go again and I hope I get that brand new feeling.

Got very sick

10755851 — 2025-01-09 02:04:05 UTC

I woke up at 7am and my stomach was killing me. I layed there for what felt like hours before I called my mom to bring me some Tylenol, I felt horrible and I couldn't sleep she then brought it to me and asked what was wrong, I didn't know what to tell her because the night before I'd felt completely fine. a minute passed and I went to throw up. I threw up for 20 minutes what I had ate the night before and it was horrible. I threw up so much where I threw up my stomach acids. I went back to bed and it felt like every 30 minutes I was back in the restroom throwing up all over again. I threw up for a grand total of 14 times that day.

I threw up my drinks and my soup and everything, every single little thing I had ate that day didn't stay in my stomach for more than 4 hours.I slept then woke up and threw up the whole day and the cycle repeated and repeated. I hope to never experience something that crazy and hurtful ever again.