Timeline by Joel Villalta

The day of my birth 05/15/2013

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:24 UTC

The day I was born my parents were so happy to hold and see me for the first time. The doctors ran the regular test on me, and I came out fine and normal. After a while we came back home and my siblings saw me for the first time. They were so happy to see that they had a new sibling to bug in the future. When my Mom called the rest of my family to show them me, and they were squealing with joy.

My first day of kindergarden

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:27 UTC

I was so excited for the first day of school, I could hardly sleep that night. When I woke up the only thing I could think about was how the first day would go. How many friends would I make, what classes would I have, and when was lunch. When I got to my first class I went to the seat with my name and tried to get acquainted with everybody. When it was time for recess me and the friends that I made and we played around like if it was the time of our lives. At the end of the day, I was a little sad to leave cause of all the fun, but I knew I was coming back the next day.

My trip to Biltmore estate

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:30 UTC

We started the 3-hour drive to Biltmore estate around the early morning. I was ready with my ipad to watch some power rangers or story bots. When we got there, I was amazed by how big the place was. We went inside and it felt like you were actually there a long time ago. We also went to the beautiful gardens that they have. Everything was pretty cool, and we got some ice cream, and it tasted awesome. Before we left, me and my brother took an awesome photo where my brother lifted me up to the sky and I pretend I was flying.

My dog gave birth and accidentally killed her pup

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:33 UTC

It was dark when me and my mom came back from driving my brother to the navy. I was going to miss my brother but to keep that out of mind, I went to see if my dog finally gave birth. When I saw her, I saw 2 little puppies right next to her. I yelled for my mom, and she was excited, but noticed something under her. What she saw made my heart stop, a lifeless puppy right under the mom and the mom didn't even care. After that incident, we gave the mom away to a friend since she wasn't fit to be a parent. We then gave my sister one of the puppies and I kept the other one which became my best friend through covid.

Covid

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:35 UTC

It felt like a regular 2-week break, until it became a week after I was supposed to go back to school. I didn't really mind though I was just happy with the long break. After a while I was told that class was going to be online and I was confused but at least I got to stay home. The only times I would go to school was only to pick up work that the teachers gave us. After a bit of online classes I finally saw the reason why we had to stay inside all the time. COVID, the disease was contagious and deadly which started the pandemic. It was over 1 year since I saw some of my friends but at least had my puppy for company.

My puppy died

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:38 UTC

Me and the puppy I named mocha had something special and though she was here for around a year, we made the most of it. Everything was normal before my brother took her to the vets, but we noticed she wasn't eating a lot of her food. We thought that she was just full until the next day where after coming back from the barber she wasn't there. My brother then called saying that he took her to the vets since looked very ill. I was scarred thinking of what might happen to her and losing my only friend in covid (except for my mom). After a while the worst thing happened, I went to ask my mom if Mocha was okay and she said she passed away from illness. I was crushed, my best friend in my life was gone and it took me a while to get over it.

Going to workweeks with my dad

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:41 UTC

One day after summer school my mom told me that we would be going with my dad to his job, knowing that he works around the states I was excited. The day of the trip we woke up bright and early to start the day. We went multiple states like Colorado, Ohio and Tennessee. We mostly went to car lots to pick up cars my dad needed but we also got to explore those places. We stayed at Colorado for a few days, climbed up one of the walkable mountains there and went to stores to buy souvenirs. For one of the last trips, we were in Ohio, and we went to a park where we walked a trail and got a good photo on the stoney edges there. After visiting Tennessee, we went back home after around3 weeks of traveling.

Getting a new dog

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:45 UTC

A month before the end of the school year, my mom said that my sister wanted to ask a question. I grabbed the phone asking my sister what she needed and then she asked me something I couldn't reject. She wanted to know if I wanted to own her dog since she couldn't take care of her all the time. I immediately said yes, and she said that she would come with the dog in around over 1 month. So, I waited for what felt like forever and then she finally came. When she got here, she taught me how to take care of her since peanut was trained. After my sister me and peanut have grown very attached, and we can't live without each other.

My first day of middle school

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:54 UTC

The morning of the first day I was so excited to start middle school. I could barely sleep the night before I was so excited. When I got to the school, I was a little confused since we had to go to the gym and then go to class. When I got to my first-class, I only knew 2 people from my school that I didn't even talk to. It wasn't till lunch when I made my first friend, who then became my best friend. During dismissal at the end of the day, we were told to go to the cafeteria if we were car riders and when I got there nobody was there. I went to ask somebody to see where I was supposed to go and everybody was giving me attitude until somebody told me where to go and I finally got to the car line.

Vacation to mexico

joelvillalta4529 — 2025-09-01 23:00:57 UTC

I woke up so excited but tired since we got up at 1 am to go to the airport at 2. After the 12 hours of traveling, we finally arrived at Guadalajara, Mexico where we found are family there waiting to pick us up. I finally met my aunts, grandparents, uncles, and cousins. We drove 2 hours to Tecolotlan where we would be staying for a few days. While there we saw the beautiful mountains there and all the stores they had to offer there. After a few days we went back to Guadalajara, and I met the rest of my family there. The day we had to leave I was so emotional and started crying when we left because I was going to miss my family.