English Emma Blooms

Making Friends In August of 2000, I came to this country from Bristol in England. My family was moving to Boston due to my dad’s business requirements. I was slightly nervous because, back in England, we made fun of the Americans for being fat, lazy, and stupid. However once I got here, I found out that was just a misguided rumor. Most people here weren’t fat or lazy, and certainly not stupid. I even became friends with a few of them; including one of my best friends, Steven Tsaur. BEEP…, BEEP…, BEEP…., I smacked the top of my brand new GE alarm clock as the continuous beeping echoed throughout the partially empty house. I sat up staying in that position for a few minutes, then stood up and moved downstairs to the kitchen. On the way down I passed through the unfinished sections of the house, including the walls were just fiberglass filling meant to fill the space between the wood frame working and create insulation. I ate my bowl of cheerios, and went back upstairs to change into my c