born: completely deaf
infancy: dad yelled at me, mom was nice
Age 5: was sent to school
mom still visits often, I hate it at school
Age 6: found a friend--Johnny;  School is tolerable because of him
   Learn some sign from Johnny
Age 7: Learn ABCs, and I'm quite good at it.  By now, am okay with sign
Age 9: mom stops visiting--I don't know why, and spend nights crying all the
  time
Age 10: Johnny leaves--don't know why
   Start reading to drown out reality, don't do anything in my classes
Age 11: Mrs. Miller tries to reach out to me.  She's nice and doesn't try
   to make me socialize.  She tries to get me to improve my signing
Age 12: I start paying attention in my other classes, but I don't try very
   hard as it's not very interesting.  Except reading, where Mrs. Miller
   lets me read whatever I want
Age 16: started noticing Lydia.  She humors me but also runs after other
people.  Especially people who speak.
Age 17: now