Prologue - April 1

Well, let me introduce myself. I’m Jake Curtis (First name Kenneth but I don’t go by that because it sounds like an old person name) – I go to school at Pierce City High School and I’m a senior this year but you probably already knew that. I’m 5’4”or just round up we can call it 5’5”. I’ve attended school at Pierce City since second grade back in 2003. Before that I was actually home schooled up to and through second grade. I have 2 older siblings. One is my brother Richard (Dick lol) he moved to Kansas City a few years back and got married. Really don’t ever see him much anymore. But I get to see my older sister a couple times a week and she’s really fun to hang out with. My brother is 24 and my sister is 21, while I’m stuck at being the youngest at 19. Yep you heard right, 19 and I haven’t graduated yet. It’s because of what I spoke about earlier being home schooled through second grade then being put in public school in second grade. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. My classmates are some of the best friends you could ever ask for and I wouldn’t trade them out for anyone else.

            In the future I still plan to live around here. I’d hate to go somewhere like another state and have to re-learn the terrain of the cities. I already know all the towns around here pretty well, except Springfield that’s just a mess and I’ve got to use GPS there. So why leave and have to relearn where everything is? Besides that most of my family all lives right around here from Pierce City to Cassville to Republic. And that’s my Mom’s side of the family. Dad’s side of the family all lives out in the west. Like Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. The hot states where it’s like 55° in the winter, and they call that cold. When we get down to like 20-25° here. But I like the cold and actually having seasons so that’s another reason I plan to stay and live around this area.

            I plan to not just have a job, but a career. I want to be successful in my life and successful to provide for my children (way later on, like when I’m 25). I want to be a Computer Administrator like my father or an Accountant because I’m intrigued with dealing with money. You ever go to the bank and pull out a whole bunch of 20’s and the banker counts it so fast you can’t even keep up? Yeah, I’d like to be able to have that skill. Not necessarily working in a bank but somewhere in accounting. If you have a career you get a salary and that’s what I’m looking for whether I pull 30 hours or 50 hours I’m still getting a base amount + some. That will make me financially secure compared to working an hourly job where your hours will fluctuate every week. Sometimes you actually get more then 40 but sometimes you get a lot less.

Whoa! 525 words.. #OverAchieved.