Chapter 7: Oklahoma

my dad moved to Tahlequah in 2006, mostly due to the fact that it was close to family. all of my dad's side of family live in a small area called Johnsonville (get it?). so living close to Johnsonville meant you lived close to my dad's entire family. my dad soon met my step-mom on myspace, and obviously they hit it off. i don't know how long they lived in Tahlequah because i wasn't there the whole time due to the parent swapping that was taking place. however before i knew it he had moved to Tulsa. my step-mom has two kids from another man named Noah. she and him split up just before she and my dad started seeing each other. and dad if your reading this please excuse my mistakes, i don't know exactly the order of events.

      when my father Tim moved to Tulsa it was first in the mid city. they moved into a two bedroom house. the house had 5 kids one on the way and two adults, so it wasn't the most comfortable size for the group. but i grew up never having my own room, so it wasn't as bad as it might seem. while i was at my dads i was attending a school called Wilson Middle School. the school was huge to what i had to compare it to. there were hundreds of kids, dozens of hallways, and a lot of violence and drug use. just like Scotland county i stuck to myself. and just like in Scotland, people came to meet me. my step brother who is about half a year younger then me also attended the same school, and he unlike me was social and quickly picked up friends. which soon got to know me for i hung out with my step brother Isaac a lot.

      for awhile, not knowing people was fine with me, but soon i wanted more. everyday at recess fights were a sure thing. and whenever one broke out, there was always a large mob of spectators. i think the first fight i got in was a playful one. my friend Robert was messing around and we started to wrestle. however that was not how everyone else took it and before i knew it the whole school, hundreds of kids were just standing there watching. i had never had that much attention before, and i ate it up. fights soon became a weekly activity. i wasn't an angry person like before, i just wanted attention. but its pretty amazing what we will do for it...