I am going to talk about Makenzie Dykes’s future. Right now, I am in my classroom trying to find Mackenzie. “Oh, I found her! Hi Mackenzie!!!” 

“Hi Kalynn!!! Just curious, can I do an interview on you about your future?”

“Oh, yes!” 

“Okay, thanks, so I need you to sit in the chair, and I am going to ask you some questions, and you are just going to tell me the answers.”

“Okay!!!” 

She does seem really excited for the interview, or she is just nervous. I can’t really tell, but I know that I am excited to do the interview!!! 

“What state do you want to go to and why?” 

“I want to go to Oregon because I cannot only own a ferret, but it's a great place.”

“What's your favorite animal?” 

“Duck , tiger, and husky?”

 “Why is your favorite animal a duck, tiger, and a husky?” 

“I honestly don't know!” 

“How many pets do you have?” 

“I have three counting a bunch of birds and fish and… yeah.” 

“How many animals do you want in your life?” 

“I want at least two dogs and one ferret.” 

“What college do you want to go to? 

“UC Davis College.” 

“Why do you want to go to that college?”

 “Because it's great for veterinarians, people who want to work with animals, things like that.” 

“Why do you think this college would be important to go to?”

 “Because I want to at least be a zookeeper or vet, and it has a barn that people who like to take care of animals or whatever can go to.”

 “How many people would you want as a roommate?”

 “I want two at least… I don't know… like one.”

 “Do you think you and your roommate would be getting along?” 

 “I'm good at getting along with people in a way so yeah probably.”

 “What would you name your pets?”

 “I would probably name it Squeak or something like Cracker.” 

“Would you want to live in a house or something like an apartment?”

 “Apartment, and I would just take my dogs on walks everyday or like when I'm like off of work.”

 “What's your favorite animal?” 

 “Like absolute favorite?”

“Yes.”

“I probably say either a duck or a tiger.” 

“Do you think you're going to have a roommate, or are you going to live on your own or you going to college up there?”

 “No, I'm going to college and UC Davis California to Oregon so yeah.” 

“What are you going to do in college for veterinarian?”

 “I like working with animals and making them better in a way, and I've always wanted to be a vet.” 

“What job would you go to?”

 “I would probably be  working at a restaurant during weekends to earn extra money for my animals.”

 “Okay that’s all for today, Makenzie. Thank you for letting me do this interview, see you some day soon!!!”

 “Bye, Bestie!!!!” 

 “Bye, Bestie!!!” 

“But I will see you readers later. Bye! Love you guys!!!”

-Kalynn Cattanach

On September 17th, I went to Pearl Harbor, and I got to go in a submarine. It was huge and pretty cool to see, but they had some bathrooms that are tiny. It was a real submarine that was damaged in the bombing. It had a bunch of broken pieces that had been repaired. We didn’t go underwater, but we walked down some stairs and took a tour through all the sections. There was no guide, but they let us walk around if we promised not to touch anything. There were tiny kitchens and one huge dining room. We saw some storage rooms and a lot of doors that are very tiny. Once I got to the end, I had to go all the way around to the beginning where they gave me a newspaper that told of the people that are missing and went down with the submarine. It was in black and white, and it was an old report of the people who were supposed to go on the next voyage.

There was a game in which we got to fly in airplanes. It was virtual reality, and my mom and I were confused because we didn’t know who was the pilot and who was the gunner. We had it backwards, and it was about to be a disaster, but then I saw a button to switch it, and my mom was a much better pilot. Of course, she did flip the plane once, but she corrected it and started taking out all the Japanese planes. She was confused, but I told her to follow the arrow. Together, we… died, but we tried. My dad and my sister were better because my dad practices on an airplane game, and my sister kept the hammer down on the machine gun, a real button masher. Of course, they won the battle.

After Pearl Harbor, we went straight to the airport and got ice cream. Luckily, they didn’t let us fly the plane. That's all I did this day, but there is still more that I will tell you, so good bye for now. I will come back next time. Bye!

Today we went to a luau!!! In Hawaii, luaus are thrown to celebrate important life milestones, unify communities, and share Hawaiian culture and hospitality. The main event is the hula dancers, who tell their stories through Hawaiian dance because it brings other people together, and fire masters, who are for fun because it is so dangerous and cool to watch. In the luau, they put the fire on their feet and manage to not burn themselves. My sister Makayla, my dad, and I got temporary tattoos which were cool. When my dad got his tattoos, he said, “I feel big and strong like I should be fighting someone right now!” He started to wrestle with my uncle, but that was a bad idea, tattoo or not, and Uncle Scott quickly proved who has the muscles in the family. Of course, children learn from their parents, and my sister and I began wrestling, but that ended when I bit her on the neck. My mom was fighting a friend of ours; she’s been working out, so he quickly called for mercy. Now, I don’t know if this is normal family behavior for a luau, but when you start to mix in tattoos, things go cray-cray fast.

There was a big pig on a pan surrounded by lettuce and leaves and some kind of berries. There was one peppermint-scented leaf sticking out of its back. When I walked past the pig, I was able to slice off however much I wanted. It was sweet, which was surprising. There were mashed potatoes that were light blue. We ate apple cake, cheesecake, frosting bowl, and a poi bowl. Someone jumped off a cliff were there were a bunch of rocks to show the old days when they needed to sacrifice someone in order to repay their Trickster god, Maui. We drank punch and water out of coconuts with a straw and an umbrella. When the whole thing started, they gave us leis (flower necklaces), and the girls got flowers for their hair. The flower worn on the left is for single ladies, and on the right for married ladies. People on their honeymoon got to do a special dance, and then everybody followed for a celebratory dance. Luckily, my family was done fighting, so it ended with a lovely feeling… (ish).

-Kalynn Cattanach