Simon Gookin

Age: 16

What I did this year

This year was one of the most interesting one of the years I had. The first thing that was excellent was that I got to work this year and it was at Silverwood. I got to work there as a cashier for about the first few weeks that I was there. I think about the third or the forth week I got to work at a hawker stand, which is a mobile stand that stays in one spot and has all of the food cooked right there. The stand that I was doing was the churo stand, and pretty much worked there for the rest of my time that I was there. Once I worked there for eight hours straight and no break. I went to the nearest place that had a manager, fortunately it was really close to where I was working, and he tried calling my manager which was not responding or anyone how was in charge. So he was told to tell me to close up shop and get going. Once I was on my way the head boss was coming and said sorry we didn’t notice that you were here. So I got some tokens and went on my way. Once it was over I got an award saying that I was the top churo seller of the month and another for the most chruo’s sold in one day. So even though I never did have a few ups and downs it was still good in the end.

The next greatest thing the happen to me this year was my football season that I had with the varsity level. Even though I got to play I a few of them, every time that me and the backups went in we scored every time. Also I got to play with the JV team, or the sophomore team, Head Coach Troxel said that that was a good thing it got me more experience in the game of football. During my summer vacation I got to play with the team a lot less but got to get to know them a lot better. Also I got to go around a lot more places then there were with last year in football, this year I got to go to Pocatello and play on T.V. and in a dome and against Utah, that was really fun even though we lost. Football this year was a blast of fun, and we got to be known as the IEL champs this year (Inland Empire League).

Summer this year was really good, but like for a few years we did nothing. Well that was not entirely true, I got to go to the weight room and worked out a lot more and I got to work this summer at Silverwood, which you all ready know, and I got to do more things here than I did for a few summers that I was here for. Well that is all that can come up with so I just have to say is MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND ALL A GOOD NIGHT AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Vale et habio bona famillia Hlodanus

Simon took track of how many churros he sold during a shift.

Simon poses in his nice clothes in front of our Christmas tree. He had to dress nice for his business team's trip to the University of Idaho.

Simon dawns his wrestling gear.

Simon enjoys a slice of Dad's famous shrimp & bacon pizza with lotsa cheese!

Simon plays for the Lake City High School T-Wolves.