On the way to school today, I had many things going on. I left my house at 8:15a.m. in order to get to school before my first class began. My first class starts at 9:10a.m. and my goal was to arrive at 8:40a.m. Usually my mother drops me off before she leaves to work but today was not one of those days. My day began the wrong way; I woke up late and did not have time to eat breakfast. I could not find my book for philosophy and my notebook for math.
On my way to the bus stop, I saw a dead bird on the sidewalk that creped me out. As I got to the bus stop it began to rain. I thought that eventually it was going to stop, but once again I was wrong. The rain only continued to get harder and harder. I waited at the bus stop for about fifteen minutes until I got tired of getting wet and of waiting. I decided to call my uncle and ask him for a ride to school. I called one time and he did not answer, I called a second time and again he did not answer. I began to stress out and worry about not arriving to school on time for my first class. Suddenly my phone rang and it was my uncle, he told me he was in the shower when I called him and asked me what did I want. I kindly asked for a ride to school and he said yes.
Finally, my day was turning better. When I arrived school, I took my notebook out and noticed that all my notes were wet, since I had spent fifteen minutes under the rain waiting for the bus to arrive, which it never did. My class was about to begin and my notebook was still wet. I took my homework out so it would dry before the teacher collected it. “God I thought to myself, when is this day going to end?”
As my day continued it turn out better, everything was under control after my first class. I had lunch with my friends and left for home with no problem. My aunt picked me up and then took me to work. I got out from work at 8:00p.m. and arrived at my house at 8:15p.m. As soon as I got home I fell to sleep. I just hope that I don”t get another day like that in a long time.
Friday, February 1, 2008
"The Other Face of the Holidays"
Christmas is my favorite holiday; it’s a day of rest and pleasure, a day to get acquainted with each other and a day to recall old memories even though there seems to be so much to do at Christmas. There are presents to buy and wrap, family to visit, and the tamales to cook. This year the holidays were not as good as I expected. Two things that disappointed me during the holidays were that two of my paychecks flew by without keeping a dollar for myself and that a person I don’t like showed up to my house on New Year’s Eve.
For seventeen years I have seen Christmas as the day in which I would receive many presents and stuff my self with many tamales that my mom would make for this special occasion. This year it was different, I had a job and as well as the rest of my family I had to buy presents to give away. I worked hard for two weeks without getting a single dollar from my paycheck for myself. I was too busy buying presents for my family and friends. It was painful knowing it was Friday, “pay day”, and not being able to enjoy it on me. That’s when I figured out that often buying presents can leave the biggest hole in our bank balance.
After my crisis of the Christmas presents I thought that maybe New Year’s Eve was going to be a different story. I thought it was going to be pleasant and peaceful, but I was wrong. My problem now was not the money but a person. That night my male cousin decided to bring a friend who I tend not to like so much. As I was enjoying dinner with my family and friends I saw the person I dislike walk through the door. She glanced at me and pretended like she didn’t notice that I was there. When the music began I took my cousin out to dance with me and she got mad. When the clock struck 12:00 we all hugged and welcomed the New Year. At 12:30a.m. she left and that’s when my day got better.
The holidays can leave us with good and bad memories, but it’s up to us if we let that bring our spirit down. Only because this past Christmas and New Year’s Eve was not as good as others, I’m not going to let this experience ruin the rest of them to come. I just hope that next year I get better and more pleasant people to visit me.
For seventeen years I have seen Christmas as the day in which I would receive many presents and stuff my self with many tamales that my mom would make for this special occasion. This year it was different, I had a job and as well as the rest of my family I had to buy presents to give away. I worked hard for two weeks without getting a single dollar from my paycheck for myself. I was too busy buying presents for my family and friends. It was painful knowing it was Friday, “pay day”, and not being able to enjoy it on me. That’s when I figured out that often buying presents can leave the biggest hole in our bank balance.
After my crisis of the Christmas presents I thought that maybe New Year’s Eve was going to be a different story. I thought it was going to be pleasant and peaceful, but I was wrong. My problem now was not the money but a person. That night my male cousin decided to bring a friend who I tend not to like so much. As I was enjoying dinner with my family and friends I saw the person I dislike walk through the door. She glanced at me and pretended like she didn’t notice that I was there. When the music began I took my cousin out to dance with me and she got mad. When the clock struck 12:00 we all hugged and welcomed the New Year. At 12:30a.m. she left and that’s when my day got better.
The holidays can leave us with good and bad memories, but it’s up to us if we let that bring our spirit down. Only because this past Christmas and New Year’s Eve was not as good as others, I’m not going to let this experience ruin the rest of them to come. I just hope that next year I get better and more pleasant people to visit me.
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