Ideal Vacation My family had always looked forward to leaving the valley during the torrid summer months. You see I never really had an actual vacation‚ since my father had been gone for eight long‚ dreadful years. He was sent away to a prison thousands of miles away‚ in Florida‚ when I was only six years old. My loving mother talked about ancient vacations we took‚ but I was too young to remember. My father was back home and he was as healthy as a young doctor. It was now summer of 2010‚ and I
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bounce all the way up the ladder and into the boat‚ jumping excited to go feel the wind in my face as we fly across the lake. Furthermore when you’re at the lake‚ there are some very distinct smells. The smokey smell of campfire smoke always lets you know that there are marshmallows and hotdogs being roasted. My mother would get marshmellows and Hershey bars and put them on a stick for me and would cool them off‚ often she would get her fingers sticky and gooey from the melting smores. The campfire
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Wolverines‚” I chanted. One more hour until kickoff. I was so eager and felt like I was going to take field with thousands of fans on their feet cheering my name. Michigan’s stadium is called the big house it does not look big on the outside‚ but when you enter the stadium it is breathtaking. Michigan has the largest college football stadium in the nation. It can hold 109‚901 fans. The stadium is very unique inside. Before the game started‚ Desmond Howard gave a pregame speech on the field to get the
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An Athlete’s Home Home is where the heart is. If this is true then‚ my heart belongs to a special place. Not just any place‚ but a place where the chalk line connects the grass to the dirt‚ where three bases signify my safety‚ and a green fence is my brick wall. When I pull around the corner my view fist goes to the baseball field not the softball field‚ but that’s what makes it so unique and special in its own way. It’s sort of like a home‚ with a fence for a wall and trees for the roof. Different
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favorite beach activity is‚ you will be certain to enjoy it here. This beach is also home to one of the largest loggerhead sea turtle nesting grounds in the world. So‚ it presents the perfect opportunity to not only enjoy some
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"You see us as you want to see us—in the simplest terms‚ in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...and an athlete...and a basket case...a princess...and a criminal. Does that answer your question?” Claire Standish is believed to be the princess of the “club”. But who is the real Claire? Claire is the real princess because of her appearance‚ her actions‚ her life‚ and her future. Claire presents herself exactly how she is stereotyped to be‚ a princess
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The phone rings and I answer‚ "Thank you for calling Business Systems this is Mandy how can I help you?" The voice on the other end asks for Amanda and I reply‚ "This is she". The voice says she is calling to remind me of my 4:00 PM dental appointment. I sigh and tell her I will be there. <br> <br>I enter the building and walk over to the elevator; I push the up button and patiently wait. The elevator door promptly opens and I get in. I push the button with a two on it and the doors close‚ up I go
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before me pushed themselves to the absolute limit; I was about to experience my own test of will. Camp Mackall airfield is located a mile or so from the main training area. The airfield is surrounded on all sides by the thickest pine forest‚ one that you would think wasn’t by accident. The thick
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Vietnamese American “If you are depressed‚ you are living in the past. If you are anxious‚ you are living in the future. If you are at peace‚ you are living in the present.” ― Lao Tzu As I left the Indianapolis airport at almost midnight‚ I knew that I was in an unfamiliar place‚ however‚ I couldn’t see it either. Compared to the sparkling night cities in California where I grew up in and left behind‚ here it was almost completely dark‚ with only the dim highway lights to aid our vision. I
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Harvey Cedars is a Christian Bible Conference located on Long Beach Island. The first time I went there was in 2007. The view from when you walk in there is the ground is covered in shells‚ there’s a big lodge with lots of apartments where people stay and a gorgeous dock with beautiful sunsets to see. Last of all you see the beautiful sand with the volleyball courts and people talking and kids playing and occasional dogs running around. When I was old enough to remember and do activities at Harvey
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