Narrative Essay On How I Spent My First Vacation

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My first plane ride Christine Daniel 22115364 986170

Summer time was the best time for anyone to take vacation. As for me, well, I did not like going places that required me to travel over sea or to another country if it did not consist of having ground transportation. This year of summer was a bit different. I decided to take a risk and it was a big risk. I had to leave home so I made plans to go to Tulsa, Oklahoma. My living situation was ok, but I was staying with my auntie Andrea on my moms side of the family and it became a full house so, I decided …show more content…

I think I was joking myself. My aunite Andrea and I were talking about life and how things are going to be better for me, so that kinda kept my mind away from knowing I was about to get on a plane. We arrived at the air port and I was in shock on how big the air port was and how big the windows were. I also looked outside the windows and seen how big the planes were. On t.v. they looked much smaller. I began to notice that these planes were larger than the buildings surrounding me. ''OMG", I thought to myself, ''That's what I'm about to step foot on''. Everyone in the airport seemed to be very calm while at this moment, I felt like I was about to freak out. So I decided to walk and searched for a water fountain to drink from. I thought maybe that will calm me down, and that of course did not work. My auntie Andrea told me to sit down and wait for my plane to come, so I sat down very slowly. I looked at my ticket to see what time the plane was going to arrive and I seen I had enough time to lisen to some music and pray. As the time got closer for my plane to arrive, my auntie Andrea decided to depart and we said our goodbye's. I wanted to cry, but I was once again telling my self to be ''Strong'', I felt I was, So had I …show more content…

I thought they went pretty slow on the ground considering they have to come to a stop. I guess I was wrong. I grabbed my bags and walked on the plane very slowly, looking for my seat. I was looking for a seat that had good exiting just incase something bad happened. I found a seat between two people and I knew that wasn't a good idea because I knew I was going to fall asleep and I did not want my head falling on someone's shoulder i did not know. Sitting between two people made me feel like I was protected, but I kept thinking about bad things, like the plane falling out of the air, or the plane blowing up. While I was in deep thought, the plane started up, it sounded like a big rumble, like fire was coming from the engine, so I immediately started shaking. All types of things were going through my head and they were not good thoughts. I was looking around the plane. It was so big and narrow I couldn't believe how many people were able to fit in it. I was shocked to see kids on the plane and they were not even scared. So I began to feel bad for myself. I had to remember, they are kids and think it is a roller coaster ride to them. I wished at that very moment I had that same thought

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