Vacation

            In the days building up to summer, the weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer. This April vacation was a reminder of just how excited I am for summer. How nice the days will be, how much freedom we’ll have, and school will be out! April vacation was like a preview of the long months ahead. June, July, and August… my favorite words to hear.

            The things I did for my April vacation were basically the same things I do over the summer. Over the weekend I spent most of my time with my dad, it’s rare if he’s home on the weekend, so I took advantage of the fact he was. I woke up Monday morning and went outside to feed Jenny; a big brown horse. She’s beautiful. Her favorite thing to eat is bananas. It made me laugh when I first discovered this, because what horse likes bananas? I guess Jenny does. I spent relatively an hour a day with her. Then, I would go home and check my phone. If a friend texted me then we’d make plans to hangout, if not I’d make them myself. I kept myself extremely busy, from soccer practice to getting ice cream; this was hands down the best vacation ever.

            On the really warm days, I would wake up around eleven and tan in my driveway. One morning my brother and his friends were already in the driveway playing basketball, so I played horse with them and won! Unfortunately I got a little burn on my back; it reached about eighty two degrees that day. I pretty much begged my mom to go to the beach everyday of the week, but she had no choice… she had to work. My cousin Jason and I walked to the Ashland Reservoir. We swam to the island together, I took about thirty minutes, but we both had to stop half way there because it was exhausting. Next time I might just need some floaties, maybe those Elmo ones for each arm.

The most entertaining thing I did over vacation was hangout with three of my close friends. We had a huge pasta dinner, then walked to the high school and played with a bow and arrow. Where I got a bow and arrow, I couldn’t tell you, but lucky the arrow was just wood and didn’t have a tip. I suggest not playing with any kind of weapon… I got a splinter, but luckily I got it out!  

Finally, as vacation came to a close I realized how tired I was! I had a soccer game on Sunday and my club team beat the number one team in Massachusetts! The Stars, my guess is they’ll be running laps at their next practice. After my game I came home, had some Brie cheese and French bread then took I nice hot shower. Then I threw my comfy pajamas on and took a nice long nap. A great ending to a phenomenal vacation!

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