My Favorite Vacation (revised)

My first and most memorable vacation was with my husband. We planned our trip and honeymoon to Cancun, Mexico. Besides having our children, this was a very important part of our marriage. With our busy and hectic lives, we rarely had time to enjoy ourselves. With both of us in the navy, it was too much to deal with. So, we decided to take a vacation to relax our minds for a little while. The way we met kind of predicted our future; both were on navy ships overseas in France in 2001. We talked for a while until his ship had to leave, so we kept in contact with each other. Six months later we met with each other; we were very inseparable at the time, so we decided to get married seven months later on February 19, 2002. A couple of days later, he had to go out to sea, so we never had time for a honeymoon. When he came back, I was going out; we kept missing each other going back and forth. To my surprise, I found out that I was pregnant when I was out to sea. He came back for a little bit and I told him the good news, he was delighted, but as always he was going back out again, this time it was for his six month cruise which turned into nine and a half months. So you can rest assure that he did miss the birth of his first son. By the time he came back, the baby was already three and a half months. For his second son he was in and out but was here for this birth in 2005.
With our very busy schedules, running here and there, me going to school and trying to do everything. I noticed I was always angry, depressed and easily frustrated, everything seemed too overwhelming, so that’s when I said to myself we need a vacation. Once again my beloved husband was on another cruise, so I wrote him with the plans and told him what we are going to do. At the time, I was still debating whether or not we should go because we had other finances that were more important to take care of. Then finally I made up my mind, and said yes we are going! It seemed like we never had any time for ourselves or each other, we were always on the go. We still are today. But, thank goodness it was tax season, we used some of the money for our trip and the rest was divided up on bills. We were all set to go. I went shopping around for tickets and found a very good deal; everything was included in this all-inclusive trip. I bought the ticket a month before he was to come home in June 07, then we would leave out in a couple of days on June 13th -June 18th, I was so excited, I started going out and buying different outfits that I would take with me. This was our honeymoon, five years later. I had to make arrangements with the babysitter to watch the kids for a week, everything was all set I though, until he came home. The day came when his ship pulled into Norfolk Naval Base; I bought some t-shirts and put a picture of daddy on the kid’s shirt.
That special day came, June 13th the day we’re to leave. Everything was ready to go that day. Yippee!!
I was looking like a million bucks, I thought to myself, everything was new, hair all curled up and ready for our trip. Our plane left around six in the morning, we had a lay-over in Washington, and then from there to Mexico, we arrived there around 4 p.m. It was very hot and muggy there, that my curls were starting to sweat out already. We had to wait about an hour before we would get on this van to take us to our hotel. We arrived at the hotel, which was beautiful. We rested for a couple of hours before going to the restaurant downstairs. For the next couple of mornings we went downstairs for breakfast and stayed at the beach until we got tired. This place was gorgeous; we had three full course meals plus snacks in between. I think I had packed on a couple of pounds, but who cares; I was having fun, we haven’t had fun like that in years. It was just us alone, my husband and I, no kids around, no work, it felt so wonderful not to have anything or anyone to worry about. The third day we went sailboat racing and dirt biking, we had lots of fun. When we arrived back at the hotel, we did a little bit of club hopping later on that night. We were having too much fun, my husband had about 15 shots of tequila, which he ruined the night, so when we got back to our room, he fell asleep and I had no choice but to go to sleep that night, but it was okay, it was us too enjoying ourselves. The next day, they had a Michael Jackson impersonator, so we went to the show, it was really nice, and this guy looked just like Michael! Everything about this place was so nice, we both didn’t want to leave, and I think I could have lived there. It was so stress free, everything was perfect, that’s why this is my favorite vacation. We finally had our alone time that we needed, but it was too short I thought. We had to leave our lazy persons’ behind and get back to work when we returned, our fun was over, but the memories will still linger on forever. Every year, I think we need to plan a vacation just to get away. It’s always good to get away and relax once in a while though. Too much work and no play can get to you at times.

My Favorite Vacation (original)

My favorite vacation is when my husband and I planned a trip to Cancun, Mexico. That was the best memorable time I had ever had in my life. Our lives have always been very busy, but when we started a family, it just seemed too much to deal with, so we had to take a vacation to somewhere to relax our minds for a little while. The way we met kind of predicts our future; we met each other in the navy overseas in France in 2001. Talked for a while, then he had to leave, we kept in contact with each other, till six months later we met up again, we were very inseparable, got married seven months later on February 19, 2002, a couple of days later, he had to go out to sea. So we never went on a honeymoon or anything. When he came back, I was going out, so we kept missing each other going back and forth all the time. But to my surprise, I found out that I was pregnant when I was out to sea. He came back for a little bit, but as always he was going back out again, this time it was for his six month cruise which turned into nine and a half months. So you can rest assure that he did miss the birth of his first son. By the time he came back, the baby was already three and a half months. For his second son he was in and out but was here for this birth in 2005.
Our lives have always been very hectic and busy, running here and there, me going to school and trying to do everything else. I noticed I was getting frustrated very easily, everything just seemed so overwhelming, anger and depression was also arising, so that’s when I said to myself we need a vacation. Once again my beloved husband was on another cruise, so I wrote him and told him what my plan was. At the time I was kind of debating whether or not we should go because we also had other finances that were important to take care of at the time, but finally I made up my mind, and, yes we were going! It seems like we never had any time for ourselves or each other, we were always on the go. We still are today. But, Thank goodness it was tax season, we used some of the money for our trip and the rest was divided up on some bills. So we were all set to go. I was shopping around for the best deals and found one; everything was included in this all-inclusive trip. I bought the ticket a month before he was to come home in June 07, then we would leave out in a couple of days on June 13th -June 18th, I was so excited, I started going out and buying different outfits that I would take with me. This was our honeymoon five years later, since we’ve never went on one. I had to make arrangements with the babysitter to watch the kids for a week because that’s how long we would be gone for, everything was all set I though, until he come home. The day came when his ship would pull into Norfolk Naval Base, I bought some t-shirts and put a picture of daddy on the kids shirt. I was really excited by then. June 13th came, the day we’re to leave, we had to get the kids ready and packing the suitcases in the car. I’m not a morning person, but I was sure up and ready that day. Yippee!!
I was looking like a million bucks, I thought to myself, everything was new, hair all curled up and ready for our trip. Our plane left around six in the morning, we had a lay-over in Washington, then from there to Mexico, we arrived there around 4 p.m. It was very hot and muggy there, that my curls were starting to sweat out already. We had to wait about an hour before we would get on this van to take us to our hotel. We arrived at the hotel, which was beautiful. We resting for a couple of hours before we went to the restaurant which was in the hotel. The next morning we went downstairs for breakfast and stayed at the beach, practically for the whole day. This place was gorgeous, we had three full course meals plus snack in between, which I don’t eat like that when I’m home. I think I had packed on a couple of pounds, but who cares, I was having fun like I haven’t in years. Just us, my husband and I with no kids around, no work, it felt so nice not to have anything to do or worry about anything at all. The third day we went sailboat racing and dirt biking, which we had lots of fun, when we arrived back at the hotel, we did a little bit of club hopping later on that night. We were having too much fun, my husband had about 15 shots of tequila, which he ruined the night, when we got back to our room, he fell asleep, so I had no choice but to go to sleep that night also. The next day, they had a Michael Jackson impersonator, so we went to the show, it was really nice, this guy looked just like Michael! Everything about this place was so nice, we both didn’t want to leave, I think I could’ve lived there. It was just so stress free, that’s why this is my favorite vacation. We finally had our alone time that we needed, it was just so wonderful, but now it’s time for another. A once a year vacation is not enough, it’s never enough, but it’s worth it at the end. It’s always good to get away and relax once in a while though

My reflection upon my english 111 experience. I can start off by saying when I walked into the classroom, I thought it was going to be an ordinary boring English class, learning pronouns, verbs, compound and fragment sentences and writing a lot of essays. Well, it wasn’t that way at all, this class actually turned out to be very interesting. If I didn’t need this English class, I might have dropped out of it because it was a little different, as students, we get used to the same ol’ routine of classes over and over, so when we are approach with something new, we do not know what to expect. But since I needed this class, I said to myself let me stay here because this is a subject that I’m going to always use and need in the English language. I always try and take the easy way out of situaion that I’m not comfortable in. The syllabus was handed to me with all the work that I had to complete in this class and additional instructions by the instructor, when I heard what I was going to do I wanted to leave. The works that he wanted us to analyze, I was not interested in, but when it comes to learning there are going to be things that you’re not going to like but have to deal with it. At first, the class was boring to me,but that is what I expected and did not want. Eventually, I stayed and I learned a lot of new techniques such as “rhetoric”, using the rhetorical triangle, was very good in organizing your essays, in which you can use it as an outline to gather all of the important information that you need. Also we analyzed films and movies by gathering all the important clues, “I think I might look at movies a little differently now.” I let my guard down and tried to enjoy the class that I knew I needed. The nights were long and boring but at the end of this class, I knew that I learned a new way of thinking and writing and also how to improve my essays. I learned a lot of things in this class that I didn’t think would of benefited me at all. I asked myself, why are we doing these type of work? We had a lot of essays to finish in a certain amount of time, with these essays, one particular, I Am essay…, I really learned a lot about myself because we were encouraged to put our feelings down on paper in any form, that we are sometimes scared to do. But in the end, we were not analyzing films and movies and looking at strange articles and sciene fiction works for nothing, it was a purpose behind all the things we were doing in class. With the valuable knowledge of this instructor, I consider this to be a very good class if your interesting in becoming a journalist or an editor, or wanting to improve your writing skils.

Rheorical Analysis Essay-I AM BECAUSE...

In this essay, I found it very hard to truthfully describe myself, I know how I am but we tend to want to describe ourselves on how people see us. It took me a while to get started, but when I did, I noticed I had a lot to say about myself. Writing this paper, it made me realize a lot of things that was going on in my childhood. As I continued to write, it was like my anger was screaming out for help. The way how people wanted me to be and act, I accepted that role, without my own identity. I wanted myself to be perfect and everything around me. So, at times I found it hard to fail, and when I did, I beat myself up about it. But now, I learned that it’s ok to fail and it helps you to be a better person so you can learn from your mistakes. Like they always say “practice makes perfect. So if you don’t get it the first time it’s ok to keep trying until you do.Our personality is a reflection of our childhood experiences and environment. When you’re brought up a certain way it’s very hard to change that demeanor about yourself. Sometimes it’s not good to change because you might turn into somebody totally different, but if changing ourselves will make us better, that is what we have to do. When you write, you can learn a lot about yourself like I did.

My Favorite Vacation

What a beautiful picture I thought to myself. Mexico, this was my husband’s and I vacation spot/honeymoon. When we first got married in 2002, my husband and I did not go on a honeymoon because both of us were too involved with the work of the military, so we did not have time to go on one. So after five years and 2 kids, we decided to go. We really needed this vacation. We were stressed, burned out and tired. So, we decided to sacrifice some things that we needed to take care of, and this was ourselves. We needed to get away and have fun and relax without any kids. We stayed up late and woke up at anytime without having to worry about any children around. We had an all-inclusive hotel, everything included, breakfast, lunch and dinner when we wanted. This trip was so lovely that we did not want to come back home. It felt so good to get away at times, just both of us. Right now I'm thinking it’s time for another vacation.


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Metamorphosis

When I first heard this name, I was thinking about some ugly creature. As I analyzed this word, I realized that it’s about a change that someone or something is going through. I didn’t want to read this story because it’s not something I would usually read, I’m not into those science-fiction books. When I started reading it, I didn’t start from the beginning because it was so long and I was not interested in reading it at all. But in order for me to understand what we would discuss in class, I had to read it. I did not like this story, it didn’t make any sense to me at first, then when I read on I was understanding the story a little bit more. Metamorphosis is a story about a boy named Gregor, who went to sleep and woke up as a bug. Turning into a bug did not bother him, it was missing work that was bothering him. His family was so dependent on him for everything that all he could think about was missing that day from work and wondering how his family was going to manage without him. After he turned into the bug, they treated him so badly. They didn’t think about all the times he went to work to bring home the money so they could have a better life. Sometimes people take things for granted, not realizing what they have in front of them until it’s gone. That’s what happened in this story, at the end, they noticed everything had changed drastically.

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