A Story of Our Vacation on Chincoteague

             I cannot wait until this summer. Every summer, my entire family on my dad’s side all go on vacation to Chincoteague Island. It is usually hot; close to the 90’s. The ocean is cool and the dolphins swim right up next to you while on a boat. The Town of Chincoteague is a little, old town that gives you a break from the rest of the world; however, you do not feel completely isolated, as there are a lot of tourists. The neighboring Island of Assateague, which is connected to Chincoteague via a bridge, is home to a National Wildlife Refuge. My family spends a lot of time in the refuge. The beach is in fact, part of the refuge, so I guess it is safe to say we spend most of our time in the refuge.

            The National Park Service can be seen driving and patrolling up and down the beach, acting as lifeguards and law enforcement. In the forest, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can be seen tending to the park and giving tours, as well as researching the wildlife. Back in the town, there is a large bay filled with fisherman. The U.S. Coast Guard station is right next to our hotel. You can see the Coast Guard out on their boats responding to emergencies on the bay, as well as patrolling the bay all of the time. While there, we like to fish, rides bikes, swim in the ocean, and especially eat as a family.

Spring

Spring, a time for Easter and fun.

A time to eat all kinds of chocolate and candy.

Such a great time to be in the sun.

I find that being stuck in class is not so dandy.

I just want to get out this chair and run!

I Cannot Wait to Get Done

School, I cannot wait to get done.

Two more years feels like two more decades.

The time in school seems to move so slowly.

Yet, when the weekend comes, time moves so fast.

An hour in school feels like a day,

And a day on the weekend feels like an hour.

There’s only two more years until I graduate.

Then it is on to an exciting job.

I look forward to my career.

After training for it for several years,

I better like it.

While school passes very slowly,

I believe that in the end it will all be worth it.

Thoughts About Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is an interesting day.

It is a day supposedly all about love.

People of all ages celebrate it.

Kindergarteners celebrate with a class party.

While older folks celebrate with a dance at the local retirement home.

Couples often celebrate by going out for a nice dinner,

While singles treat themselves to a day surrounded by their family, who loves them.

Flower shops are booming because it is the day that everyone gets flowers.

Valentine’s Day is a day to forget about your worries and spend time with loved ones.

Goodbye Poetry

Goodbye poetry.

Good riddens.

I’d rather climb a tree,

Or get stung by a bee.

Thank Heavens,

Now I am free.

After the small fee

That poetry charged me.

The Sixth Week

            By the sixth week of school, you are so sick of school that you start to feel as if you do not care about school anymore. You may think to yourself, that you do not care what you get on an assignment. You do not care whether you get an “A” or a “C.” At least, that is what you think. However, when your professor gives you back a paper and you see you got a “C” on it, you do not have that feeling of “I do not care” anymore. You suddenly realize why you are paying over $20000.00 to go to school. This gives you a little bit of motivation, to get to the end of the semester. The sixth week is the week when you think to yourself that you can get through this because you have made it through semesters time and time again.

            By the sixth week, you know that you have to do well. If you do not do good, you wasted $20000.00, not to mention the fact that you need to graduate and have a good grade point average, in order to gain a successful job, in the field that you enjoy. You now know that you must succeed at this stupid school thing. If you do not succeed, you may not succeed at anything in life. Without a degree, you cannot find a good job, and without a good job, you cannot support your family. This spells misery for your life. You must realize, that this is not your first or second semester of college. You have made it through these countless times before, and succeeded. Now, is not the time to give up, after all of the work you have put in during previous semesters. You realize that you must push on through this rough semester.

            In conclusion, you now know that giving up is not an option, you must push through the semester at all costs. Unlike in grade school, where your grades did not really matter, in college, your grades affect the rest of your life. Your grades will follow you until the day you retire. If they have to follow you, why not make them good grades. You do not want bad grades following you around until the day you retire. By the sixth week, you have the motivation to push through the semester.

            

The Fifth Week

         By the fifth week of school, you have been through all kinds of stressors, have had the distinct pleasure of pulling an all night study session, for that physiology exam, and have even exhausted the school’s caffeine supply. The weeks leading up to the fifth week were some of the most horrendous weeks of your life. Indeed, you are left dreading the beginning of the next semester, and this semester is not even half way over yet. However, by the fifth week, a new feeling comes over you. This new feeling is that of acceptance. You now accept that this semester is going to be terrible; however, you have realized that the semester cannot get any worse; this in turn gives you the feeling of acceptance. You are at peace with the atrocities that await you in the coming weeks. In the fifth week, you have a feeling of acceptance because you now know that school is not going to be getting any easier and there is nothing you can do to change this.

            By the fifth week of school, you have been through all sorts of bad things, including sleepless nights and study cramming sessions. You now realize again why you hate school so much. However, you know that it will not get any easier. By this point in the semester, you even have professors laughing at you for being so stressed. They tell you that the next semester will be even worse. While you have reached your limits, you have also realized that there is nothing that you can do but pray. You must do your best to come out of your stressful experience with an impressive degree.

            In conclusion, while the fifth week is just as stressful as the other weeks, you now realize that is nothing you can do about it. You must simply do your best and not let the stress conquer you. Although the rest of the semester is hard, you will get through it. This is only a small period of your life. Before you know it, college will be over, and you are set loose in the real world. Until then, you may as well get used to your stressful lifestyle, since it is not going to change until you graduate. Hopefully, it will all be worth it in the end.