Personal Narrative: My Road Trip To Texas

The old, revolting bus halted to a stop in front of my house where I got off and followed my everyday routine. This usually consisted of checking the mail and going inside to do the dishes before starting my homework, but today was different. Both of my parents greeted me at the door and said that we had to talk. My stomach dropped and immediately my mind raced through all of the worst possible situations. When they informed me of the news I was devastated, relieved, and happy all at the same time. It was hard making up my mind whether this news was going to turn out to be a good or bad change.
As I sat through the longest ninety minutes of my life, the class right before lunch, I thought about what Courtney’s reaction would be after I told her the horrible news. I drug myself through lunch as if nothing was bothering …show more content…
Bye, I love you and will keep in touch. I promise.”
I walked out and got in the truck with my mom and we started our journey to a new life in Orange, Texas. Road trips were always my favorite but this road trip was not exciting at all. It was a silent four hour drive all the way to Texas. It would lead my family into a whole new life in a new place. I never liked new situations and I feared meeting new people and that’s what the road trip would result in.
We finally arrived to our new house and immediately started unpacking boxes. Our new house was really small and homey which provided me with a sense of relief and hope that this change would not turn out so bad after all. It was going to take us all afternoon to unload all of our belongings into the house and I was exhausted. The whole time all I could think about was the fact that the next morning I was going to be forced into a new school with new people. I could only hope that this new school would be filled with kind and welcoming students. The only things I could think about was if the students at this school would like me and if I would fit in or