Personal Narrative: A Career As A Social Worker

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It all started at the bus stop it was around 5 pm i was getting ready to go to work i worked the graveyard shift almost no one would ever come so i would just do school work or sleep so i was on the bus going to work then i fell asleep i woke up and it was 10 pm i was in some different place it smelled like alcohol and vomit i had no idea where i was i could only see the top of the bus i had almost no money and my cell phone was dead i couldn't even stay on the bus because it was the poor man's last stop so i got up and asked him where i was he said just south of the strip i said were? he tell me you're in vegas kid

Vegas i don't know what to think i was 400 miles away from home with nothing just 5 bucks and my lucky baseball card i had

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