It quickly went from a nice, fun, vacation to a painful, terrible, nightmare. Just about every year before school starts while my mom has meetings for teachers, my dad takes my sister and I on a small, five day trip to different places. This year, we decided to go to St Louis. Little did I know that this trip would soon turn south very, very, fast. It was the middle of August, 2013. I believe it was around the 13th. My dad, sister, and I were on our way to St Louis to do various activities before the start of my first year of middle school. By the time we got on the road, I decided to take a nap. I am usually good at staying awake on the road, but for some reason, I was exhausted. I slept most of the drive there. We were almost at the hotel
