Personal Narrative: Small Town Ukiah, California

I am Azure Kennedy. I am eighteen years old and I am an only child. I grew up in a really small-town Ukiah, California and have lived there with my parents my entire life. I am so thankful to have grown up in without a doubt one of the most beautiful states in America. I lived an hour from the beach and an hour from the city. That right there explains my relationship with where I want to live someday. I want to live somewhere that is in the city but I can escape to the beach easily. To be honest if one would have asked me a year ago I would have laughed if I would have known I was going to be living in Tucson. I had my heart set on multiple California schools. However, I did not get into my top schools. The funny thing is, is I am thankful it happened. …show more content…
I visited my cousin here when I was thirteen just entering high school. I ended up loving the area unlike most people. Then I ended up loving the campus which was a slight shock. When people say that eventually everything falls into place I would have disagreed a year or two ago, but now I agree completely. The major that I love and am in is at no other school. The weather I did not know I even wanted and love is at this school. I did not really seek out or choose the school but thank god that it fell into place and chose me. It is hard because free time is kind of a rarity in my life now as well as before. I work, am involved in a sorority, love to socialize, and have a difficult schedule for school. If I had to pick one hobby aside from hanging out with friends I love to keep up on fashion. I do pay a lot for this school because they have amazing and useful resources. I hope that this class can not only teach me how to get the best experience out of the school and all it has to offer but I want to also learn how to get the best experience out of my