Waiting for the Weekend

It was about 1am and I was anything but tired. School had just ended a few days earlier, and I was only hours away from my first summer vacation. I was excited to spend the weekend with my best friend, Eleise, who lives six hours away up in Michigan. I was excited to see my favorite singer, Taylor Swift, live for the third time. I was excited to get out of Illinois and go back to a place that used to be so familiar to me, but now it’s just a place from the past. My bag was packed days before we…

intriguing places. “Oh the places you’ll go, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!” This inspirational quote was said by Dr. Seuss. It reflects my family because we have so many adventures, no matter where we are. My childhood was packed with fun trips to Disney World, trips to Sea World , trips to Universal, and much more. Sometimes, during the summer we get a hotel and go to the beach for the weekend. My family has been to an abundant amount of places like Hawaii,…

You work long hours sometimes working 12plus hours a day and you 're constantly on your feet, you don 't get a traditional lunch break at all and you 're literally taking orders from strangers who often forget to treat with respect. Waiting tables pays a Texas college student $2.15 an hour, and once that check gets traced over for all the taxes and more a waitress gets no check and basically lives off of tips. So why did I do it for almost a year; honestly I was as desperate as they…

Once upon a time there was a young man named fillip who lived in toledo, ohio. He was a senior in high school and was also a football player. he was 5”8, weighed 190 pounds, had black hair and a mean side that nobody was scared of. Fillip was not very bright or smart, in fact he was the opposite. He didn’t understand his homework, he never payed attention in class, and didn’t know when to keep his mouth shut. Fillip had barely passed the past 3 grades of high school but this year was different.…

Stick Fly “A Martha’s Vineyard weekend erupts on politics, class and race in this funny and deep family drama.” Stick Fly, introduces the audience to a young black couple spending the weekend with the man’s (Spoon) family. While they couple settles in, the young lady, Taylor, is nervous about meeting her fiancés wealthy family for the first time. While waiting on the family to arrive, we are introduced to the character of Cheryl, the housekeeper’s daughter who is working for her mother…

They were very busy all the day, and already had three to four walked-in customers were waiting in the guest sitting area. P21 and his wife had great customer relationship. They often greeted their clients and responded their inquiries. P21 described most of his customers had to book one to two days ahead of their appointments. Most of their…

GS1115: Module 3 Professional Communication and Stress Management Exercise 3.1 Stress Reduction Template Nothing too many things can stop me from reaching my goal as finishing. The only three things that can stop me is if anything serious happens to my son and I have to stay lots of time off. The second one is losing the faith that I have to succeed and finish my goals the three will be not having a way back and forward to school. There can be many things that can come in my way to slow me down…

needed; I was not prepared. I was at the point of crying when I realized that my father green card approval paper wasn’t coming until a week before the semester started. That was my seconded strike out, I didn’t know what to do other than play the waiting game and I somehow persevered through because there no point in crying over spilled milk. I know I will continue to persevered because I have made it through all these obstacles from learning to ride a bike to the beginning to end of high…

on the early fall morning and set out to the woods before the sun started to rise. We arrived to the stand just when light was starting to filter into the field, I was alone he headed back out to the house and wished me luck. I sat for a few hours waiting for deer but none came so I packed up my gear and wandered aimlessly my way back to the house. I warmed up with some coco my grandma had made me and said I was going to head back out after a quick…

Addicks- Clodine” I asked him how much to get in he said “$5 but don’t worry about it I got you.” I said ok and spent the rest of the night waiting to go to this party unaware of the events that would take place that night. I returned home at about 5 pm to find my roommate on the couch watching TV we had a brief conversation about him going home for the weekend. He left around 6 pm. After he left I spent the next 3 hours trying on clothes (which in hindsight is embarrassing to admit) looking…