This is just the rough draft for my autobiographical essay that I ended up not turning in because my teacher wanted a "life changing-ah ha moment-really stupid" essay. So I wrote about four more and finally picked the one I thought was okay. Anyways, so here it is!
"Hey, your Aunt Lora's down at Disneyland, do you want to go visit her?" Wow, what a way to greet your daughter after a week of boring, treacherous school. Of course, my initial reaction was of utmost excitement, at the prospect of not only seeing my family after so long, but also at going to the "happiest place on earth". The only part of the plan that wasn't absolutely awesome was that we had to wait a whole night until we could leave. So to shorten the wait, I went to bed as early as I could.
The next morning I awoke to an extremely happy father. Before I even had time to register what was happening, he was standing in my doorway, completely ready to leave. At that moment I realized he was probably more excited than I was, and that was saying something. With a quick phone call to my un-expecting sister, the three of us flew out the door, and began the journey to Disneyland.
The weather had perfected itself to match our cheerfulness. The sun had decided to join us on our trip, while the wind stayed away. To add to that, it wasn't too hot, but it wasn't too cold. As we neared the parking lot, Mickey and Friends, I called the rest of the family to find out where they were. Why weren't they there yet?
With huge smiles on our faces, we hopped out of the car and joined the lively crowd. After catching up with the rest of the Heiny clan, we waited patiently with the rest of the visitors to be allowed through the doors. It only took a few minutes to get through security, until we were finally unleashed into the Magical world of Disney.
We didn't even know where to begin. Everywhere we turned we saw kids running around, or heard masses of laughter, and the feeling of happiness could only spread. Our large group clustered together to come up with a plan to get us through the day. Our plan had us running from ride to ride and gobbling immense amounts of junk food. Throughout the day, we walked all around the park, going on ride after ride, and we kept smiles on our faces.
When the sun was finally hidden below the earth, our group continued to wander the streets of Disneyland until the streets were completely filled with spectators awaiting the fireworks. BANG! The fire firework went off, and filled the sky with vibrant colors, receiving a loud applause from the crowd. The first was followed by several most thereafter, which were equally amazing.
After the fireworks, we made our way to one last ride – Space Mountain. We wanted to end the trip with a bang, and we thought that waiting in line for ninety minutes would do the trick.
When the ride was over, we all trudged our way back to our separate cars, and crashed at our nearest relatives place that kindly let us sleep when we were all in such an exhausted state. So now we know that when you’re preparing for a boring weekend, just take your whole family to The Happiest Place On Earth.