The best experience and change in my life was when I went to Florida for a whole month. When I left Los Angeles my plans were to finish high school in Florida. This was all happening because my mom wanted me to finish high school in a better school and environment than Los Angeles. At first I was excited to go to Florida because I never visited or been there. I was going to stay with my uncle in his house in Florida. My uncle lived in Tampa, Florida and the city was Zephyrhills.
When I left Los Angeles my whole family was sad and missed me already. When on the other side in Florida my uncle couldn’t wait to see me. So when I arrived to Florida I felt the immediate change from Los Angeles. Everything felt so quiet and calm because now I was going to live in a rural area. I had escaped the urban side of Los Angeles which was completely city and traffic. Florida was so different than Los Angeles.
In Florida there was no tagging, gangster or any gang violence. At first I felt so weird in Florida because I was so used to Los Angeles because I practically lived there my whole life. The ethnicity was completely different. Almost the whole population in Tampa was white Americans. As time went by I started to adapt to the environment.
I kept in touch with my family in Los Angeles. I would talk to them on the phone everyday. The first few nights in Florida were so depressing for me because I missed my family too much. But like I said earlier I was already getting use to Florida. The weather was very humid and I didn’t really like that. I really didn’t like the time change because now I was on the east coast and they are three hours ahead.
My first day of school in Florida was really uncomfortable and weird. The whole ethnicity was white people so I felt like if I wasn’t wanted. The first couple of days I was lonely and hadn’t made friends. Then two days later people started to talk to me and I started making friends. As I started to make friends I started to feel more comfortable in the school. Then two weeks went by and I had a good amount of friends and I actually liked the school. A month went by already and I was already use to the school and comfortable with the environment. But then an issue occurs with my oldest brother and uncle. That issue includes me because something was happening with the social security and some medical papers that my uncle needed so I could have medical insurance in Florida. Since my brother didn’t want to transfer those papers to my uncle, my uncle couldn’t keep me with him because if I had to go to the doctor or dentist my uncle would have to pay it would not be free. I was really disappointed and sad that I had to leave Florida. My uncle, aunt, and cousin were sad too because I was leaving Florida. That same day my uncle bought my plane ticket and then two days later I left Florida. I couldn’t believe I had left because I thought I was going to finish high school in Florida. On the other side in Los Angeles my mom, brother, and sister were happy that I was coming back. This whole experience for me was really fun, exciting, and depressing. I plan and hope to return soon to Florida so I could visit my uncle and everyone else. In the end I am glad that I am in Los Angeles because this is my hometown and this is where I grew up.
No comments:
Post a Comment