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Personal Narrative: My Santa Barbara Home

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I woke up in my Santa Barbara house. With the ocean view outside my window, making me want to go back to sleep until I heard my two children scream at each other. I have a twelve-year-old boy named Lucas and a ten-year old girl named Daisy. My husband, Liam, has already left for work at PG&E. At the time I graduated he worked with my dad. We hosted a barbecue at my house and that was the start of things. He transferred to San Francisco where while I studied business at San Francisco University. I also played on the volleyball team there where we won college championships in 2025.
I got my kids ready to go to school for the day then I went to get ready for work. We got into my brand new 2044 BMW, which I got for my birthday from Liam. I dropped …show more content…

We got merchandise today so, I’m unboxing it now.”
“Ok, I'll be there soon.”
Driving to the store I had a sense of excitement. Probably from all the new merchandise we were receiving. The day went by slowly eventually approaching lunch time. I had to do some errands during that time because I never have time to do it after work. I went to the post office which I haven't done in a while. As I walked back to my car browsing through the mail. Something unusual came up. It was an invitation to my 25th high school reunion. I didn’t go to any of the other ones since my schedule was/is so busy. Perhaps this year it would change. The day eventually came to an end. I was back at home with my husband and kids just like I end all my days. Except ii really wanted to check my calendar for the day of my reunion. June 25th was the day and that was a day I was free. I was so excited I could barely sleep that …show more content…

I almost didn’t recognize you, you look totally different now. ” she said once she turned around to greet me. We started to talk and I found out she has her own business for aviation. As I was talking to her I spotted another one of my close friends in high school, Ashlyn Olah. “Faith! Hailey! I can’t believe you guys came! I haven’t seen you at past reunions!” Then all three of us started to get talking. They both really like how their lives turned out and so do I. Ashlyn became a sports medicine physician for the Giants and even married a guy on the team. As the night became darker and darker I became more tired. My husband and I crawled into our tiny tent that we had gotten at Wal-Mart real quick because we didn’t have any other one. I was uncomfortable laying on the ground but it was worth it because I got to reconnect with a few of my best friends from high school. We only spent the night at Lake Almanor because of how long the drive is. We greeted everyone in the morning and I had exchange my number with some of my high school friends. We started to pack up our car to head back down to Santa Barbara. Our babysitter was watching the kids today until we got back home. We said our goodbyes to everyone. Maybe next time I will really try to go. I never thought that the people in high school would still be able to be one of my friends

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