Last week was a week I had been looking forward to after being at Randolph College for 2 months. It was fall break! The friday I went home I couldn't wait to be done my friday classes and get on the road to Maryland. I didn't even care that a five hour drive was ahead of me. After getting an A on my oral exam I rushed to my car to get on the road. It was pouring down rain 4 out of the 5 hours my friends Alexis, Angela, and I were driving. I was so excited when I got home! My family gave me a million hugs and were so excited to tell me about the trip they planned for us all to take Saturday. We were going to New York city!

I had been to New York City a bunch of times for school or with my mom but never with my whole family! My brother had never been in his life and it had been 30 years since my dad last went. My mom and I were so excited to show them around the city! My favorite part was when we went to Central Park and saw all the places where movies have been filmed. My mom had never seen all of Central Park and always wanted to. I wanted to see the Zoo but they didn't have bears so I was very disappointed because bears are my favorite animal. Another one of my favorite parts was when we went to see The World Trade Tower Memorial. We went specifically to see one of my dads fraternity brothers name on the memorial. He had gone to Roanoke College like my dad and was some what close to my dad. After finally finding his name two ladies asked if we were here to see him. They said that had come to see him too because they also went to Roanoke College and was a Phi Mu at Roanoke College. My mom was so shocked because she was a Phi Mu at Roanoke too. It was almost like fate that we all met up at the memorial. What a small world this is. After waking up at 5 in the morning to take a 3 hour bus ride, walking around NYC for almost 9, and waiting two hours for dinner we were all just ready to go home.