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| Lorenzy, Grandad, Francesca, in Rochester, NY |
Traveling is a lot of fun, but it can also be really
scary, especially when you’re flying with just your 13 year old sister, by
yourself. First time being in charge of passports, first time going through
security by myself, with my passport in my bag instead of it being in Dad’s bag
along with everybody else’s passports.
Well my sister and I flew from Baltimore to Buffalo with Southwest Airlines a
while ago, and that was probably the scariest thing I have ever done. As we
lined up to cheek in our bags, Dad was scaring me more and more every second.
He made me check in our bags and he made me do all the talking and he made me
take charge!
My sister was acting calm and I was trying not to get
confused. I guess I had to be the responsible one, so that meant I couldn’t
freak out! Otherwise we both would have freaked out!
We went through security and I started to panic as I
couldn’t see my little brother or Dad anymore… All that was going through my
head was “Oh My Gosh!!!! I don’t know where to go!!! I need to PEEE!!!! CALM
DOWN!!!!”
I calmed myself down and Lorenzy asked me “can we go
to the bathroom? I think this is the wrong way any way.” We went to the bathroom
and I went into one of the stalls… “Oh… where should I put the passports?!” I
didn’t even put them in my bag… I told myself “there’s a bathroom on the plane!”
I waited for Lorenzy to come out and we went to find
our gate, it was really close to the bathroom! We sat down and I turned on my
computer and began to work on my last Bible study for Teen Ranch, in Canada,
where I was headed to.
Then I began to get excited thinking about seeing my
two little cousins and my aunt and uncle and my Granddad! It wouldn’t be long
before I’d be working at the Ranch for a couple of weeks, either.
A loud voice came on over the airport’s PA system,
saying that we were going to start boarding soon, so I turned off my computer
and got the passports ready. When the line had gone down a little we got up and
walked over to the aerobridge entrance. We smiled and got onto the plane without
any problems.
We went to the back so we wouldn’t have to sit next to
any weirdoes. We got seated and everything, and then we were ready. The flight was very short and we got there in
no time… Southwest Airlines is my favourite airline when efficiency and fun are high on my to-do-list!
we started to walk following signs to the baggage hall. We went through a smallish hallway and on the other side saw aunty Jamie and Granddad waiting for us! All my fears were gone when I saw them smiling and pointing to us, and waving at us!
we started to walk following signs to the baggage hall. We went through a smallish hallway and on the other side saw aunty Jamie and Granddad waiting for us! All my fears were gone when I saw them smiling and pointing to us, and waving at us!
We went to get our bags and then went to the car and
drove to Rochester (New York), where we were going to be staying. We went to Aunty
Jamie’s house and saw Tidgh and allegra, our adorable cousins.
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| Francesca with her adorable little cousin, Tadgh |
We went out for dinner or lunch, not quite sure which
one it was, but I know that the food was good! We had a load of fun and went to
our good friends, the Seaburg’s. We would be staying at their house. I was only
going to stay one night. Lorenzy is still there with them now, having a load of
fun.
The next day I left for Canada with Granddad. I said
my goodbyes to everyone and then hit the road… it took us 3 hours to get there,
but we made it safely!
I just wanted to say Thank you to my Parents for
letting me come here and for making this possible… I love you guys.
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| Fran, Mum (Elizabeth) and Renz in San Diego (A GORGEOUS city in Southern California) |
Thank you Granddad for driving me here, it was a lot
of fun spending time with you… I hope you made it back ok.
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| Lorenzy, Aunty Jaime & Francesca |
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Francesca- you are such an incredible person and we love you so much. I am so impressed with how you step up and be responsible at the times needed..you are an awesome daughter, a terrific sister and a doting friend to all...we are thrilled you get to have this experience too and just know you are right where god wants you to be xxx
ReplyDeleteFrancesca- you are such an incredible person and we love you so much. I am so impressed with how you step up and be responsible at the times needed..you are an awesome daughter, a terrific sister and a doting friend to all...we are thrilled you get to have this experience too and just know you are right where god wants you to be xxx
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