My Thoughts On The Fear Of Heights

I have always loved the feel of an early morning. Back home I used to wake up early to go fishing with my dad. The blue sky with rays of oranges and yellows always soothed me. However, this morning had everything that I have always loved, but it had an ominous tone to it. It had rained the day before so the only noise that I kept hearing was the splashing of boots on the murky mud.

I grab my suitcase, my phone on its charger, my sheets, and my snacks. I hurry out the door and pack my things in the car. I climb into the car and my mom begins to drive. I put on my headphones

My phone’s alarm went off early in the morning; I let it play a little more as the alarm was my favorite song. Instead of being cranky by the alarm, I bumped to it. The birds chirped from all angles, the neighbor’s dogs barked at each other, while he was too busy mowing to lawn. But, I was in a terrific mood anyway. The blinds, slightly open, let bright sun rays hit my floor, while the A/C blasted. I slowly got up, and let out a loud yawn. Bones cracked at every single body joint. The pleasing aroma of coffee and the savoring smell of eggs filled up my nostrils. I put both feet down, and head to the pull-up bar where I hang on it for a few seconds, stretching out my spine. I turn my head toward the calendar to make sure today was the day. Indeed it was, reading the month of July with 2008 written in big, bold letters. Butterflies filled up my stomach with goosebumps everywhere.

It was a cold, dark night and I could not sleep whatsoever, because all I could think about was that I start my adventure in the morning. I am a new graduate of a post bachelorette Anthropology program. My first assignment is to travel to the island of Bijangi, and live with and study the culture of the Bijangi tribe. The world knows very little about this tribe other that where they live and some other minute facts. I plan on discovering everything possible and making a name for myself on my very first adventure. This is everything I have been going to school for and I just cannot wait. I finally fell asleep and am now waking up to the blaring scream of my alarm telling me it is time to get up and get a move on. My brother James dropped

When it was midnight, we loaded the car and drove through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. We stopped at a few places to grab food or gas. It was a long time, but it was worth it when we finally reached our condo. It was beautiful! We went to the balcony to see the ocean and it was crystal clear. The beach wasn’t crowded either. We hurried to put on bathing suits and sunscreen. Then we walked downstairs to the beach. The sand was warm and felt great. My sister’s and I ran to the water and

As the clock strikes 6PM panic invades my mind. This panic is not due to the fact that I must complete an assignment on time because I already finished today’s assignments, but because I just realized that another day will cease to exist without me reading a Stephen King novel, playing video games, watching a movie, or going for a run to take in the sweet spring scented air. Although I am a very organized person, with my calendar and highly detailed to do lists, I still can’t seem to find a way to make my day fit everything I want to do. After writing and editing two sentences it is 6:15PM and I know not much time has passed but the highly predictable anxiety starts to set in every time I look to the clock on my left.

You open your eyes and awake with a new day. You had to some chores, long lists to check, and some annoying stressful challenge for the day. Someone you never knew now stands watching on a ship and thinking about his little baby girl his wife just recently gave birth to, and possibly may never see her father for a long time.

My dad had to stay home for work that weekend, so we said our goodbyes and waved as we pulled out of the driveway onto Cermak road. I looked at the GPS and it predicted a 5 hour car drive. I was not excited whatsoever for this because I do not like long car rides, but I knew that I had plenty of homework to do to keep myself busy. My sister put her headphones in and began to take a nap while I took my IPad out and began to work on the Biology project. I sat for about an hour editing and finalizing the video my group had created about the grassland biome. Then, I began to read my English literature circle book, Life of Pi. It began getting dark very quickly. After about a half hour of reading and annotating, I could not even see the pages anymore. I gave up on doing the rest of my homework, so I put my headphones on and turned on my Spotify Daily Mix to listen to the rest of the way there. I watched the landscape change from the oak brown forests in Illinois to endless farmlands in Indiana to the magnificent Lake Erie in Michigan. We took a narrow steel bridge over Lake Erie to get to Grosse Isle, Michigan. Once we crossed the bridge, we continued on the main road until it ran into Maise Court. My mom pulled up into the driveway and my friends, Josie and Allie, were already waiting there to greet us with their new dog

We are in the car hearing the tires move and jump, it’s just me, my mom, my dad, and my two brothers in the car. I’m listening to my music and I see my mom and dad talking. I also see my older brother falling asleep and my younger brother watching his show on our ipad. When we finally get there we are all a little tired but we don’t want to waste anytime, so we drove up to our beach house and it is huge and beautiful. It even has a kitchen.

I jumped on my bed at 12 in the morning. I can’t wait for tomorrow! It’s going to be a tremendous day. My family; Dad, Mom, little brother Andrew and I, are going to South Padre Island early in the morning! I couldn’t stop thinking about it. What am I going to be able to do there? How will the hotel look like? Pause. The list can go on and on, but first, I need some sleep. It’s going to be a great time with my family.

“BEEP BEEP BEEP.... BEEP BEEP BEEP” , the sound from my alarm clock makes me wake up, I yawn for a long . I turn over, hang my hand, turn off the alarm clock and look at the desk, many papers books on it , last night I studied for all night. Today I will have 5 semester tests and I have to pass the tests! This week will be my last in high school, I’m a senior right now . I Put my feet on the floor, walk so slow to the bathroom , brush my teeth , wash my face and prepare stuffs to go to school. I walk down stairs, very slowly and lightly to make sure that I will not wake anybody up. I put my backpack on the table, check on what I have in refrigerator to make breakfast.

Setting my car off of Autodrive, I drive home delighted to come home. Looking at the green filled neighborhoods and the tall, beautiful trees that filled the parks. Passing by our neighborhood grocery store I notice all the families going in and out of the store. As I drive up into the driveway, I grab my laptop and head inside. Touching the finger ID to get into the house I open the door to an open house. Stepping into the living room, I sit down as the TV turns on by a motion device, as I pull out my phone, I typed the Sports channel to see if any basketball games were on. Later on into the day I look down to my watch to come to realize that it was 10 mins till dinner. As I stand up, I notice my mom finishing up the table for dinner. After dinner I head back up to my room to go wash up and get ready for bed. As I get done brushing my teeth I put my watch and phone on the charger and head to bed to rest up to repeat for

Today wasn’t your average day. I woke up with an awkward huge smile that stretched from ear to ear. Obviously I was over anxious, and filled with excitement, like on those rare days your mom treats you to dinner. It was all because today was my best friend’s birthday! From the vibrant blue skies to the aroma of breakfast with unfortunately had passed, that aside today was going to be perfect or so I thought.

At 9:30 Justin will leave his home in Remsen to get me from the farm, so we could go back to Orange City to get the others, Alex, Austin, Isaac, and Jakob. At that point I was fully awake from remembering the great news. I do a little more work on the farm and then I hear the two, old farm dogs barking at the red jeep coming down the long rocky driveway. I go inside fast to change into not smelly clothes and shoes. I ran quickly outside and hoped in Justin’s jeep and we drove off. I was sitting in the front seat all happy, but I also kind of feeling bad about leaving the farm early. It’s like leaving Vietnam from a helicopter as everyone watches you leave, while they are still shooting at people. We got the end of the lane and we looked both ways and we were off to

i wake up another day knowing that i am the most important person in the united states. I look at my chrome plated alarm that i have had for the last two years. i foinally get up. stressed but blessed I get my coffee mug my wife gave to me from back when i was just a regular residence. Before you now it my attendents are telling me my to do list for the day, excited, i get dressed then meet my body guards and hop on the famous air force one where i will be on my way to sarasota florida to talk to elementary students and read them a book. i finally get on the plane praying that i have safe travels and a great day.