Personal Narrative: A Modest Proposals

Summer vacation, and school ends for about three months, and then you have as much fun as you can, then back to school… right? Well I had to go to summer school, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Everything was going fine, I had a job after summer school, and that was going fine as well. They say that summer is supposed to be fun and exciting, and it usually is for me and my family. However in July my father started coughing up blood. My father usually doesn’t make it his top priority to go to the doctors, so he waited about four weeks until he really didn’t feel good.

Be on time, there is always a crowd. The cover charge is up to 25 CUC (30 US$) when famous bands such as

The news continues, but Mom slowly turns around. Nix clicks the television off, intentionally too late.

The phone rings. My mom steps up from her worn office chair and grabs her cell phone.

It was my sophomore year of highschool when the most memorable event took place during my time as a flutist in the Barrow High School band. I never would have thought that we would receive an invitation to perform at one of the most prestigious venues in the world: Carnegie Hall. To come up with the money for travel, our band held fundraisers that included selling smoothies, hosting a dinner, and helping out with carnivals. New York will be the most expensive trip we will ever go on. Everyone was put into a panic as he or she tried their best to earn enough money. Worrisome questions still lingered and we asked ourselves, “What if we don’t have enough money?” The closer the trip was, the more frantic everyone became.

Were you scared to come back from Rome and face you mom? I was worried she was going to be really upset with me and she was, but I think she realized that if I wouldn’t have done what I done Preston would have died. Also deep down she probably knows that she would have done the same thing if she were in my position, but most of all I think she was just happy I was alive and ok.

“Sure. Just give her a heads up. She doesn’t like it when I show up unannounced.”

I’ll be at the concert in five. Let Security know, I’ll let you know when I am there. When I do get there, play lost boy. I’ll have it all planned out.

“Sure. Just give her a heads up. She doesn’t like it when I show up unannounced.”

I Run to my bathroom and take off my pajamas and put on fresh new clothes for the new day.

Well I decide to go and check the TV. I turn on the TV and it plays a show, completely normal. “Thank Goodness!” I say to myself.

"Mom!" "I'm home!" Where is she when you need her, damn it?! "MOM, where the HELL are you?!" I say as I stomp and start to shove all of our nonperishable foods into one of the saddlebags.

“No, I’m not busy. I have to ask if I can come but I’m sure she’ll say yes. I probably have to clean my room first though, so it might be a while.”

After I was done, I told her the total but she wasn’t paying attention. She was preoccupied with what she was hearing from the two other customers next to us.

“Okay. Thank god. When can I see her? I miss her. I want to see her.”