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On a bright sunny day in the middle of summer, I woke up wrapped in my warm fluffy blanket with a dog. With my mom saying, “Austin wake up your cousin will be coming visiting us.” I was surprised, I hadn't seen her in weeks. Her name is Ceara she’s really nice. I was kind of shocked she only comes over at the most 3 times a year. When I finally got up, it was sometime in the middle of the day the reason I know this is because my mom was in the middle of cooking our lunch, she was making freezer burnt chicken nuggets and minute maid mashed potatoes. I sat down in one of our old creaky wooden chairs and my mom said to me “Eat up you don't want to have an empty stomach when Ceara shows up.” As usual, she was right, so I ate my food without arguing and let me tell you it was disgusting. I hate when my mom makes really nasty food because she doesn't have the time to make a somewhat decent lunch. But I know she tries so I try not to say anything about it. When I was done eating I stood up, and out of nowhere I heard a loud bang, bang, bang come from the back door and my mom said to me, “ Why don't you go see who it is. ” So I decided to investigate. I slowly crept up to the back door, making sure that whoever it was they wouldn't be able to see me. I peeked through the window and it all made sense, I turned the shiny metal doorknob and pulled it open with all the strength in my body and ran into her arms. It was Ceara, she was screaming her head off. We played in the backyard

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