Tianna's+Memoir

 =__**Summer 2010**__ =  During the summer, I went to the beautiful, warm California. My cousin, Kaylah came along with me. She had her hair in braids, and had two bags with her. She had a bag under the plane, too. I only had two bags with me. A bag to bring stuff like food and games while I’m on the plane ride and the bag with my clothes. I was bringing that on the plane with me. So, back to the plane ride. So, the plane ride was okay, probably because most of the time, it felt like I was sleeping on clouds. Kaylah had a hard time on the plane ride when we were landing. Her eyes started to become watery. Her small, mushy ears were popping terribly. I told her to chew some gum, but.... it DID NOT help. She stayed crying and hardly screaming, begging for it to stop. I kept holding her hand trying to calm her down. I didn’t know how she felt, but from the way she was acting, it must have hurt really bad. Finally, we were back on land. Sweet, dry, dirty land. Kaylah finally calmed down and was eager to get of off the plane. Unfortunately, I am only twelve and Kaylah is eight, so we have to be let off the plane by the flight attendent, once everyone has left the plane. It was very irritating having to wait because people were lagging. Eventually, twenty five minutes after the plane landed, we finally got off the plane. My dad was down-stairs, waiting for us. At first, we couldn’t find my dad in the prodigious crowd. Then, Kaylah shouted “Over there!” Then, she wobbled over because her bag was falling down. My dad was startled when Kaylah tapped him on the shoulder. My dad gave us hugs and then told us to go wait outside. His friend, Zenay, was coming to pick us up from the airport. When I got outside, I was expecting it to be cold. Usually, California would be very cold at night. But, it was very dry, nice and warm. I had a jacket on because it was freezing back in New York, but it wasn’t here. So, Kaylah and I tore our jackets off to feel better. Kaylah actually struggled a bit and fell. She fell straight on her butt. It was hilarious. She wasn’t hurt, she actually fell laughing. My dad helped her up and laughed. Finally, Zenay was here to take us back to mhy dad’s house. Zenay drived a large, white mini van. We loaded our luggage in the van’s trunk and then got in. We drove for about ten minutes and then we arrived at my dad’s apartment. He lives in the city of Los Angeles. But it was too late. Kaylah was knocked out. Mouth open, seatbelt covering her neck, and snoring softly. My dad wasn’t surprised. We hadn’t slept a lot on the plane. She did seem a little cranky and tired when we got off the plane. So, we woke her up, and told her that we were at my dad’s house now. We walked into the tall, spine-chilling looking building. But inside was like a living room. They had nice coffee, colored couchs, a room with internet service and a booth with the prodigious, muscled secruity guard sitting there. Finally, we walked towards the elevator’s and went up to the eleventh floor. There was a transparent window in the hallway. It looked over the streets and other buildings down the road. When I turned towards the hall with the endless doors, leading to apartments. I had forgetten my dad’s apartment number. I asked “Daddy, which one is yours?” We walked like two feet away from the elevators to an apartment door. He opened the door to a huge apartment. He had two bathrooms and an open kitchen. Also, he had a flat screen tv and a leather couch in front of it. A bed all the way to the end of the apartment, Kaylah dashed for the couch. Next thing you know, she was standing right next to me when I mentioned the word, Icee's. I had asked my dad if I could have an icy because we didn’t eat on the plane. I mean their food was horrible. They didn’t have anything I wanted to eat. Kaylah asked for one to because she was really hungry. My dad said that it was fine because it was summer vacation, so he didnt care. So, we pushed him out the way and headed to the freezer. I grabbed two spider-man icee's and ripped the wrapping paper off. Kaylah and I sat on the floor, and devoured our icys. Then, we headed to bed. Once a couple of week passed, we had lots of fun. The first couple of days, we were homesick. Kaylah’s family called like every single minute to ask her if she missed them our how she was doing. But, like I said, we got over it. The most fun thing that happened was going to my dad’s, friend’s party. It was awesome. The friend was Tichina Arnold. The mother that plays on ‘Everybody Hates Chris’. I had met her already, when I first went out to California. Kaylah was so excited to meet her. While we were at the party, we also got to meet Mercades from Glee. Kaylah started getting nervous because a lot of famous people were there. It was a lot of fun. Also, while we were in California, we got to go to Magic Mountain. It’s the Six Flags that they have in California. It was so much fun. Kaylah and I got on the swings and felt like we were flying. But my favorite ride was ‘The Gold Rusher’ rollercoaster. Kaylha and I can’t wait to go back. Just one problem I will have to deal with everytime... Kaylah on the plane. I will just have to learn to deal with it. Well, its worth it. Summer 2011, come on. I’m ready for it. I really can’t wait.