Journal #4

Vacations for the Engle family have both good and bad impacts on me...Some of them have made me never ever ever want to have children. Vacations where we went on a family reunion were the all time worst. We went to Colorado on Vacation to see my dad's family for a family reunion a few years ago. I have a lot of smaller cousins who are the biggest brats in the world. I was stuck babysitting and dealing with them, and that made me never want to have a child of my own because those children were so awful. However, some vacations or trips have been good. When I was in middle school, every year my mom, brother, and I would go down to Marco Island, Florida to visit our old neighbor's and stay in their time share down there...the best part was room and board was free! Being on the beach with not a worry in the world but if I was gonna get tan or not for a whole entire week was a great week. It was a week to get away from everyone, everything, and just relax. I also got to spend some time with my mom and brother away from home. Being away from home made us not fight and get along actually for a week. Vacations are always a good time. Sometimes they are difficult, but sometimes they are fun too. Actually in every one of the vacations I have been on have had at least some good times to it. I have got to go on top of a mountain in the middle of summer where I had flip flops and shorts and a tank top on, but when I got to the top there was snow on it. I have also got to see dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. I have seen some awesome things on all of our vacations. I also got to see Mt. Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument which was a history lesson during the summer.