Joshua O's Memoir

THE BIG MOVE

I zipped my bag up and bolted down the stairs in excitement, bursting out the door racing to be the first to the bus. But I’m getting ahead of myself let me start at the beginning. It all started when I first moved to New Milford in 2nd grade it felt as though someone just kicked me in the stomach as I closed the car door and we drove away. Farther and farther we went, again and again. It felt as though we would never arrive but eventually we proceeded into our new home.
Later that night I thought about my friends almost all night. I also wondered if I would go back, but most of all I thought how hard I knew it would be to make new friends. I also wondered who my teachers would be and a little about the bus. I worried so much I got a headache just thinking about it. But to tell you the truth I mostly worried about the teachers.
The next day I debated what to bring to school, so I just brought in a notebook and pencil just in case. I hadn’t done a thing that dull day. All I had done was write down some supplies and learn the safety rules of the school. Later that same day I went out for recess, where I made some new friends. Their names were Andrew and Eric, we had allot of fun during recess, but sadly in the middle of our game the bell rang and recess ended. I wanted to continue with our game because we were just getting to the best part.
By the time we arrived at the classroom it was time for special and we had gym today. We played the fun and simple game of freeze tag but instead of 1 tagger we had 4 taggers. Later after gym it was time for reading. Personally I thought reading was boring, but that’s just my opinion, and as soon as reading was over, it was time to proceed home. “Hurry,’’ I thought to myself as I gathered my things ready for the next day of school and to see my best friends. It was the best day ever.