As the days of fall had already begun, we had arrived home. The sun had already set and most of the light that shown was from the city. Even though we there were people roaming the streets, it was incredibly silent when we had arrived. The cool air made it enjoyable to be out for me and my parents, but alas it was time for us to rest for we had a long day that day. The lights from the other apartments were already turned off for everyone had already gone into a deep slumber; the only apartment that had the light turned on was from  our apartment, reason being that we always left the light on when we went out.

I was an only child at that time, not a worry about who would bother me or take my toys from me and things similar to that. A few months had past and it happened, my little sister was born, and the start of my suffering. In all seriousness though, we had many laughs as well as many fits, whether it be together or towards each other it happened. We would always go out to the park or stuff like that; and it would always be myself, my sister, my mother, and my father (unless my mother was working). It was a good time for us in the expensive city of Los Angeles, even though we hardly had much money to spend, we made the most with what we could.

Four years pass and after living in Los Angeles my parents decided to move to a small town about two hours away from Los Angeles called Desert Hot Springs,It was the place I have lived in the longest. It’s a nice little town, very ghetto, somewhat unclean, and a bit dangerous (especially since the town is right on a fault line), but still quite a nice place. Though it does get very hot, especially in summer; when the California sun starts to hit you, it feels as if you being baked alive. I’ve lived in Desert Hot Springs from the age of four (almost five) till about almost three months ago, which is quite a long time. During that time i had many experiences and I’ve met some of the most important and/or special people of my life that greatly affected it.

Some very special people that I want to mention that are my greatest friends are Jake (my best male friend), Felix (someone who is like a brother to me), Pepper (my best female friend), Eva (someone who is like a sister to me), Jose (my music buddy), and Ariel. As for experiences, i’ve learned many, many things through said experiences that i feel aren’t worth mentioning. I went to 3 different schools during my time in Desert Hot Springs; those schools were Edward Wenzlaff Elementary School, Painted Hills Middle School, and Desert Hot Springs High School. Those schools were pretty nice, but compared to this school they aren’t so great. Even though my last school isn’t as great as this one, I still prefer my last one over this one without a doubt.
For as long as I can remember, I always thought I would live in Desert Hot Springs or at least somewhere in southern California for my entire life. That was until I received news that I was moving here in North Carolina. I was utterly shocked and upset, as were my friends and I feel that we had every right to be. My friends and I have planned our lives together up to the point of age 25 with each other in the picture. Next thing i knew it was already the month of June, the month I was scheduled to leave. I said my farewell to my friends ( which in fact was one of if not the hardest thing I have done in my entire life) and I left the state of California, hoping and still hoping to this day that I’ll come back and see everyone I had to leave.

It took almost 5 days to drive here to the state of North Carolina, it was a long drive with some complications along the way. When we arrived it was a complete change in scenery compared to that of Desert Hot Springs. A lot of differents trees, a lot of differents bugs, and a lot of bodies of water. I’ve been here for almost 3 months now and so far this area is a very interesting place, and yet i still don’t know what to expect from here. However, even though I don’t know what to expect or what there even is to know about here, I can’t wait to see what this place has to offer. The End.