LIghtning and Thunder

                                                   Thunder and Lightning

     “ Boom Boom”, roared the thunder. The rain slowly fell onto my head. It was like a faucet that wasn’t turned off all the way that was dripping. It sounded as if a jet flew over my head going faster than the speed of sound. The rain trickled down slowly as a drizzle. Then, as it came down, it was going faster and faster until it wasn’t a drizzle anymore. It was raining hard. The droplets in the bay from the rain looked like little tiny teardrops, falling and making ripples on the surface.

     I was at my grandfather’s and grandmother’s beach house for two weeks. I always had fun their. My grandfather owns a boat and we take rides on it in the summer. “Noooooo”, I yelled. “It’s raining cats and dogs,” I said. Today was supposed to be the perfect day, but it is all ruined because it’s raining. We were supposed to go on the boat for a nice quick ride. Then we were supposed to go on the beach in the afternoon. Then lastly we were supposed to go on the boardwalk to ride some rides and eat some junk food.

     “ We are going to have to turn back and go home.” My uncle said.

I then said. “Why” I asked, “Why can’t we keep going? Why do we have to go home. Today is ruined.” My grandfather then gave me a whole scientific explanation on why you can’t drive a boat in water when it is thundering and lightning. I started to cry. I was very upset, tired and annoyed. No one was even able to tell that I was crying because of all of the rain. I felt almost like I was invisible. I had a never ending waterfall trickling down my face. Earlier today my grandmother was going on and on about how today was such a beautiful day and how it didn’t even look like it would rain. She jinxed it again. She does this a lot, this was not her first time. Before I knew it, we were at the slip. My mom helped me get out of the boat and I felt like a baby.

     Once I calmed down, I had fun that day playing cards and going to an arcade. It turned out to actually be a kind of ok day, even though it started out really rough. I planned the whole day out and I didn’t realize that something could go wrong. I counted my eggs before they hatched. So this just goes to show you that you can even find sunshine even in rain.

Thunder and LIghtning

      “ Boom Boom”, roared the thunder. It sounded as if a jet flew over my head going faster than the speed of sound. The rain trickled down slowly as a drizzle. Then, as it came down, it was going faster and faster until it wasn’t a drizzle anymore. It was raining hard.
       “Noooooo”, I yelled. “It’s raining cats and dogs,” I said. Today was supposed to be the perfect day, but it is all ruined because it’s raining. We were supposed to go on the boat for a nice quick ride before lunch. Then we were supposed to go on the beach in the afternoon. Then lastly we were supposed to go on the boardwalk to ride some rides and eat some junk food.
      “ We are going to have to turn back and go home.” My uncle said.
      “Why” I asked, “Why can’t we keep going? Why do we have to go home. Today is ruined.” My grandfather then gave me a whole scientific explanation on why you can’t drive a boat in water when it is thundering and lightning. I started to cry. I was very upset, tired and annoyed. No one was even able to tell that I was crying because of all of the rain. I had a never ending waterfall trickling down my face.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Earlier today my grandmother was going on and on about how today wassuch a beautiful day and how it didn’t even look like it would rain. She jinxed it again. Before I knew it, we were home. We pulled into my grandfather’s boat slip. My mom helped me get out of the boat and I felt like a baby.
     Once I calmed down, I had fun that day playing cards and going to an arcade. Although this day started out really rough, it turned out to be a good day. I planned the whole day out and I didn’t realize that something could go wrong. I counted my eggs before they hatched. So this just goes to show you that you can even find sunshine even in rain.

Are you proud of your country?

                                          Are you proud of your country?
     “Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for your country.” That wonderful saying by Calvin Coolidge really means if you are patriotic you look out for your country. I am proud of my country and kind of not proud of my country. I feel this way because most Americans don’t have jobs. We also owe an extreme amount of money to other countries.
     My first reason why I think America is just doing ok is because we owe so much money to other parts of the world and I don’t know how we are going to pay all of this money back. America owes millions of dollars to other countries. I think that soon we have to find a solution. Just because of that I think our patriotism should still be really high in the whole country.
     The second reason why I think America is just doing ok is because so many Americans don’t have jobs. I think this is bad because people can’t take care of themselves or their family. This is bad because the government will have to pay them to be able to live and take care of them and their family. Sooner or later the government will run out of money. So we are putting ourselves in even more debt when people don’t have jobs.
     All in all I think that America is doing ok. Also we should still have great pride for our country no matter if they are doing good or bad. I think that what makes America so amazing is because we stand up for what we think is right. Not all of the countries are able to say that because they may be under a dictatorship. Yes I am proud of my country!

Halloween

     One of the many things that I love about Halloween is that I can get tons of free candy. I also think that it is exciting to dress up and trick or treat with your friends.My favorite candys are kit-kats and skittles. It's really hard to not eat the candy that my mom buys to give to other trick or treaters.
      I do not know what I want to be for Halloween yet. I will probally pick out my costume at some Halloween store. My oldest little brother wants to be Ben 10. My other little brother wants to be Superman, but today he said he wants to be Spiderman and yesterday he said he wanted to be a ninja.  My youngest brother wants to be Thomas the Tank Engine.
     On Halloween. My little brothers go out trick or treating in the afternoon and they have parties at school. When I was in elementary school, we would bring our costumes to school and put them on during lunch. This year in middle school, we will wear our costumes the whole day which is more fun. Me and my friends will trick or treat at night. I can't wait untill Halloween.

All about me

     My name is Matthew. These are my hobies, sports and activities. I love to fish. I fish in freshwater and saltwater. Last summer I caught a lot of fish in lakes and the ocean. I have three little brothers. They are Benjamin who is five, Adam who is four and Aaron who is three. I like to collect money from around the world. When ever someone travels somewhere, or I travel some where I ask them to bring me back some money or, I bring back money. I am on a swimteam. I am on the Wodbridge Tiger Sharks. I made the swimteam last summer. All and all I have a very wonderful and interesting family.