Overall the trip was lots of fun, but I do wish we could have spent more time seeing family and sightseeing. Seeing family was fun, but one of my cousins whines a lot. For example, he doesn't like riding in cars too long, doesn't like waiting for anything, and he doesn't like walking anywhere, which is a problem in New York where everyone walks. He is 12 and his older brother is 15 and they argue a lot. My other cousin is 11. She is an only child like me, and we get along better because neither of us whine as much. She lives on the highest mountain in New Jersey.
A couple more things about The Lion King play, because I was so tired from everything we had already done for the day I ended up falling asleep for about 20 minutes of the play. I sat next to a Native American from New Mexico who had quite a trip getting to New York. At the Memphis airport, where he had to fly through, there was a big storm -- the one that created tornados last week. It made my trip look easy.
It was a full day!
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun! Whining does get irksome - nothing is perfect, and everyone is subject to those imperfections. Why go on about it? (Of course, it's cute when I do it.)
ReplyDeleteYes Josh drives us crazy but I am saying that for a lot of people and not just me.
ReplyDeletePhil -- If Matthew and I had read what you wrote more closely, we would have realized you were sympathizing with him. I was busy taking the blame for Matthew going on about Josh's whining. We're trying to teach Matthew to use examples in his writing rather than single adjectives when describing people.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Josh really is a good kid; he's going through middle-school growing pains. It was good for Matthew, though, to hear what it sounds like when someone carries on. We used it as an example a lot yesterday while we were shopping for back-to-school clothes (granted it was the day after he got out of school).
Oh boy, I get to be a bad example! :-) It does show the importance of good writing. I would rather have my meaning understood the first time, rather than requiring a closer reading.
ReplyDeleteWe went to Lion King in New York too. However, I was five and slept through most of it.
ReplyDelete-Emma
Hey, the same thing happened to me but we were watching Tarzan.
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