After planning this camping trip for a couple of months, Jackson and Davidson Dew, along with my brother Ian and I, decided to go to the Devil's Tramping Ground in Chatham County. It is rumored to be haunted by the Devil himself and all around spooky. We got there and our tent did not pitch, as we had forgotten the correct poles for it. At around 10:00 at night, Davidson and I, who had been sleeping while our brothers were taking the first watch, were awoken and told that the Dew's mom had found out about the trip and wished for them to come back, as she thought it was unsafe. So, we packed everything up and headed out and just as Jackson puts on his seat belt, we here a loud WHOOSH, and a red truck swerves to a stop right in front of us. The drivers side opened right before the truck had even stopped moving and whoever was driving (I couldn't make them out) stepped towards the car, but not before Jackson threw it into gear. We were out of there in 60 and didn't slow down until we hit the highway. I don't know who it was that drove the truck, but I know that if we had been ready just a minute later than we were, we would have been absolute toast. Overall it was a great adventure and camping trip.
Ian and I went with the Dews to go see Foreigner and Cheap Tricks. It was an amazing concert and reminded me of why I love the band. They played some truly great hits like "Cold as ice" and "Jukebox Hero" and even some lesser known but great jams like "Double Vision". We had grass seats so there was a lot of smoke, but that did not take away from the concert at all. I enjoyed it a ton.
We rode up to saint louis on the first day.
\nWe were told not to sneak out but we did anyways, we took some pictures with monuments and stuff and ended up in a bar that I led us to because I thought it was a good pizza place. The owner kept his eye on us because he was 90% we were underage just tryin to get alchohol. \nWe saw the arch the very next day and finished the drive kansas \nThe 4x800 was decent, I didnt run particularly well. \nAhmed, Gabe, Ian, and I were in the same room the whole week. We went to a mall in Topeka and went to Petland and champion sports to just waste some time. They had some cutr puooies and a cute girl who did not look 16 but was 16. She asked for our snap so that was nice. Ahmed was tryung ti get laid the night before the 3000 so he fitnessed some condoms. Nothing really hapoened though. \nWe got bored so we slapboxed for a while and by the morning had to leave a twenty on the counter for the housekeeper, on account of the bloody towel. I ended up gettung four or five hours of sleep, which was all i needed. I ran the 3000 in 10:04, a pr. I was very close to breaking nine minutes. I was the most nervous I had ever been that moment. A lot of little details happened, and those moments are what made the trip fun. We stayed in a hampton the last night and then headed home. \n I raced in the 4x800, 3000, and 1500. I ran a 2:18 in the 800 and our team qualified for the national junior olympics in that event. I also qualified individual 3000 event by finishing in 4th with a time of 10:12. I had injured my calf so I was very fatigued for the 1500 the very next day, so I did not qualify for that. I am very happy to go to the junior national olympics in three weeks. The 15 hour drive to Kansas will be fun with the whole team in one van.
I ran in the 3000 15-16 boys event. It was my first time and I was nervous and worried that I was out of shape, having missed so many practices. I hoped to make the top 8 that was needed to qualify for the regional meet. I was supposed to come in 5th with my previous times, but when the race ended, I was in third behind Gabe, and with a 20 second lead on the people behind us, so overall I am very happy with it.
Today was Father's Day so my brother, my mother, and I headed up to the mountains of VA to Galax to visit my grandfather, Grandsam for the holiday. We had a good lunch of pancit and humba with some bread and coffee. We looked at some family pictures that are as old as 1931 at the oldest and as current as 1990. We started at my mother's childhood pictures, and went onto the Luague family, which has a fairly well-documented history. My great-grandfather died when my grandfather was 11 so there were only a couple of pictures of his. I saw my aunts Emma, Aurora, and Betty. I learned more about my would be great-uncles Illuminado and Pepe Luague. Pepe was supposedly the brightest of the family, but let Betty go to college to become a dentist first because she was older, and he deemed it fair. he was the only one allowed to weigh in on family decisions, even though he was not the oldest. When he was 15 (my grandfather was 5 at the time) and the japanese were occupying the Philippines, he would sneak out of their hiding place in the jungle and go down the river in a canoe to get supplies. He would be frightened not only of the Japanese, (and their boats that go put-put-put) but the crocodile-infested water. He died when Grandsam was 11, and was buried in manila, and since the rest of the family was not present, was buried at a funeral of about 5 people, including my grandfather. He died of Hepatitis, something that people in that time should have not died from. 16 days later, my great-grandfather died. Illuminado is now dead, but had a daughter named Nancy who now lives in Long Beach.
My grandfather graduated from the University of Philippines in 1965 and went to the United States in 1966, and the rest is history. He met my grandmother, whose family did not approve of their daughter marrying a filipino at first, and they had my mother and uncle. It was a great time, but it is good to know my family's history and my relatives. My grandfather wants us to go to the Philippines at least once, as he is 77 and my grandmother is younger, but they want to do it as part of their retirement. It was a great Father's Day, and not once did I even have to think of my father, but I celebrated my family and had a great time. Had a really fun time at the beach with Sean, Stanton, and Cody. I still woke up every day a t eight to run, but every day was just the stereotypical vacation, which is amazing. I have never been in such a large house before, it's crazy and I have a lot of respect for Mr. Finan to be able to afford all of that. IT was a big change up for me haha. Had a lot of fun; can't wait to do it next year.
6th Grade
-Bo2, titanfall, destiny,ghosts, shadow of mordor -Soccer, indoor team -Christian Music Lee dying -Church rooftop parkour - Dad's old house + ripsticks -Animazement -Sao, Death Note, Fairy Tail, Naruto, etc. 7th Grade -Cities of the underworld -starting guitar -talking while running -started running track -metal music -Overwatch, Halo 5, BO3, Dying Light, -50 Miler -Saw Movie marathon -Creeepypastas -Carowinds -Universal with dad -Quitting soccer - 11/22/61 -The revenant movie -Pokemon GO -Podcasts 8th Grade - started doing cross country -Cross country camping trip -Cross country seahawk trip -Stopped YT -Drift0r -Ukelele -star wars movies -Neil Breen movie marathon -8th grade track with the guys -8th grade civil war - won it -building a pc -go kart -Playing BO3, Overwatch, and BF1 -Will + Nick Graduate -camping with boy scouts and bojangles -The Dark Tower Series -Ian's Camero -Breaking Bad, Drive movie, the place between the pines, 13 Reasons Why -Running Pacesetters I saw NF, a rapper, with my friends Jackson and Stanton last night. it was excellent. They patted us down when we got in, but the venue was really small, so were were really close to him. He was awesome. Kyd the Band opened for him, and they are an absolutely tiny band, they didn't even have any cd's yet, only 3 songs on their website www.kydtheband.com/ . It was an awesome night, but I am really exhausted.
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