ked the question that I feared most, "How much is it?". I wanted to tell her the cost in hopes that her response would be "That's not so bad". Unfortunately, when I told her the cost she looked at me with those eyes that told me it did not look so good. After a few days of talking with the Band director and her assistant, I could be put on a payment plan and by following that, I would be able to go on our lovely trip to California.
             Before I knew it, the day was here, and it was time to pack for my trip. I pulled out my small suitcase from the dusty closet in the laundry room, dusted it off and dragged it up the stairs. I thought to myself, "What do I pack now?" I could not figure it out, so I threw all of my clothes on the bed and went through them. Finally, I was able to pick out five different outfits that would suffice for the warm days in California. I packed my three bags into my cold car and later that night drove over to my friend Shelina's house to spend the night. We had to be at the high school at 4:30 a.m. and with being so excited, Shelina and I could not sleep at all. After playing a few games of rummy and speed, and eating some junk food we found in Shelina's kitchen, it was soon time for us to get going to the school. I have to go for now, I'll write more later when I get the chance.
             Sorry about making you wait a whole night to find out more, but anyway here is what happened next. After reaching the school, we checked in and put our entire luggage load
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