During the school year, the students and facility are always excited when vacations come. Many of these people jet off to tropical islands, ski resorts, or other exotic places. While all of these people are off on their thrilling vacations, I am always stuck at home. Over the years I have surprisingly found that a person does not have to travel far from home to have a fantastic vacation.
The events of my vacation began a few days before February break even started. In my friend's math class, she found out that her boyfriend was going to Florida for all of February vacation. She was not happy when she found this out and then she and my other friend formed a plan that they would have a better vacation than him. Determined to have the better vacation, the two of them came up with lots of astonishing activities that a person can do in and around our town.
Almost every single day this week, my two friends and I have visited Gold's Gym as a part of the plan. This was so that we could stay in shape between the months of winter track and spring track without having to run outside in the cold everyday. Besides using all of the machines at the gym, we were able to take a lot of enjoyable classes. We took heart-racing all cardio classes, a muscle conditioning class, and we even took a zumba class one day. My favorite class there was the zumba class, which is a Latin dancing class. We had never done anything like this before and it proved to be a great class. While keeping in shape we were able to have an entertaining time.
After the gym, my friends would sometimes go into the hot tub to relax their muscles. The hot tub was outside at one of my friend's houses and was just as good as all of the Florida beaches. On one of the days, the air was fresh and the temperature was moderately warm. The sun was shining down on them and my friend believes that she started to tan a little. On this day, they learned that the Florida weather was not very good. My friend's boyfriend informed her that it was windy so that he could not go in the ocean. The weather at the beach was also not the warmest and the wind was whipping around the sand.
After going to the gym one day, we all ventured to the mall. There my two friends got haircuts and than we browsed throughout the mall. We did not end up spending any money, except for the two haircuts and some pretzels, and it ended up being an inexpensive, but a pleasant trip. Later on that week, we also went to Wrenthem Village. Although this trip proved to be a little more expensive, we did not spend a lot of money at all. We had fun trying on lots of different clothes and ended up spending almost our money in the first store. After the first store, we walked around the outside and went into a lot of stores. Eventually, we all got hungry and went to Friendly's for food. We had a lot of fun at the restaurant, filled with laughter and good food. We also could miraculously afford the delicious food that we ordered.
Another fun activity that we did was go to the movies. My two friends and I saw He's Just Not that into you, which is about the different relationships between guys and girls. This movie was exciting to see with my friends and we enjoyed seeing it. The movies is a amusing and easy activity that people can do if they are bored or just need an activity to do. It was relaxing and I was able to hang out with my friends again.
On the Friday of the vacation, we ventured into Boston to see our friend Jill run in the Division III championship. This was an exciting race and Holliston did an amazing job. The girls came in 5th overall and the boys also did an outstanding job. Jill had already beat the freshman record in the mile in the TVL championship and at this meet, she made a personal record of 5 minutes and 44 seconds.
Part of my vacation also consisted of staying at other people's houses instead of my own. During a lot of the nights this vacation, I sojourned at my friends houses or they sojourned at mine. Those nights we just sat around and talked with each other or played games. One night we even brought out Yahtzee and had an intense game. I never had to go far from home to have a good vacation. Most of it consisted of spending time at my friend's houses, just laying around and doing various activities.
Throughout this week, I have done a lot of activities with my friends. This has proved to be a much better vacation than a vacation on the beach or skiing. First of all, it proved to be much less expensive. I did not have to pay for any airfare, hotels, and other major costs that many people spend when they go on vacation. Instead, I spent my money on cheaper activities that I could do with my friends. Also, when many people go away during the vacation, they are missing out on the opportunity to spend time with their friends. Most of the time when people go on vacations, they are only allowed to bring one friend at the most and sometimes none. While I was on school vacation at home, I was able to constantly spend time with my friends. I also never had to travel far from my home, a maximum of forty-five minutes. While my friends and I were having fun here, my friends boyfriend was also having fun in Florida, but not as much fun as we had. He admits that he wishes that he had been here instead of in Florida and I am sure that we had a better vacation than he did. Everything that he told us that he did down there including going to the beach, shows, and going out to dinner, made it sound like he was enjoying himself, but it also seemed to be unexciting. Our vacation back home was amazing and exciting, mostly because we were doing all of the activities with friends.
Next time that you want to go away on vacation during school vacations or any other time, remember that a person can have just as much fun at their home. The vacation will cost less and they will also have lots of opportunities. A vacation does not mean that a person has to go to some exotic place just as long as they are relaxed and enjoying themselves. I have found that the best type of vacation is the ones that I spend with my friends and the ones that I am constantly doing interesting activities. Instead of booking the plane ticket, take your vacation close to home.
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The events of my vacation began a few days before February break even started. In my friend's math class, she found out that her boyfriend was going to Florida for all of February vacation. She was not happy when she found this out and then she and my other friend formed a plan that they would have a better vacation than him. Determined to have the better vacation, the two of them came up with lots of astonishing activities that a person can do in and around our town.
Almost every single day this week, my two friends and I have visited Gold's Gym as a part of the plan. This was so that we could stay in shape between the months of winter track and spring track without having to run outside in the cold everyday. Besides using all of the machines at the gym, we were able to take a lot of enjoyable classes. We took heart-racing all cardio classes, a muscle conditioning class, and we even took a zumba class one day. My favorite class there was the zumba class, which is a Latin dancing class. We had never done anything like this before and it proved to be a great class. While keeping in shape we were able to have an entertaining time.
After the gym, my friends would sometimes go into the hot tub to relax their muscles. The hot tub was outside at one of my friend's houses and was just as good as all of the Florida beaches. On one of the days, the air was fresh and the temperature was moderately warm. The sun was shining down on them and my friend believes that she started to tan a little. On this day, they learned that the Florida weather was not very good. My friend's boyfriend informed her that it was windy so that he could not go in the ocean. The weather at the beach was also not the warmest and the wind was whipping around the sand.
After going to the gym one day, we all ventured to the mall. There my two friends got haircuts and than we browsed throughout the mall. We did not end up spending any money, except for the two haircuts and some pretzels, and it ended up being an inexpensive, but a pleasant trip. Later on that week, we also went to Wrenthem Village. Although this trip proved to be a little more expensive, we did not spend a lot of money at all. We had fun trying on lots of different clothes and ended up spending almost our money in the first store. After the first store, we walked around the outside and went into a lot of stores. Eventually, we all got hungry and went to Friendly's for food. We had a lot of fun at the restaurant, filled with laughter and good food. We also could miraculously afford the delicious food that we ordered.
Another fun activity that we did was go to the movies. My two friends and I saw He's Just Not that into you, which is about the different relationships between guys and girls. This movie was exciting to see with my friends and we enjoyed seeing it. The movies is a amusing and easy activity that people can do if they are bored or just need an activity to do. It was relaxing and I was able to hang out with my friends again.
On the Friday of the vacation, we ventured into Boston to see our friend Jill run in the Division III championship. This was an exciting race and Holliston did an amazing job. The girls came in 5th overall and the boys also did an outstanding job. Jill had already beat the freshman record in the mile in the TVL championship and at this meet, she made a personal record of 5 minutes and 44 seconds.
Part of my vacation also consisted of staying at other people's houses instead of my own. During a lot of the nights this vacation, I sojourned at my friends houses or they sojourned at mine. Those nights we just sat around and talked with each other or played games. One night we even brought out Yahtzee and had an intense game. I never had to go far from home to have a good vacation. Most of it consisted of spending time at my friend's houses, just laying around and doing various activities.
Throughout this week, I have done a lot of activities with my friends. This has proved to be a much better vacation than a vacation on the beach or skiing. First of all, it proved to be much less expensive. I did not have to pay for any airfare, hotels, and other major costs that many people spend when they go on vacation. Instead, I spent my money on cheaper activities that I could do with my friends. Also, when many people go away during the vacation, they are missing out on the opportunity to spend time with their friends. Most of the time when people go on vacations, they are only allowed to bring one friend at the most and sometimes none. While I was on school vacation at home, I was able to constantly spend time with my friends. I also never had to travel far from my home, a maximum of forty-five minutes. While my friends and I were having fun here, my friends boyfriend was also having fun in Florida, but not as much fun as we had. He admits that he wishes that he had been here instead of in Florida and I am sure that we had a better vacation than he did. Everything that he told us that he did down there including going to the beach, shows, and going out to dinner, made it sound like he was enjoying himself, but it also seemed to be unexciting. Our vacation back home was amazing and exciting, mostly because we were doing all of the activities with friends.
Next time that you want to go away on vacation during school vacations or any other time, remember that a person can have just as much fun at their home. The vacation will cost less and they will also have lots of opportunities. A vacation does not mean that a person has to go to some exotic place just as long as they are relaxed and enjoying themselves. I have found that the best type of vacation is the ones that I spend with my friends and the ones that I am constantly doing interesting activities. Instead of booking the plane ticket, take your vacation close to home.
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ReplyDeleteYour blog was really interesting and I enjoyed reading it, seeing that I am often someone who stays in Holliston during school vacation week. There are a couple of minor errors that need tweaking: "We took heart-racing all cardio classes..." In this sentence, the all does not seem to fit. "We also could miraculously afford the delicious food that we ordered." The placement of the word miraculously in this sentence is somewhat awkward. You might want to say: "Miraculously, we could afford the delicious food that we ordered." "The movies is a amusing and easy activity.." This sentence should be "The movies is AN amusing and easy activity..." Because activity begins with a vowel. Besides that, your blog was really good.
ReplyDelete"In my friend's math class, she found out that her boyfriend was going to Florida for all of February vacation." Couldn't you say "My friend's boyfriend was going to Florida for February break".
ReplyDelete"Although this trip proved to be a little more expensive, we did not spend a lot of money at all". This is a little contradictory and you should clean it up a little bit.
"During a lot of the nights this vacation, I sojourned at my friends houses or they sojourned at mine." Why not just say that "My friends and I had many sleep-overs between our houses."?
Other than a few minor errors-good essay. Very good way of looking at vacations at home.
One of your best efforts! Watch the little grammar issues like possessives, but otherwise you're doing very well.
ReplyDeleteI love the approach you took here! Vacation is what you make it, whether you spend a lot of money and travel or stay at home and spend more frugally.