Life Graph

This is my life graph. I'm going to tell you about one of my terrible experiences, getting stung by a man-of-war jellyfish. This jellyfish is one of the worst jellyfishes to get stung by. They have a head that's filled with air so they can float on top of the water and go wherever the wind takes them. Sometimes they wash up on the beach, and if you're wearing shoes you can walk along and pop their heads. It's a lot of fun. :) This happened when I was in the Marshall Islands. We were on one of our many sailing trips and decided to stop at an island called Bigej (beejee). It was covered in palm trees, pandana trees, and banana trees. It's water is a really pretty sight, it's always blue and green and warm! There is a month that's called the jellyfish season. This is when all the man-of-war jellyfish drift down to our atoll. When this season comes, you want to make sure that you swim in the lagoon because the jellyfish like to stay in the ocean where it's windy and wavy. What happened was, I found this really cool bottle on the beach and it was covered in sand, so i went down to the water on the ocean side of the island and dipped it in the water. When i lifted up my hand there was one of the jellyfish on my hand. I freaked out and tried to get it off by wiping it all over my body. (that was a mistake) I had over 60 bumps from that jellyfish. It wasn't fun. It stung really bad, and you know what you have to do when you get stung by a jellyfish? Pee on it :(:(:(:(:(:(:( EEEWWWW. It was disgusting. I hope i never get stung by one again. That concludes my story!!!!! Thanks for reading!

My summer vacation

This summer after i moved back from the Marshall Islands, I went to visit my cousins in Chicago and my grandparents in Michigan. The plane to Chicago was about 5 hours long but it wasn't that bad because I used to fly two five hour flights back to the states each year. The food was disgusting, but isn't it always on airplanes? When we got there it was like 5 in the afternoon. We had to take a bus to the car rental place and get a car to drive to my cousin's house. When we finally got there we got a tour of their new house. It was really cool. They have three floors plus a basement. My cousin's names are Ella (the oldest), Kate, and Maggie (the youngest). They live right by a tennis court and 3 parks along with a school and basketball courts. Its really neat. At night the cicadas are really loud and annoying but after a while you get used to it. After a week, we drove all the way up to Charlevoix, Michigan. The drive was six hours but it seemed like two. We had a lot of food stocked up and a dvd player so we were all set and ready to go. When we got there we put all of our stuff up in our room and went outside to pick blackrasberries and stuff. My grandpa got out a golf cart for me to drive around on his 5 acres. That was a lot of fun. My brother, Aaron, drove the lawn mower. My cousin, Ryan, came the next day. He's in his twenties and has a motorcycle. He took me for a ride. It was tons of fun. When we stopped my hair was in knots, but it was worth it. :) After we were done visiting there, we had to drive all the way back to Chicago, stay a night at my cousins house, and then fly all the way back here to Washington on the five hour flight. It was a pretty good vacation. We might even do it again next year!

Kwajalein, RMI

Kwajalein is an island on the equator in the South Pacific. Kwaj is a tropical island with lots of palm trees, banana trees, pandana trees, and much more. Some of the wildlife includes lizards, birds, and lots of sea life. The island has lots of activities like basketball courts, tennis courts, racquetball, skate park, bowling alley, library, soccer fields, baseball fields, Teen Center, movie theater, and lots of beaches. Only people that work for some type of government are allowed to live on the island. Some things that you might need if you come to kwaj would be sunglasses, lots of shorts and tank tops, sunscreen, a bathing suit, and flip flops. Temperatures there reach around 75-85 degrees a day, but there is a high humidity level so it seems hotter than it is. The days of the week can be very confusing for new comers. Instead of the normal weekend days, Saturday and Sunday, the weekend days are Sunday and Monday. One reason for this is so that people
are in work on the same days of the week.There are three different types of housing, new housing, old housing, and domes. Our family lived in a dome which is fiberglass made into an oval shape bubble. The ocean is beautiful. The water is a blue/green color with lots of gorgeous reefs to snorkel or dive. There are bright colored corals and fish along with wild dolphins. If you're Lucky enough, one might let you touch it. There is a turtle pond on the island where you can bring either turtle food or some type of vegetable to feed them. They even put their fins in the air so you can touch them. If you have a sailboat, you can sail to some of the outer islands where they have mantarays and flying fish. On some of the islands way out on the end of the atoll you can find turtle eggs and turtle tracks on the beach. I highly suggest sailing. They have a good school system for all the kids that go there. There is K.A.P.S. (Kwajalein Atoll Pre-School) which is a
good place for kids in their first year. Then there's George Seitz Elementry School which goes from 1st grade to 6th. They have two playgrounds, one is for grades 1-3 and the other one is grades 4-6. The teachers are good too. Then there's the Jr. Sr. High school which goes from grades 7-12. This school has good teachers and a nice school. The school consists of about 200 kids. They have many different classes for the kids to choose from and after school they can go to the Namo Weto Youth Center (Teen Center) to do homework or just hang out. They have things like board games, pool, air hockey, ping pong, video games, and computers. This island is very safe for all kids because they are on an island where only certain people can come. Because of this, kids can basically go anywhere without parental supervision. Most kids go to the movies every Saturday or go to the teen center on the weekends. This is where I lived for the past four years. Thanks for reading!

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