Journal #15

The majority of my family live close to me, but there is a few people that live very far away. My Aunt Monica lives in Huntington Beach, California (by Los Angeles). She has been living out there for maybe 6 or 7 years now, and I miss her a lot. She used to live with us before she moved out there and she is my godmother. It's sad that she moved so far away because I was not able to go to her wedding a few years ago because plane tickets are so expensive. When she had her fist baby, Maya two years ago, My family and some other relatives flew out to Las Vegas to meet her, her husband Erik, and the new baby. They had taken the 3 hour drive over from California. That was really awesome that we were able to do that and see them, but we are only able to see her family two or three times a year maybe. Now my Aunt just found out she is going to have a baby boy, and I'm extremely happy for her. I am also sad because I know they will not be able to travel and see us as much with a new baby and a two year old, and an 8 year old (Erik's son, my Aunts' stepson).

I have never moved out if my house, so I have never moved away from any friends. One of my friends did move out of my neighborhood, and now I do not get to see her very often, She moved out into the country, and out of our school district. She may be moving back sometime in the next year so that is really exciting! We are actually meeting up today after school to catch up because we have not seen each other in so long. I plan on going to college very far away from here, so I will be missing a lot of people when I do that.