Response To Moving Day-Personal Narrative

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June 5th , 1 day left till Moving Day June 6th 2012 , My parents most stressing day of the year has finally come , Moving Day , My Parents had been planning this move for a couple months now and I just can't believe it . Their plans were to move from Lima Ohio , The same place i have grown up in and been born . Me and my parents are moving to Georgetown,MA just about 15 hours in driving distance away . I woke up at around 8:00 AM , I had said bye to all my friends the night before . So First off I put my clothes on and headed out , we already had everything in the U Hall so It took us about 15 minutes after we woke up . I got in the truck with my dad and my mom got in our Suv with my sister . Our ETA was about 14 hours and 30 minutes . We drove from about 8:30 AM All the way until 10:10 PM where we stopped in New York at a Hotel . …show more content…
I grabbed my things that I had in the hotel room and went down to the lobby where I was going to have a mediocre breakfast , I had a bowl of fruit loops and we went to out our things into my Mom’s Truck . We were on our way , Georgetown Massachusetts - ETA 3:30 hours left . On our way we ran into mild traffic and construction , And before we knew it we were there Georgetown , Where I would probably end my childhood and be for a while until college or so . We walked into the house and started to unpack . It took us about the rest of the day to finish the move but It was official . The next day I woke up In my bed , In my own room and I thought that I was going to have to start getting used to this

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