10.7.13- *Title in progress*

I checked the clock.

"It's eleven o' clock, ya know."

"Yup." My brother said sarcastically.

"I'm bored." I said, staring at a blank TV.

"Then do something." My brother said. He wasn't making this conversation easy. Finally my dad joined in. 

"Do you want to explore the hotel?" 

"Of course I do!" I jumped up and grabbed my shoes. "Let's go lets go lets go!"

My brother groaned. But I can tell that he was a little bit curious too. A little bit. So he came along.

When we stepped out into the hallway, a chill from the hotel hallway passed over us. Have you ever noticed that when you go into a hotel, there is a feeling that everyone gets. A kind of official, standoffish feeling. Plus, since we were the in the room at the end of the hallway, you look down the hallway and everything is symmetrical, with plush carpets and lamps above every door that cast a golden glow over everything. 

Our hotel was was perfect to explore at 11 o clock at night. It was big and had plenty of places to see. In fact, it was only our second night, and we had gotten in at 10 o clock the night before. In a nutshell, basically we hadn't seen our entire hotel yet. We've only seen half of the hotel anyway! 

"I wanna see the pool!" I requested in a whisper once we had stepped into the elevator.

My brother shrugged, and since he was staring at his phone, I turned to my dad for a answer. 

"Sure." He said.

"But isn't it closed by now?" I asked.

"I wanna see the pool!" I requested in a whisper once we had stepped into the elevator.

My brother shrugged, and since he was staring at his phone, I turned to my dad for a answer. 

"Sure." He said.

"But isn't it closed by now?" I asked.

"Probably. But why'd you ask if you already knew the answer?" 

"I wanted too. I wasn't sure though."

When we finally reached the pool floor, we realized that we needed our hotel key to get in. My brother walked back to the elevator, clearly not at all worried that we haven't seen the pool yet besides some pictures. When he stepped back into the carpeted elevator, I pulled at the door to the pool and found it was unlocked. 

Instant humidity. The wave of humidity and the smell of chlorine hit me like a ton of bricks.

"Oh my god." I said in shock. "It's so strong! Can you guys feel that?!"

I turned around and saw that my dad had clearly felt it too, and my brother was oblivious to the world as per usual. 

The pool was so pretty. The entire room was completely symmetrical and there were skylights along the entire ceiling. Along the sides of the pool there were pillars with rings of gold circling them. Even the towels had good gold stripes on them. 

10.4.13- *Title in progress*

I checked the clock.

"It's eleven o' clock, ya know."

"Yup." My brother said sarcastically.

"I'm bored." I said, staring at a blank TV.

"Then do something." My brother said. He wasn't making this conversation easy. Finally my dad joined in. 

"Do you want to explore the hotel?" 

"Of course I do!" I jumped up and grabbed my shoes. "Let's go lets go lets go!"

My brother groaned. But I can tell that he was a little bit curious too. A little bit. So he came along.

When we stepped out into the hallway, a chill from the hotel hallway passed over us. Have you ever noticed that when you go into a hotel, there is a feeling that everyone gets. A kind of official, standoffish feeling. Plus, since we were the in the room at the end of the hallway, you look down the hallway and everything is symmetrical, with plush carpets and lamps above every door that cast a golden glow over everything. 

Our hotel was was perfect to explore at 11 o clock at night. It was big and had plenty of places to see. In fact, it was only our second night, and we had gotten in at 10 o clock the night before. In a nutshell, basically we hadn't seen our entire hotel yet. We've only seen half of the hotel anyway!

10.3.13- My Small Moment #3

I checked the clock.

"It's eleven o' clock, ya know."

"Yup." My brother said sarcastically.

"I'm bored." I said, staring at a blank TV.

"Then do something." My brother said. He wasn't making this conversation easy. Finally my dad joined in. 

"Do you want to explore the hotel?" 

"Of course I do!" I jumped up and grabbed my shoes. "Let's go lets go lets go!"

My brother groaned. But I can tell that he was a little bit curious too. A little bit. So he came along.

When we stepped out into the hallway, 

*I WORKED ON MY THOUGHT ORGANIZATION CHART WITH SMALL MOMENT ONE*

10.2.13- My Small Moment #3

I checked the clock.

"It's eleven o' clock, ya know."

"Yup." My brother said sarcastically.

"I'm bored." I said, staring at a blank TV.

"Then do something." My brother said. He wasn't making this conversation easy. Finally my dad joined in. 

"Do you want to explore the hotel?" 

"Of course I do!" I jumped up and grabbed my shoes. "Let's go lets go lets go!"

My brother groaned. 

10.1.13- My Small Moment #3

I checked the clock.

"It's eleven o' clock, ya know."

"Yup." My brother said sarcastically.

"Let's explore already! We haven't been to the pool yet, and we haven't seen the roof..." 

10.1.13- My Small Moment #2

Traditionally, in Grand Haven, every summer night there is a light show. Basically, you watch a fountain shoot out water, colored lights, and music while sitting on some freezing bleachers. But it's fun. Sometimes. This particular time, though, it was dripping rain and freezing cold. It didn't really help with the fact that the bleachers were in front of a man made river. On one side were the bleachers, and on the other was the fountain. 

It seemed like it took forever for the show to finally start. My parents were admiring the river and taking their time, but I was ready to move on. I mean, to be honest, if I wasn't there for the trip, I don't think anything would get done besides staring at a museum wall for 2 days. So they should thank me.

While they talked on and on about whatever new history they had picked up I circled around them again and again trying to get their attention. Nothing else had worked, so I had to resort to this. I got dizzy, but they finally noticed me.

"Stop that," my dad said, half listening to my mom still. 

I stopped. But only briefly. I did this routine about 5 times until they finally asked me what I wanted to do.

"We have an hour. What do you want to do?" My mom asked.

"I don't know. When does the light show start??" I said impatiently. "We've been waiting forever!!"

"We've been waiting for half an hour and it starts at nine. It's 7:45 now." My dad said.

*IM GOING TO START A NEW STORY AND I MIGHT COME BACK TO THIS ONE LATER. I MIGHT NOT.*

9.30.13- My Small Moment #2

Traditionally, in Grand Haven, every summer night there is a light show. Basically, you watch a fountain shoot out water, colored lights, and music while sitting on some freezing bleachers. But it's fun. Sometimes. This particular time, though, it was dripping rain and freezing cold. It didn't really help with the fact that the bleachers were in front of a man made river. On one side were the bleachers, and on the other was the fountain. 

It seemed like it took forever for the show to finally start. My parents were admiring the river and taking their time, but I was ready to move on. I mean, to be honest, if I wasn't there for the trip, I don't think anything would get done besides staring at a museum wall for 2 days. So they should thank me.

While they talked on and on about whatever new history they had picked up I circled around them again and again trying to get their attention. Nothing else had worked, so I had to resort to this. I got dizzy, but they finally noticed me.

"Stop that," my dad said, half listening to my mom still. 

I stopped. But only briefly. I did this routine about 5 times until they finally asked me what I wanted to do.

"We have an hour. What do you want to do?" My mom asked.