"For the First Time"

            As we grow older we never realize the thing’s we do. I mean we all have a routine. I know for a fact my routine is wake up, get ready, go to school, and well go home. That is the everyday life for typical teenagers. But, when winter comes around it becomes wake up, get ready, go to school, now it’s basketball practice after school (depending on day, might be a game day), and then you go home. Yes, we all have the routine. We also have our hobbies. There is in my case making videos, listening to music, watching movies, shooting around, and well there are other thing’s I like to enjoy. Others though have different interest whatever the case may be there is one thing I barley took notice of.

            It wasn’t until I found the video of when I went to Rocky Point that this thought came to my head. I never had been to a beach before. Until, Bethany and Erin invited me to join them in their adventure along with my brother. Of course, I agreed to take some days off of school in order to enjoy three or four (I don’t remember) wonderful days in Mexico. Plus, they needed translators and Bethany never been out of the country before!

            As we arrived to Erin vacation shack it was to late to go to the ocean because it was three in the morning and pretty dark outside so we waited for the day to come. When sunset arrived we walked ourselves through others peoples backyards. I took one look down and the most disturbing was right in front of me! There was a fish skeleton in the middle of the road! Erin said it was a typically scene for her since she goes down to Mexico often. Anyways we arrived and must I say it was breathe taking I have never seen anything so beautiful (besides Justin Bieber.) The sound of the waves, the seagull’s, and the amazing shells lying around just took my heart away.

            Erin suggested that we should check the water to see if it was warm enough to walk in. As we went closer the tide came in and to our concern it was warm enough to go in deeper. I was so excited because this was the first time I even touched ocean water! As we took our sandals off and got our clothes off (bathing suits) were worn! I decided I wanted to capture this moment because I knew it would be awhile for me to come close to salt water again. As we went farther and farther out the more I knew it was going to be hard to leave such a peaceful environment. And I was right the days went by the swimming, shopping, and fun came to an end. We packed our bags and took off back to the desert. And that was the end of my very first time swimming in an ocean or stepping foot in the big blue sea!

            Now, that is why I chose the song For the First Time in my video. Simply, because everything we have been doing as a routine we have done it by trying it and giving it a shot. Even realizing we wouldn’t be walking right now if we didn’t take our first steps. “First time” is part of our life. I mean we have had our first tooth, our first words, when we first shot a basket, or to even catching our first fish, riding the bus for the first time! The list can go on and on. But, now we are so close to graduate that we will start trying to new things again! Like our first college class, our first car bought by us, the first apartment, and so on and so on. That is life, we grow and experience and we learn. But at the end we always end up loving the things and memories we decided to try. So what is your favorite memory you enjoy that you did for the “first time?” I know mine was seeing the beauty of the ocean.