wednesday was my last day of school. YES!!!!!!!! and thursday i got in my dad's truck for 5 hours to go to one of his boat races in ocean city, maryland. the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway we got there and it was like 50 degrees for the first 2 days, thank god i took jeans and a hoodie or i would have frozen. -anyway, thursday, we got there kind of late so we just walked around the boardwalk, which was right outside the ROOM!!!! -friday, dad had to go the pits (that is were all the boats are so people can look at them) and mom, my sister, and i walked the boardwalk again and the pier and i got to walk in the sand, for the first time in years. -saturday was about the same thing we just walked a little longer and i played volleyball with my dad that morning. -sunday was father's day and the worst one ever!!!!!!!!!!! that was the day of dad's race. well, we woke up and it was hot and sunny and beautiful, which was the only good thing........ almost. so i got dressed and i started ..., which was just the beginning. then we went to the beach to see the race and on the way there I found a penny heads up on the sidewalk. the race started and dad, he trottles the boat- makes it go, and warren, the guy who drives the boat, went around once......... twice.............third time and leading................ do not see them, still don't see them.......... mom comes and asked if we saw them go around, she was taking pictures and thought she had just missed them come around, well two seconds later her phone rings and it is dad. he said that they went for a drink, that means they flew out of the boat, and he was fine and warren just hit his knee on the wheel and we had to pick him up at the coast guard building. so, mom starts to freak a few minutes later because it just did not register in her head at that time and i go over to see if she is okay and she just starts crying. when she calms down we pack up and go to put our stuff in the room, dad had to get towed in so we had time. we get in the car to go and pick him up and get there mom runs in and you can see her crying again, when she came out she said that he was with warren on the way to the hospital and the coast guard people had told her that the injured were sent to the hospital and they said he was one of them, he was not they got it wrong because dad said he was fine, so we figured that he went with warren in the ambulance. we were going to the hospital and dad called he was not with warren but at the hotel we had missed him at the coast guard building and he had walked and he did not have his phone because it was still in the boat, so we kept on going to the hospital to pick up warren. when we get there his wife went on back to get him and mom was sitting in the floor and i had my feet in a chair and this lady came by and was like you do not what to sit on this floor because people puke on it and she told me that you may want to take your feet out of the chair because your MOTHER taught you BETTER than that! i kept my feet in the chair and mom sat in the chair she was leaning on and that lady came around the corner and said i really mean what i said about your feet in the chair. i was a little pissed because my dad just got thrown out of a boat and i am getting yelled at by a complete stranger who had no idea what i have just been threw!!!!!!!!!! anyway, we got back into the car after picking up warren and went to the pits to find dad, he called and said he got a ride there form somebody, warren was on crutches for his knee and other than that he was fine. when we get there dad is cleaning the boat and truck and we here what happened a billon and one times and dad playing it off like it was no big deal. after a while we go to the awards ceremony for no other reason than to cheer on the winners and are friends, when that is over we go back to the room to clean up. it was then that i hear that a 19 year old boy was missing and they did not know were he was and they had the helocopters and boats out looking for him. after mom and dad get dressed they go out to party and my sister and i just stay in and watch tv and pack then I go to sleep because it has been a very LLLLLLLOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG day. monday i wake up and I get dressed and finish packing to go home however, we have a few things we have to do: my sister = finish riding last minute rides, dad = pick up the boat from the pits, mom = make sure we did everything we wanted to do, and me = get my henna done. but before we get in the truck we hear that the boy was found dead on the beach, he drowned, that morning by some man walking his dog. then we got in the truck and rode for 5 more hours back home. i will miss the beach and the boardwalk however, I am glad to be in my bed and to put these 4 days behind me. i am not overly superstitious however I do believe in that kind of stuff and i think that penny had something to do with my dad being okay and you may laugh or whatever but that is what i believe. now i am exhausted so I am going to sleep. NIGHT!!