Dani Gallo: Journal 1

I went to wawa on Saturday night at 11pm

I went to wawa because we were on our way back from the rodeo and wanted something to eat

We wanted to get something to eat because we were hungry

We were hungry because we hadn’t eaten much before the rodeo

I hadn’t eaten much before the rodeo because I was so busy.

I was so busy because I had to go down to Somers Point with my dad to work on the boat

We had to work on the boat so we could go out on it the next day.

I could not go any other day because I was so busy all week doing school work.

I was so busy doing school work because I have a large workload.

I have a large workload because I decided to go to college.

I decided to go to college because I did so well in school

I did so well in school because I was able to manage my time very well

I was able to manage my time very well because I was used to the busy schedule of a 3 season varsity athlete.

I was a three season varsity athlete because I really enjoyed running

I really enjoyed running because it gave me time to be with my friends and to exercise.

I really valued being able to be with my friends because outside of sports I really had no other time.

I really had no other time because of the large course load I had in high school

I had a large course load in high school because I took all AP and honors classes

I took all AP and honors classes because I was tied for Valedictorian and needed to come out on top

I needed to be number one because I was very determined, competitive and I would say even a little hard headed

I competitive because of my background with cross country, swim, track, and softball

I was competitive in these sports because my parents always pushed me to do my best.

I listened to my parents because I wanted to make them proud.

I wanted to make my family proud because family is a big part of my life

Family is a big part of my life because we all get along so well

We all get along so well because we have the same sense of humor

We all have the same sense of humor because we are around each other so much

We are around each other so much because I have such a large extended family, it seems impossible to get away from them.

It seems impossible to get away from them because at least at least once or twice a month we have a birthday party for either one of my aunts, uncles, cousins or grandparents

We have parties so often because there is so many of us

There are so many of us because there are 20 aunts and uncles on my dad’s side alone.

My grandma had so many kids because of the Italian culture in my family.

Word Count: 520