In-N-Out Burger

   

       Everyone has their favorite restaurant that he or she loves to eat at. I'm pretty sure that the restaurant that he or she loves to eat at is probably no further than about 10 miles from where they live. My favorite restaurant that I wish I can travel to at least 3 times a week is In-N- Out burger which happens to be only located in the west coast. I believe only six states have this restaurant. Those states are Texas, Utah, California, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada. This restaurant should be expanded to almost every state in the country. I love it so much that I actually almost wrote a letter to the head quarters In-N-Out burger to beg them to bring it to the east coast. I honestly believe that it could be some high quality competition for restaurants such as Mcdonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's in the east coast. My first meal from In-N-out burger consisted of chili cheese fries with two bacon double cheese burgers topped off with lettuce and tomatoes. Hands down the best burger I have ever introduced to my taste buds. I quickly realized why you can only get it in certain states.. its because it's so fresh! I stayed in Cali for about 4 days and I Probably ate there at least twice a day and did not get tired of it. Even the employees were super nice and were polite enough to tell me whats highly recommended on the menu, unlike in New York where all of the Mcdonald's workers are rude and stuck up. Sadly the west coast is far from my home and i'll probably only get a chance to eat it once every two years but I make sure I cherish every moment of it when I am able to get  bite of one of those burgers!

          I was first introduced to this delicious restaurant back in 2012 when my family and I flew out to California to watch my older brother play his last home collegiate basketball game at UC Riverside. It was first time in California and it was a delightful experience. The beautiful weather was just right and I felt this vibe that just had me in a good mood for the duration of my visit. This trip to California taught me that it is a great place to live but can be even better if your bank is big enough. I had a feeling this trip was going to be somewhat one to remember and I'm not sure why. It was my first time traveling on a plane for more than two hours and I will never forget the thrill and exhilaration as the plane prepared for take off. I learned that California has a beautiful climate, geography, and most importantly some wonderful people.

 

Emotionally Exhausting

 Being a student athlete, I'm pretty much physically exhausted every single day from September all they way through March. I have practice every single day including game days and our only day off is Sunday. Practice isn't the only thing that causes me to be exhausted. It's also the amount of study hall hours, class, traveling all over the country etc. Anyway, enough talk about being an athlete, there has been some emotional exhaustion throughout my life as well.
My junior year of high school is certainly a year to remember for me. My aunt passed away in a brutal car accident in which she died instantly due to how hard the impact was. She was literally like my best friend and losing her caused me to be stressed and just emotionally weak for a while. She was my dad's youngest sister and they were also very close. When this tragic incident happened it was the first and only time I have EVER seen my dad break down crying and when I witnessed that, I have never been more heart broken in my life. When my mom cries it's a different feeling because she's a woman and she is always very emotional but I still hate seeing her cry but when I seen my dad just burst out crying, that truly hit me hard. It took my dad a while to recover from this which is why he had to see a therapist because he was way too stressed out and his mental was all over the place. I hated every moment of watching my dad look depressed when I came home from school, he was a completely different person and this made me extremely emotionally exhausted because I was always so worried about him. It took my dad about 3 long months to move on from this and I was just so happy and relieved to see him smiling again. It doesn't end here though, about a week after my dad was feeling better I suffered from an injury that caused me to miss my entire junior year season. When this happened I just felt as if my hoop dreams were over, I thought I wouldn't come back the same and I wouldn't get a chance to be a division 1 athlete. Every single coach that was recruiting just completely stopped when they heard I was injured. Watching my team practice and play in exciting games was torture for me I just could not deal with not being able to play. We were ranked top 5 team in New York and was expected to win the states until I got injured. My team still made it pretty far but if I was out there on the court we would have went much further and that's why this still haunts me today because I always wanted a high school state championship ring. 2012 was just a long and brutal year for me, definitely the most emotionally exhausting experience I have been through. But, after all that I am still where I was expecting i'd be today and that entire year has
made me grateful and appreciative of life as well as what I have in life and to never take anything for granted because what you love, someone you love, or even you can be gone in a heart beat