Personal Narrative: All By Myself

All by Myself

One of the most nerve-wrecking things I had to do alone, was going on an airplane. It wasn’t the first time I had gone on an airplane, but it had been a long time since I had been on one. I was 12 at the time and I was going to visit my auntie in Austin, Texas. The only way I could go visit her for summer vacation, was by going on a plane all by myself. I remember I was wearing a white shirt with neon pink flowers, my favorite shirt, when I was on my way to the airport. It was just my auntie, my mom, and I that were in the car. Once we got there, we all said our goodbyes and I started off on my airplane journey, all on my own.

There I was, walking through the airport looking for my gate. I found it and sat on one of the chairs

to wait for my plane to board. The whole time I was sitting, I was worrying of who I would have to sit next to. The time came and I hurriedly got up and went to go into the plane. I was hoping I wouldn’t get stuck sitting in the middle, between two people. Gladly, I didn't get stuck with the middle seat, I got a window seat. I sat there anxiously waiting to see who would sit by me. Eventually, a young woman appeared and sat next to me. She was wearing a pink over-sized shirt and her brown hair was messily styled. She looked very comfortable sitting there, like she didn’t have a worry in the world, unlike me. She had even brought a salad and some vegetable, which was making me wish I had brought along some snacks.
The whole flight I was worried of doing something wrong so I never took anything out of my handbag, not even my phone or my book to read. I mostly spent the whole flight just looking out the oval window at the ginormous, white and puffy clouds. When I saw the flight attendants start passing out peanuts and asking for people's drink, I got nervous. I was nervously waiting for the flight attendant to come to my aisle so I could get the awkward moment over with. She came and I said no to peanuts and drinks because I was too shy to say yes. Time passed, and before I knew it, we were about to land.
The plane came to a stop. I gathered my black handbag and made my way out the plane. I called my auntie, Dora, and she told me where to meet her. I walked through the crowds of people, down the escalator, and finally met up with Dora. We greeted each other with warm hugs and went to get my luggage. After that, we met up with my uncle who was waiting outside in his silver truck. We all got into the giant truck and made our way to a Mexican restaurant to have some dinner.