By: Eric Zheng

It was 3 A.M. eastern time. Me and my parents were about to travel to Ohio to meet my grandparents. Since my grandparents are busy and I have school, we barely communicate. But it was summer break, ready for me and my grandparents to have the time I’ve never imagined. Happy family reunion!

My parents quickly packed up, while my little brother and I were playing. We all got dressed and ate our breakfast, because we weren’t planning on eating anything on the plane. It was kind of weird to eat breakfast, since we just ate dinner 8 hours ago. When we arrived at the airport, it was already 4 A.M. Realizing this, my mom had us run to the gate. We made it with 1 minute left to spare.

On the plane, while we were taking off, my mom was relieved that we made it to the plane on time. Also, the plane went so fast that I wouldn’t have been able to get up from my seat if I’d tried. The first 30 minutes were terrible: there were movie screens but I didn’t know how to use them!

Around the 1 hour-mark, my mom finally went to sleep. This was my chance to steal her phone! Yes, I know, I’m mischievous, but hey, how am I supposed to survive for hours just looking at pure air?

At the 2-hour mark, we finally landed. It was around 6:30 A.M. by that time, and everyone was cheering and clapping. I was pretty sad now that I had to walk again. But hey, at least it was better than on the airplane. We were picked up by an Uber and arrived at my grandparents’ house at 7:00 A.M.. Happy family reunion!