My Birthday

        Hurricane Isaac was very unexpected and came very quickly (until it hit land and decided to slow down to 8 miles an hour.) When I found out that it would hit on my birthday, the same day as Katrina did seven years prior, I was very amazed. When the day came, I was surprised to wake up with the electricity still on, and barely any rainfall. But not much time passed until it started to get very windy and be raining deliriously! The power went out at about 10 A.M. and soon enough it was started to get very hot. I discussed with my mom and dad when would be a good time to have the birthday celebration (which was just my entire family having cake and ice cream and me opening my presents) and we decided we have it after lunch before it started to get too dark. When the time came, I was so excited to see what presents I got and what the cake would look like.

        At last we got the cake out and started singing happy birthday and eating. Afterwards when the time came to open presents, I was astonished to get a new running hat and a water bottle! My parents knew it wasn't what I would have expected, but they barely had any time to shop and get any presents and just told me that we would be able to go look for other things after the storm had passed when all the stores were open. I knew that it would be okay if we didn't get everything because I was happy with what I had already gotten. Finally, after we finished eating, we just had a nice, relaxing day of sleeping, watching movies, and just walking around outside finding out if anything had fallen or broken around the neighborhood. It was my second hurricane birthday. I also found out something pretty cool, that I was born in 1998, and when I turned seven that it was the day of Katrina. And seven years later it was hurricane Isaac! It will be funny and mysterious if I have another crazy hurricane on my 21st birthday!