The Slums Of West County :: essays papers

The Slums Of West County It was our first day of freedom. On April 10, 1998, my scoop friend Laren and I were anxiously ready to move out on our own. We had been planning this for months, while sitting at Dennys for a few hours at a time. We were trying to figure out how much we would each hand in rent, bills, and food. Where we might live and what kind of rules we might have to animation us from killing each some other (as get onmates are prone to do) were other issues we resolved. So, now the two sheltered West County girls were going to have a taste of life on their own but not overly far away from Mom and Dad, just in case something went awry. The big, lovely homes we lived in no longer felt big enough for us, or rather, maybe they felt too big for us. We had picked an apartment complex that was but about five or ten minutes away from our parents and our jobs. instantaneously we had the task of moving 20 years of accumulated boxes to an empty, different room. A room that was half the size of our own bedrooms we lived in now. We had been spoiled teeny girls and we were just starting to realize it. Two bedrooms and two baths seemed like it would return many problems that roommates often have over sharing a hind end or bedroom. We had a small kitchen, a decent sized family room with a cable hookup, and a living room connecting the other two. Upon perceive the model apartment the management had decorated, we thought our place would be vigorous worth the money. Neither of us thought we could make such a heinous mistake. After all, we were still located in West County or were we? At 730 on that moving day morning, I felt anxious to get started. My stomach was screaming complaints at me for existence so inconsiderate as to only feed it a breakfast of coffee and nicotine. I knew I had three hours until my friends would be here with the U-Haul, but my nerves were jumping already. I put down my coffee fall guy in the sink, made a sprin t for the stairs, and ended up in my bedroom doorway to find my stepfather already unscrewing the bed frame.