Unforgettable Day

 The night before my flight to Chicago I could not sleep.I was laying on my bed and thinking deeply about traveling alone, for the first time without my family.Part of me was excited while the other was nervous and sad.I was thinking really hard when the calling for the dawn prayer interrupted me.However,I got off from my bed then,I went to perform the prayer.After I had finished my prayer,I wore my cloths.Next,I gave my brother a hand with his luggage.Later, we left our house at 9:45 a.m and drove to the airport. 

 

At that time the weather was very sunny, hot and humid ,it was around 42°C even though we were in the medal of fall.That really made me felt as though, I was inside an oven.Furthermore,what made me felt even worse was that I had worn heavy purple raincoat and long boots.However,we arrived to the airport after 40 minutes.The minutes following the arrival were the hardest in my whole life.I was overwhelmed with my emotion and so did my parents.We were all in tears but, I managed to get myself together.Then,we had waited for a while in the airport.After that we flew to London.

 

 In the night before the flight I could not sleep therefore,I made up for it on the plane.After 7 hours of flying we arrived to London. My cousin,brother and I were supposed to stay for 3 hours yet,the time flew very fast,and we flew to Chicago after a short time.

 

I could not sleep during the flight because I was extremely thrilled since,it was my first time in Chicago.When there was only 30 minutes left,I opened the screen in front of me in order to check the weather in the Chicago.I could not believe my eyes when I had seen what was written on the screen.The screen showed that it was -7°C in Chicago which I found unbelievable because, we do not have that weather in Saudi Arabia.However,we arrived after 30 minutes.My first shock was O'hare airport it was a big disappointment as, it was very normal and tedious.I thought Chicago's airport would be better than that.After we had finished all the procedures, we left the airport.As soon as, I stepped out the air port, I got my second shock that ,the weather was worse than I had imagined.In spite of wearing heavy raincoat , gloves and long boots,I could not feel my limbs.I had been told about  the weather in Chicago but, I did not imagine it would be like that. At that moment I knew that everything I had brought was useless thus,I cried a lot.

 

While I was crying ,I thought about resigning from the scholarship and going back to my country.I felt that I could not take it any more and I thought I would die.However,when the taxi arrived after 15 minutes of torment,I hardly managed to get myself together and calm down.Finally,after we had arrived to our apartment,I went to my room and slept hopefully I could forget that nightmare.