At first I honestly didn't know what to write a story about. There are funny things I think I could write about, but I feel like they don't hold enough substance. So even though its hard for me, I'm going to write the story about the time I almost moved to California. When my father told me that he had a job opportunity in San Diego I was thrilled. I cried when he first told me, but I think it was just the idea of this big change that was scaring me not actually doing it. We flew out to California multiple times to look for houses and apply to High Schools. Because California is so big there are multiple high schools that are specialized in certain areas. I knew even then that I wanted to do theatre, so I applied to two musical theatre high schools out there. We flew out and stayed with his friends Spencer and Marry who were so sweet. Spencer collects cars and getting to ride around California in his silver mercedes was a perk. I loved staying with them and I loved California. Both schools were amazing and when I got back home I found that I had got into both. The problem was that even though moving to San Deigo was a great opportunity for my father and I it was a major problem for my mother. She works at a law firm and was going to have to retake the bar (its a lawyer test) and look for a new job. She didn't have one already lined up and moving was a big economic venture itself. Not to mention my sister didn't want to go at all. She loves the school she dances at and she has so many friends here in New Paltz. We looked at another dance school out in California and while it was good the tecnique and teachers at our current ballet school were even better. I remember when my father told me we weren't going to go I was devastated. I wanted to go to this new school and have a new start more than anything in the world. I hated middle school and had always dreamed of moving to California. I just didn't understand why we couldn't. Sometimes when i'm having a bad day I think about how much better my life might have been if we moved, but then I remember all the amazing things I have here. I love doing the musicals here at school. I have some really amazing friends in my classes. I love going to youtheatre and broadway artists alliance, both programs that if I didn't live in New York I would never be able to go to. Sometimes people think that moving away will fix all your problems, but it won't. I still would have had to go to school, I still would have to deal with problems with my friends and family, and even though I dreamed I would have this amazing life I really have no idea what it would have been like. Maybe it was better to just leave it as a fantasy. Sometimes I hate New Paltz but its my home, and staying here for high school has made me the person I am today. While I may not love everything about this town I am proud of the person I have become and I wouldn't trade that for anything.