It was really cold outside. There wasn't any fog, just the sun. We went to a place where you could see the ocean. They had binoculars and I went to use them. I couldn't see anything until I moved the binoculars. Then I saw the beautiful ocean. We stayed there for about 10 minutes. Then we went inside the aquarium. I saw many things like the gift shop and fish and sea otters. I was ready to explore when my teacher said that we had to get our lunch out of the bus.

That got me angry because I said to myself why didn't they do that first. So we went to get the lunches and put them in a locker where you could store your stuff. You had to pay money to take out the key. Then we went inside the aquarium. The first thing we went to see were the sea otters. You could see them in the water or see the above on land. I decided to see them in the water. The sea otters did many things like jump out of the water and make a big splash. Then I went to see them above.

In the 6th grade, we went to Monterrey Bay at the end of the school year. At first we had to sell a lot of chocolate to help fund raise  the trip to it. After all the hard work, we had made our goal. I was really excited to go because it was my first time going to the aquarium. We had to go on a Saturday. Then we were off. All of my friends went. 

It was a really long drive because we left at 6:00 in the morning and I didn't want to wake up early. We had a rest stop and Los Banos. I had been at that place when I went to Mission San Juan Batista. Then we were off again. When we got to Monterrey  it was really cold and there was a lot of fog. It was a good thing I brought my jacket. When we got there, it was like 9:00. It was a really long drive, but I was happy that me and my class was at Monterrey Bay Aquarium.

I have never thought about joining the science bowl team. I kind of don't like science because it's hard to understand. When Mrs.Poole asked me to join, I didn't know what to do. She gave me a look at how to play the science bowl. It had buzzers. I knew how to play this because I played it at my trip to Fresno State where they asked us questions. She then told me how to answer. It was a little different than how I played at Fresno State.

She told me we couldn't talk during toss up questions and that we could talk during bonus questions. Then she said the narrator had to say your name like A4 first before you could answer. If you said your answer before he reads your name, it is called a blurt and you give the other team four points. I thought about it long and hard, and finally came to a decision. I decided to join because the winning team from the double elimination round gets to go to Washington D.C. to compete in the National Science Bowl. That made me want to join. Our competition is next week at Fresno State.

Mrs. Poole will be gone next week to go to Arizona. She was a little bit worried that she wasn't going to make it. I'm a little bit worried that she will not make it.

On Sunday will be Super Bowl 47. It will be the best Sunday ever. It will be the 49ers vs. the Baltimore Ravens. I want the 49ers to win because if they win, they will be tied for the most Super Bowl championships. I am preparing for this Sunday. There are so many things to do. We have to buy things for the big day.

It reminds me of past Super Bowls. Sometimes the team that I wanted to win would win and sometimes the team that I wanted to win would lose. I just hope that the 49ers win the Super Bowl and the Ravens don't. Every Super Bowl Sunday I help my mom and my dad help prepare the food.