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. My life feels complete right now. I had a good job and lots of good friends. I lived in a big city in Texas.  There was always something to do whether it was going to the movies, or going to the mall we would just have a good time.  It was never a dull moment with my friends. They were always the crazy, loud and never shy.  They were the kind of people that would make anything funny.  Well I soon figure out that what a perfect life I had was about to get turned upside down.

After playing in my baseball game that night I come home to a family that is happy about something.  I ask them what’s going on and find out something that nobody wants to hear.  My mom tells me that we are moving at the end of the school year.  Talk about short notice.  I was crushed and worst I didn’t know how to tell all my friends.  These guys were my friends since fifth grade.  I didn’t know what to do.

I couldn’t believe that I was going to move during my senior year. I was going to have to start my last year off in a place that I had never been.  So with the time I had left I had the time of my life.  Me and my friends would go camping, have parties and just enjoy each other’s company with the time we had left.

Well that time didn’t last long and my time was up to say my goodbyes.  We said our goodbyes, we shed some tears and it was off to Pennsylvania.  I was starting my new journey; I was leaving my comfort zone in Texas and going to somewhere I felt out of place… Pennsylvania.  This was the first step to completing my monomyth.

I had always visited Pennsylvania when I was a little kid so I knew what was expected of this place. It was a small town, so small that there is only 2 ½ stop lights.  I don’t think I’ve ever been in town this small.  I didn’t think that my life could get any more worse than it is now.

I spent the whole summer depressed sitting in my room watching movies and wondering if I would ever escape this small town of what I thought was hell. I spent my whole summer with my little brothers and older sister.  We hated each other at this point, mainly because I wasn’t the most pleasant person to be around. We were around each other too much.  None of us had anything to do, no one to hang out with. It was like being in prison. My mom and dad would suck up to me because they felt guilty for making me move during my senior year in high school.  They tried to give me guidance and reassure me that I would make new friends.  They kept telling me that it was part of life and that I would make new friends. In a way they were the caretakers/destroyer of my monomyth. They destroyed my life in Texas and in return tried to make it better for me here.  They would do anything I’d ask, whatever food I wanted, whatever movie I got. If I wanted to buy something they would dish out the cash for it, I felt bad doing it but I’ll admit that it did help make me feel better.

I didn’t like it one bit. I was antisocial, grumpy, depressed, and worst of all I was lonely.  I was truly in the belly of the whale and I never thought that I would get out of it.  I had hit rock bottom and I was out cold.  Most of my family lives here, aunts, uncles, cousins, and second cousins, I had plenty of people to hang out with but I was just too depressed to do anything.  I felt that if I had a good time and spent time and met new people that I would be replacing my old friends in Texas.  This was of course all a part of my monomyth.

I kept in touch with all my friends and talk to them looking for guidance and advice.  It didn’t help at all; it just made me want to get out of here and return back to Texas. I was so depressed that I actually wished that I had never made friends in Texas, I wish I would have never met my old friends because I missed them all too much and there was nothing for me to do.   That summer is one I will always remember; it was the summer of hell for me.

Soon that summer ended and my worst fear was sure to come.  School was starting in a week and I was in denial about going to school here.  I did not want to go to school in this town, to me it was like a trap saying that once I go here I am stuck here. My neighbor was a teacher that taught at the school and tried to assure me that everything would be okay and that it was a good school. He was trying to watch over me like a father does in the monomyth.  I didn’t believe a word that he said. At this point I didn’t care about anything. As badly as it hurt, I registered and went to that school.  I felt dumb being there, I didn’t have a schedule, I didn’t know anyone, and worst off I was a complete asshole to everyone that tried to be nice to me.

My grades were slacking, I didn’t care about anything.  People would try to talk to me and I would just look past them. I went one way and hoped that everyone went the other.  I thought the world was against me.  All I wanted to do was go to school and go home and sleep.  The faster I got through this the faster I could get out of this forsaken town.  This went on for about two months of the school year. It was the same routine over and over and over again.

Fortunately I had to interact with some class mates.  Believe me it wasn’t because I wanted to.  Well I met this guy that was pretty cool, he liked the same stuff I liked, he hated the same things I did.  It was the first person that I actually liked from this town.  Well we would occasionally hang out and listen to music and skateboard. It reminded me of my friends back at home in Texas. It was the closest thing to what I had in Texas.

Well it was the beginning of November and my friend asked me to hang out with him his girlfriend and his cousin. I was a little skeptical about hanging out with them but I agreed to. I got the call from him, little did I know that it would be the call I would get for my journey.  What are the odds of that happening?

Well so I get picked up by my friend and notice that his cousin was actually very pretty.  I had never seen her at school before.  Well I guess walking the halls with your head down and like a zombie would make it hard to notice people in the school.  Anyways I got in the car and we drove to get some food.  I start talking to his cousin and we really hit it off.  We liked the same type of music; we like the same movies and everything just seem to go perfect.  Well luckily I got her number and we started talking everyday and hanging out.  We would go on double dates with her cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend.  Finally I got the courage and asked her to be my girlfriend.  She said yes and finally it was official.  My life seemed to be flipped right side up.

I started to be happy again. I always had something to do now. I spent most of my time with her and had little time to think about all my friends that I had to leave in Texas. She opened my eyes that I can be happy and that I’m not replacing my friends by making new ones.  She was the goddess of my monomyth, she was my Athena, she was the one person that knew me and could help me over come my barriers.

I still had my normal problems like everyone else has like I still hated school for instance but every kid hates it.  It wasn’t as bad as it used to be now that I had people to talk to or things to look forward to after school.

My life started to turn around and I was actually pretty happy. My grades started improving; I made a bunch of friends and I was actually having a good time with my senior class. I never thought that was going to happen.

I still kept in touch with my friends in Texas and we still really close with each other.  I was a selfish person to not give anyone a chance here. Now that I realize this I wish I would have tried to like this place from the get go.

I was on the right track; I was on the road to happiness.  I knew that there was still a long road ahead of me but having a girlfriend and a couple good friends really helps.  This would be the end of my monomyth. I achieved my main goal, happiness. My monomyth is complete but with every ending there is a new beginning waiting for you.