The last assignment in my writing course was a memoir/narrative. I honestly had such a difficult time choosing an event in my life to write about. There was so much to choose from, but at the same time I couldn't think of anything worth putting into a story that people would want to read. So I picked the most recent, emotionally charged event in my life. In September I went to Edmonton Expo with a few of my very best friends. And this is the tale of what happened (cut down to approximately 800 words...it started out at 1300, and that still didn't include all the details...). (Shout out to Alex for his pro editing skills - you da bomb diggity.) Meeting Clara This was it - I was going down. My body was swaying and my vision was going dark. It had gotten to be too much and I was seriously going to pass out. Anticipation for this moment had been building for weeks and now it was finally here. I was not going to miss it for anythin