Meta Graf Essay

My meta graph took me about one hour to write from start to finish.  I thought that I had to sit down and type up the entire 5 graf essay all in one evening; so I poured myself a glass of Diet Coke, made sure my kiddos were all set with their homework, the dogs were fed, and made sure that the laundry machine was working, and settled into my office to ponder about what I was going to use for a 5 graf essay topic.   

I stared out my back window at the huge pine that I have on my back lawn.  The pine is actually two trees that converge into one massive trunk.  The way that the tree separates into two is goregous and I often find myself staring at that tree whenever I'm working in the office. 

I tried to think of a situation that arose in my teenage years that would require three paragraphs explaining an incident that I could write about.  I immediately thought of the Mustang that my sister had and how I ended up driving it home on a camp road in the summertime, lost control of the car as my sister and I were laughing while watching through the rearview mirror at the dust we was making,  hitting a mailbox; thus, causing a dent in the fender of the car.  

The second intro essay that I did which talked about taking my son into the old barn where the Mustang was stored never actually happened.   I thought of an old barn that is in a huge field about 5 miles from my house and visualized myself walking through that field towards that old barn with my son when I wrote the intro.   

I put a lot of thought into the essay after quickly finding a topic. I particularly didn't care about the description of the dent and scratch in the fender that I had put in Intro #2; and probably would leave that out if I were to redo it.  

You had stated that you would take that essay as my first Graf 5 assignment; as I jumped ahead and read more into the assignment than what was required.

Thanks!