Descriptive Essay: Michael Strahan

One ordinary afternoon, the sun was glaring on the television, the air conditioning was clanging, the stove whistling, with the smell of Texas coming from our kitchen. Me and my brothers, Luke and A.J., were watching nickelodeon. While we were watching tv a commercial came on, “Take a Player to School”. The commercial exhibited many professional athletes visiting many various schools. One player on the commercial that caught Luke’s eye was Michael Strahan. Not only was he one of the captains of New York Giants, our favorite team, he was Luke’s favorite player. As soon as he saw that commercial he darted to my mom in the kitchen howling, “I want to bring Michael Strahan to school!” over and over again. My mom didn’t understand until she walked into the living room seeing the end of the commercial for herself. She agreed to sign up for the sweepstakes just so he would stop asking her. Also since it was free so there wasn’t any harm in entering, even though there was no way we would win. About a month later, it was just another ordinary day, while my brothers and I …show more content…
We all ran outside to the limo. There were about ten people with cameras who left the limo before him, but then he exited the limo. He was a huge 6’5 professional athlete wearing a light blue dress shirt. Also, he had a gap in between his two front teeth wider than my finger. I just wanted to run and jump on him I was so excited. He gave us each a signed copy of his new book. Then gave Luke a really cool Giant’s mask. After that my mom, my dad, Allison and Luke rode in the limo to the school. My crazy uncle picked me and AJ up at our house. After that he was supposed to drive me, AJ, and Skyler, our cousin, to pre-k, but instead on our way to pre-k he yelled, “Follow the limo!” After that ended up having a very, unordinary day, with crowds cheering, the sun shining, with one thought in my head, “I’m spending a day with Michael