The Highlight of My Day

Tuesday, 01 March 2011

Here’s where my day peaked today—

I was running a little late this morning. I quickly brushed my teeth and put on my shoes. I started to put on my coat when Owen, tired and bleary-eyed, came hobbling out of his bedroom. I said good morning. He said good morning. Then I said I was sorry that I couldn’t spend any time with him at the moment because I had to hurry off to school. “But we’ll see each other this evening, okay?” I said to him. He nodded.

This whole time, I was fiddling with my coat. I couldn’t seem to locate my left sleeve. “Ugh!” I said, exasperated. I finally realized that the inner lining of my coat was turned inside out and so I hurriedly tried to fix it. “This stupid coat,” I said.

“What’s wrong?” Owen asked.

“I can’t find my sleeve,” I said.

And just then I found my sleeve. As I zipped up my coat, Owen said, “That happens to me, too, sometimes.”

I smiled. We hugged and I thanked him for his concern. I was awake for another 14 hours – but that was the highlight of my day.