Future

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It was ten o’clock on an average Monday morning. I had nothing planned for the day. My day off, Chris is at school and my wife Jackie is at work. Going to sit on the couch and watch football all day. Thinking of these great thoughts, it was interrupted by a ringing. Damn, the phone rang, I picked it up and it was Jim. Jim is my assistant manager at my auto shop down on the main strip of town.
“Hello”
“Hey this is Jim, what are you up to?”
“Nothing, what can I do for you?” I asked him.
“I was just wondering if it would be possible for you to cover my shift today.”
“Yeah, I can do that. What is the occasion?” I asked him.
“It is my birthday and my friends have something planned for me today”
“oh”
“Alright, I will be in today. See you later.”
“Bye”
I drag myself out of bed and stumble to the bathroom. Get into the shower to begin getting ready for work. Get out of the shower and start getting ready for work. I get dressed and then head to the bathroom again to brush my teeth and comb my hair. Feeling hungry I start to the kitchen, thinking of what I am going to make myself for breakfast, the phone rings. I pick up the phone, “Hello”
“Hi it is me, what are you up to today?” My wife says.
“I just got called into work”
“How late do you have to work?” she replies.
“Until about eight or eight thirty. You are going to have to pick up Chris from school on your way home from school.”
“Okay, I will see you when you get home tonight.”
Back to my mission, I head for the kitchen, starving. Open the cupboard, willing to eat anything. Grabbing the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, my mouth starts to water. I get the milk and spoon and prepare the bowl of cereal. After I finish eating it is about Eleven Twenty in the morning. Throw my bowl in the dish washer, grab my keys and head out the door for work.


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