Archive for November, 2009
3:05
Fergus’s eyes flickered open; he yawned, stretched and rolled over to look at the clock.
He blinked once, then again, trying to make sure he was reading it correctly. “3:05″. “3:05″? “3:05″! He was supposed to be at school picking his kids up five minutes ago!
By 3:11 he had dressed, ran to the car, ran back to get his keys, ran to the car again, driven to school, found a parking space (easier said than done), ran to the classroom and joined the back of the queue behind the last parent before nonchalantly greeting the teacher and collecting his girls (who made him wait for a further ten minutes while they pottered around collecting pictures, coats, cardigans and old pieces of fruit from their drawers).
If it hadn’t been for the fact that in his haste to dress he had failed to fasten his belt buckle correctly, leading to his trousers falling down as he sprinted past a playground full of mums and kids, it would have been a superb recovery.