Lost day

I’ve learned to love the alone time that I get on some Mondays and Fridays between 4pm and 5pm.

On those days, I usually pick my son up from school around 5:10pm…and so, when most of my colleagues leave at the close of work (4pm), I sit back and enjoy the quiet. Sometimes I head to Netflix and sometimes I read…but most times I draft stuff in my notebook or WordPress.

Yesterday I just couldn’t wait. I had arranged my new notebook and my pens on my desk and just when my colleagues began to pack up and leave, my phone rang.

It was my son’s school. A million things ran through my mind in a second. I have a bad habit of imagining the worst first before calling myself to order.

I picked up. It was the Administrative Officer…she’s also a friend. We exchanged pleasantries and then she said “SonTer is still in school”.

I wondered what she meant by that.

“Yeah, it’s Monday” I said.

“Nope, it’s Tuesday”.

That’s when it hit me.

It was really Tuesday.

There had been a national holiday on Monday and we had stayed home. Stepping out on Tuesday morning actually felt like Monday…

I drove like a maniac, sweating all over. School had closed since 1:40pm.

I got to his school and ran to him, I hugged him and didn’t want to let go.

What he said next made me smile; “Mommy, I know you thought today was Monday, right? I did too, I even packed my books for Monday classes too”.

This boy just warms my heart.

He told me he was very hungry and I told him I had that covered. We went and got him his favorite chicken burger and all became well with the world.

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Author: Emaistace

wife, mom, sister, daughter, aunty, friend. writing my everyday thoughts as they pop up.

15 thoughts on “Lost day”

  1. 😅 Awwwwn! Lovely picture at the start. This is the right way to start the day. Lovely mum there! I have a somewhat similar ‘late’ story but im oyinbo land, you go hear magana if you do this kain one…like I did. Story for another day. Soooo:

    Here’s a toast to a sunny Son(Ter), to finer days and yes, true testimonies and more bold beautiful stories. Bonjour!

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    1. Very confusing.
      God bless SonTer for us.
      Yeah the admin officer thought it was unusual so I guess that affected her actions and tone

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