GEOMETRY AWAITED

Unfinished Geometry. Due first hour. Back then I wasn't an early riser. It wasn't going to get done. Copy? No. Not that I never did, but did once turn down a copy of a test that a girl told me she got from an old file. But I'm digressing.

For Geometry wasn't my best subject. I realized that if I was going to get anything out of the subject, I was going to have to understand it for myself. For whatever reason, my self didn't get his homework done.

No worries, as they say. I was saved by An Act Of God Day. That's what they called them in SoIL (Southern Illinois). By the way, He never got credit for any of the beautiful days we had either. But, as you probably know, An Act of God Day meant a Snow Day or no school. Just once it seems they could have announced, "Because of the beautiful day God had provided us with, go outside and enjoy. We're declaring an Act of God Day." Of course that never happened.

So on that day of thankful snow, I slept late. Shoveled our drive and sidewalks and front porch. Drank hot chocolate and was picked up by a friend old enough to drive. We didn't go far, but we did make it to the downtown area where we pushed cars that got stuck. That's what we did on our snow day.

The next morning arrived all too suddenly. There I sat in first hour Geometry. Looking confident. I had my homework paper out. But it wasn't finished. That's right. I was spared. I had had an additional day. And I hadn't cracked a book.