Writing Club - Waking Up

Waking up
By Samantha Weber

9:00 p.m.
“You really should go to bed Sam. You know you have to get up early tomorrow.”
“I am just hold on one second I’m finishing up a game.”
“Oh, I don’t really care if you go to bed, I’m just giving you some advice.”
“Yeah, ok, hold on.”

9:30 p.m.
“Sam, you really need to get into bed, you’re going to be sorry in the morning.”
“Ok, fine but can I read for a little bit?”
“I guess but only until 9:45.”
“Ok, goodnight Mom.”
“Goodnight Sam.”

I would learn a lesson from this Friday night. I would learn not to stay up past 9:00 when you have to get up at 5:00 a.m. for a soccer practice an hour away. But, to make this story an interesting one let me take you into my brain. Well, not literally, just let me tell you what I was thinking when I got into bed. After I said goodnight to my mom I got into bed with my book. Not worrying one bit about getting up early in the morning. In fact it never crossed my mind that I had to get up in a little over 7 hours. Have you ever gotten up that early? Most of you probably haven’t, but this would become a routine for me every Friday night and Saturday morning. I started to read the last three chapters of “The Magician’s Nephew.” Glued to the pages I finished the book at 11:00 p.m. Still wide awake I wasn’t worried about getting up. I rolled onto my side and closed my eyes; but sleep didn’t come. I tossed and turned for another hour and a half until 12:30 a.m. Still not worried about getting up in 4 ½ hours I finally fell half asleep until 4:30 when I woke up and couldn’t find sleep again. I laid in bed until 5:15 when I finally got into a really deep sleep. Dreaming about winning an Olympic medal, my golden dream turned into a night mare when I broke every bone in my body. Feeling the pain in my ribs turned into opening my eyes and seeing my Mother poking my ribs. I screamed with relief that I wasn’t almost dead, and with horror as I noticed that my Mom was telling me to get up. With half closed I eyes I stumbled out of bed and got dressed. Realizing for the first time that going to bed after 9:00 and getting up at 5:00 with a sleepy body was one nightmare I could prevent in the future.