I Was Late!

8 I Was Late! I still can't believe that I missed it. I missed the chance to meet our national soccer team! Just a little more effort on my part, and everything would have turned out well. I mean, if you really want to do something, you put in the effort to make it happen. Right? That's what my parents always tell me. I wish I had listened to that advice. It's too late now. Last week, I missed the chance of a lifetime! I was invited to go on a special trip to meet the national soccer team. I was so excited! The trip was all I could think about for days. We would be introduced to some of the best soccer players in the whole nation. We were supposed to meet the bus at our school early on Saturday morning. My teacher told me to be on time. " Be here at 7: 30 in the morning. Don't be late, or the bus will leave without you. "

The night before the big trip, I could not fall asleep. I lay in bed imagining how special the trip would be. Finally, I fell asleep. When the alarm clock woke me up, it was 6: 30. It's a 30-minute bus ride from home to school. I had plenty of time. I hit the OFF button on the alarm clock. I rolled over and went back to sleep. I just wanted to sleep five more minutes. Then all of a sudden, I woke up. It was almost 7 o'clock! “ Oh no! I should be on my bus at this time, " I cried. But there I was, still in bed. I had overslept by half an hour! I ran to the bus station. It seemed that the bus would never arrive. There was no taxi in sight either. After waiting at the bus station for fifteen minutes, I decided to run to the school. I ran as fast as possible. When I arrived at school, it was 8: 15. I was late. The bus had left without me.