Promises

One time I promised my mother that I would clean my room by the end of the week. Throughout the week my bedroom actually got messier. My mom would yell at me each day. Sheasked me why I had not cleaned it yet, and that the end of the week was coming closer and closer, but I kept procrastinating. Once the end of the week came my bedroom was still messy, and I knew I was going to get in a lot of trouble. My mom gave me til the end of the day, however I kept telling myself that nothing would happen, and just like every other time I was wrong. She came into my room and looked at the mess and yelled at me for what seemed like hours. It probably was hours. I got grounded til I cleaned my room, but the yelling itself seemed like the punishment.

Desperate Measures

One person who went through desperate measures to get what she wanted was my mother. My mom was supposed to pick up my brother Sidd, and his friend Gabe last year after school. She was already running late, and to make things worse her car was making loud frighting noises, the gas started to leak, and eventually it broke down. My mom did not know what to do, however she did know she could not call AAA, for they would take too long. She could not call my dad, because he was working in Lakewood, which is about a twenty to thirty drive from where we live and she only had about ten minutes to find a car. She tried calling my Aunt Sandy, but she was at work. She also considered calling the school and telling them that Sidd and Gabe would have to take the bus, but she knew they had already departed. Our neighbors, Hannah and Chris, saw my mom struggling so they offered a hand to help start the car back up. Once they finally gave up and knew they could not do anything they let my mom borrow their SUV. Although my mom was a few minutes late due to the unfortunate circumstances she picked up my brother and his friend safely.