The alarm goes off. My ears perk up. I knew it was 5:00 A.M. After willing my arm to move I succeeded and reached for the alarm clock, turning it off.

I stood up, pushing the blanket off of me. I then swing my legs over the side, searched for my slippers in the dark. Finding them I stood up & reached for the door. As I open them I heard my wife ask, “Are you going biking?”

“Yeah.”

“No one will stay with the kids. I have a dentist appointment later & the nanny’s not here.”

I stare at the door. Something inside me grumbles and mumbles something incoherent. In a daze the door slowly and quietly closes, unaware that my arm was what caused it to close. I turn around and lay back down on the bed, pulling the sheets close to my chin.

8:00 A.M. I woke up again. I didn’t want to leave the room just yet so I called the kids and we watched a DVD. At around 10:00 A.M. my wife enters the room, “My dentist appointment got cancelled.”

Gah!