Cloudy with a chance of Insanity

It’s pouring rain. Include a ring pop

                Either I had missed my bus or it was an hour late. I had probably missed the bus, but I was far too stubborn to accept that. So here I sat on a stump, with pouring rain splashing off of my little sisters tiny Dora the Explorer umbrella. Needless to say my knees were soaked, but my bull headed head was dry as a bone and thus refused to accept defeat and walk back down the block to my dry house.

                I was going to win this battle, even if I caught pneumonia and died, I was determined to sit right here on this stump until a large yellow bus came and picked me up. The weeks stress had built up to this point and I actually think I might have lost my sanity. I mean honestly, I’m sitting out in the rain in a ridiculous rain coat with a Dora the Explorer umbrella. And know I’m talking to myself. Geez kid get it back together.

No, I yelled back. I will not make a voluntary effort to go back to that place of torture again. I knew this was only a justification for my insanity, I really didn’t mind school all that much, I just didn’t like homework and was furious that I had to involuntarily wake up so early.

I love sleep.

                I scowled at the thought of my warm bed. I started to get up but I stopped myself. Remember, your insane right now. Going to a warm dry place makes too much sense. Slowly the rain didn’t seem to bother me so much, and I lost feeling in my feet, but oh well I was sitting anyways. And I was going to stay there forever, if necessary to petition against school .

Just go, the reasoned, sane part of my mind urged. You only have two more weeks of school left anyways.

Nope, insanity said, I will not accept reason right now.

Sanity argued with insanity as I sat content staring blankly into a puddle shaped uncannily like the country of Uganda, when all of a sudden a very large squirrel holding an big pink umbrella walked up to me. And by large I mean human size.

I heard it squeak, “You realize you’re sitting out in the rain?”

“Ha,” I laughed in a silly manner. “Ha, ha, ha. Well duh, captain fuzz butt! But don’t worry,” I smiled, “I’m insane right now.”

The squirrel rushed off and might have turned into a large woman with frizzy hair, but that made too much sense. I decided to laugh some more cause it was fun.

“Ha…ha ha!...Ha ha”

This was waaaaay better than school.

Then a ginormous yellow ring pop turned the corner and floated down the street. It came to a stop right in front of me and my stump. I tilted my head as part of it slid open showing a man dressed in a tutu sitting on a crystalized seat. I could faintly hear him call out my name.

I tilted my head the other way…hmmm this was a bit too weird

Black.

I heard voices all around me. I opened my eyes to a bright light.

“Ring pop?” I mumbled. My vision came to focus. I was in a hospital room with my mom sitting right next to me and a bunch of nurses around.

“Honey,” She said soothingly, “You caught pneumonia waiting for your bus.”

“Did the bus come?”

“Yes,” she said.

Ha…haha ha!

Victory.