My Excitement Embarrassed Me

Years ago, I was at the 4th grade in elementary school. I was selected as the caller for the Monday Ceremony. It was very unbelievable that my teacher entrusted me with this ‘great valuable responsibility’. Being the caller in such ceremony is very cool, I thought.

 It was a sunny Saturday afternoon when me and my friends who were in charge of the ceremony were rehearsing for the coming Monday. The rehearsal went smooth and successful. I went home with a smiling face of a little boy who succeeded his first time rehearsing as a caller of a Monday Ceremony.  Later in the evening,  me and my mom went to a shopping center to buy some new uniform attributes. I thought I would look better when wearing those new attributes. After shopping we went home, had dinner then I went to bed.

When morning came, everybody was already at the dining table for family morning prayer except me. I was still asleep and didn’t realize that sun had started shining already. All at once, I woke up and checked the clock, it was 6.30. Immediately, I grabbed my towel and ran to the bathroom without looking around.  After taking a shower, I was running back to my bedroom but suddenly my mom stopped me and asked, “Why are you running to and fro?  What’s happening?” “ I’m late for the ceremony, I need to get dressed now” I said. Directly the whole family at the dining table started laughing. I gazed up at them and wondered what they were laughing at. And so my mom said, “It’s Sunday baby, you better get prepared for Sunday School.” For whatever sake, I was totally embarrassed, walking slowly and less energetically to my bedroom without any single word. I realized that they were laughing at me, at my foolishness.

With a little smile I stared at my uniform and chuckled for what just happened. On one hand, I was so embarrassed that I was overexcited and forgot what day it was, I didn’t realize that it was a Sunday not a Monday, but on the other hand I learned that rechecking my schedule and setting the alarm before sleep are the things I needed to do.