Working Again

Date: 5/20/2016

-Before the dream- It was my second day of summer and my dad had asked to see if I could go to work the next day. I said sure without thinking. -Dream- I looked over at my younger sister Becca as I take the freeway over to my dad's office. All The Small Things by Blink-182 plays in the car and I sing along to the words as I'm preparing myself for going back to work at my dad's office for the first time in a year. I try to push aside my worrying thoughts. As I pull into the parking lot, Becca tells me dad went out for a meeting and he would be back soon. We enter the office and see a familiar face, Nancy. We say hello and we ask Nancy what we can do to help. "Yes, could you guys please scan these papers onto this thumb drive? Thank you so much!" Nancy replied. Becca and I work our way through the piles of paper we scan. As we wait for the last pile to go through, the printer gets a paper jammed in the scanner and we try to get the paper out without ripping it or ruining it. It wouldn't budge, and the printer wouldn't stop malfunctioning with it's beeps and humming. Then my dad walked in and yelled "Woah woah woah what are you doing?! Stop!" But it was too late, the most important paper of the whole pile was torn up. My dad was furious and sent me home right away. We had only been there for an hour or two. Holding back my tears, I unlock my red Honda Accord car and get in and drive home. Becca stayed behind because she was better at working for my dad than I was. I drive in silence on my way back home. No music plays in my car even though I usually have music going in my car even if it's just to get the mail. Once I parked the car in the garage at my house, I break down into tears. My mom opens the garage door and asks why I'm home and Becca is not. After explaining what happened several times because of my hysterical sobbing, she then tells me I need to do better. It made me feel even more worse about myself. I wanted to drown in my tears and just die.