So, it’s dark outside. There isn’t any sunlight streaming through your window, and there most definitely isn’t anyone else awake in your entire house. The alarm clock is pulling a fast one on you, and you seriously do not appreciate its constant buzzing. But at least you like the song. If it was anything else, you would probably turn that thing off for good. As it is, you groggily get out of bed.

You drag yourself across the room, all the while your body is raging an internal war against your mind. Finally, the moment of decision comes. Either you can hit the snooze button once more (a risky maneuver which could result in you missing future alarms), or you can just turn the alarm off and get ready for the day.

Considering the fact that you hit the snooze button several times already, you decide to just get ready. So you trudge on over to the closet and sleepily reach for your uniform. The clothes magically appear on your body and you walk to the bathroom to brush your hair and teeth. Then, you descend to the first floor and find yourself a small snack before you head off to work. You grab a protein bar because you aren’t really hungry yet and then go on your way.

The drive is pretty uneventful, and awesomely quiet. Oh how the morning traffic is wonderful. You can just drive down the road at whatever pace you choose and ain’t nobody going to honk at you because you cut in front of them.

You arrive on time, or maybe 5 minutes late, but that’s okay because there’s no one there anyways and you can simply ease into your position. That is until your manager starts talking to you about where you are going to be placed that day. You’re like, “But I haven’t even clocked in yet! Give me a minute okay?”

It’s okay though, you already know the drill and you wouldn’t say your thoughts aloud. You understand where the manager is coming from and it’s not a huge deal anyways. Their thoughts are going a thousand miles an hour the same as yours, and besides, they had to get up much earlier than you. So, of course they’ll be thinking ahead. The grogginess in their brain has already dissipated by the time you show up.

You start working as soon as you clock in. All the “good mornings” you like to do have already been completed for the moment, so you can get started with doing towel buckets and finishing the teas. They place you in drive thru like normal, which is cool with you since you don’t mind the quietness of the position at that point in time. You’re able to finish all those initial tasks quickly and get started on straightening up the area a bit.

More coworkers appear as the hours pass onward and you exchange hellos and goodbyes as necessary.

Tis now time for break. Your manager comes back with a drawer and a person to take over for you. You cash out the last order and prepare to go out to the lobby to purchase breakfast and chat with some of the regulars. Your food appears at last and you sit down somewhere to enjoy that little repast.It disappears quickly and finally your belly feels satisfied. Now, you can go back for a couple more hours.

They pass quickly as you run around, doing whatever your managers tell you to do until time is finally up. It wasn’t a bad shift and you now have the whole rest of the day to enjoy. Or to spend at school learning about things that really interest you.

Overall, it wasn’t bad. Your job isn’t bad. Sure, it doesn’t pay as much as you’d like it to, but at least you can say you have a job. At least you have something to do in the mornings besides sleep and wish that you had something you absolutely needed to do.

Sure, you can’t stay out late, but at least you’re making money. At least you can help other people. It’s always nice to be able to fill a need in another person’s life. You never know what is going on with people, but at least you can be there to help start their day off with a smile. Maybe you might not be able to smile, but to make someone else’s day amazing is all that you could ask for.

Thank you for reading.

I pray that someone may make you smile today.

Good luck and goodbye.

Naomi signing out.