Monday, April 19, 2010

Minuteman

Troops known as Minutemen were to be ready at a minute's notice. Have you ever gotten up late and only had a few minutes to get ready before you had to go somewhere? Where did you have to go? what happened, how long did it take you to get ready? Did you make it on time?

63 comments:

Nick B said...

i remembely had 2 minutes left tll breakfast and i had to get ready real fast and i made it in time to eat.

Kevin Snyder 8B said...

ya i had to get ready for school because i slept in one day. it took me a couple of minutes and almost missed the bus.

ronald love 8b said...

Yes i have gotten up late when i had to go somewhere. The place i had to go was at the jazz band concert and i only had 10min to get dressed

Sarah K. 8B said...

One time I woke up late and I had to go to school. I only had like 10 minutes to get ready. It took me 10 minutes to get ready. And I made it to school on time.

idalia m8b said...

I was going to be late for school and I had 10 minutes before it started and i got ready in 5 minutes because I just had to brush my teeth and leave. I made it on time good thing i got dressed earlier that day.

daja e said...

yes i have gotten up late befor. To school and it did talk that long to get to school.i did get there.

fortino g 8b said...

I had to get to school. It was real late and i know i had to be on time because mrs.baldwin had just told me the day before if i was late i will have to serve saturday school. I did end up making it. The bell rang exactly wen i ran in the classroom.

Isaac D 8B said...

One time I had to get ready in 4 minutes because we had to go to my Dads family house. I got ready in time and fast knowing what would happen if I didn't

**AdRiAnA** said...

Ok it was on a monday i had to go to the doc's. I had to be there at 930 i got up at 920 it take me 7mins to get readyso i got to the doc's at 934. so it was fine..

~BYE~

sylvester said...

It was one time when I had to go to church and I didnt get up when I had to so I had to hurry becuase my ride was on its way.

saulz8b said...

i woke up late and got to be late to school. it takes me about 5 minutes to get ready and 15 minutes to walk to school.

(*Tricia*Ladson*) said...

On one day me and my mom had to go to court and we had to be there bye 9 and we wok up at 8:40 and we had to rush but we di dnot make it because we got there at 9:15.We was only late for 15mins.The lucky thing is when we got there they just got started.

**Bernarie** said...

Yes i have gotten up late and had a few minutes to get ready to go. I had to go to school. i had slept late. It took me 10 minutes to get in da shower and 5 minutes to get ready nd put my clothes on. No i did not make it on time either.

Cartdell Williamson 8B said...

Yes, I have gotten up late to go some where and getten ready in a minutes notice. I woke up at 7 o'clock one day for school and i had to be dressed and out the house by 7:08. By the time i got dressed and brushed my teeth and things like that it was exactly 7:08 so I ran to the bus stop and went to school.

Kirsten chase 8b said...

one day i had to get ready for a meeting in chicago for the junior honnors society .and i woke up a 6:30 and had to be there at 7. i had to do my hair iron my clothes and finish my speach . i ended up being late and i looked stupid and eneded up going last .

Anonymous said...

WHY YOU HAD TO GO TO COURT.... LOL YOU MUST HAD GOT BEAT UP BY JOCE

Sean M. 8B said...

I was warned that a party and I had to be there at 1:00P.M. and it was 12:00 noon. When I was ready it was 12:30 and it was 20 min away. When I got there I had 2 mins to spare.

KrystalH8B said...

I had to go to court,and i woke up at 8:45 and we had to be there by 9:00 and by the time we left we got there on time.

Jana J. 8B said...

I remember that I only had 4 minutes to get ready to go to church. It took me 2 minutes, to get ready and grab some toast and ride my bike there.

juan alvarado 7B said...

I was late to school because I was playing xbox live all night.

megan kaiser 7b said...

Yes I have gotten up late and had to hhurry beacuse I needed to be at rehersal for wizdard of oz by 10 and it was 9:49,but i got there on time.

INFINITI7B said...

I REMEMBER THAT 1 DAY I ONLY HAD ABOUT 3 MINUTES TO CATCH THE BUS LAST YEAR AND I DIDNT MAKE IT SO ME AND MY GOD SISTER WLKED TO SKOOL BUT WE WALKED REALLY SLOW AND MISSED OUR 1ST CLASS

Malik W. 7b said...

I had to be at school and I woke up late and I had 10 minutes to get ready but I made it.

joshuarabenau7b said...

yes i woke up late at like 9:45 and i had to skip breakfest and go straight to school.

JoseA7B said...

Yah I remember that one time I woke up on a monday and it was 7:26 and I had to hurry up to get to school so I wont be late and I just got my clothes and changed in the car while I was going to school!

hannahc said...

I remember that I woke up late and I had to leave in about five minutes.Or I was going to be late for school I got ready in ten minutes.I made it to school on time.

Xavier G 7B said...

I woke up late one day at 7:25 when I lived on 107 S. Saint Jude St. I had to try and get to the school bus on time and I only had 5 minutes to get ready. I had to try and take a shower and everything, so I rushed through everything I had to do, and made it outside, only to find out that it was Saturday.

JanayP7b said...

I was runing late to school.I had slept past the time I was supposed to get up.So i only had a few minutes to get ready. So that day I just didn't go to school because I was already going to be late.

SAVONSMITH7B said...

One morning I had woke up late for school.Also I only had five minutes to get to get to the bus stop and I made it.

Heron 7B said...

One time a gotten up late for school and I have to get ready in five minutes to get to the bus..

DanielH7B=] said...

only one time i hade to go to church and wath happened is i was to lazy to get up and it took me like 20 min's.And yes i made it on time=]

Felipe Reyes 7B said...

Actually I was at a party and I got tto a wedding on time.And it started in 3 mineutes but since I was already to go I got there on time.

diamante 7b said...

went i wake up late i only had ten min.to get ready to go doctor because to go get and x-ray for my thumd.but i did make it on time i was 30 min. late

lisette =0 7b said...

There was this one time on school nite I went to sleep really late and woke up late, it was like 7:30 and I had like 10 to 12 minutes to get ready for school until my aunt picked me up and droped me off. I made it just in time the bell rang seconds after I got in the class.

alejandra7b said...

I was going to be late for school because I woke up late I only had like 10 minuets left and I just wore like qraved things out of random and well yea etc. And no I didn't make it on time. I never do hehe.

MariaF7B said...

Yes I remember a time it was when I got up at 6:30 for school and I was about to be late because I only had a half a hour to get ready.

Gaby Z.7B said...

One time that I woke up late was a school day. I had woken up at about 7:30 it was super late I barley had time to get changed. I had put the alarm at 6:40 I remember hearing it but then I turned it of and went back ton sleep. It ws a snowy day I went to my locker and the bell rang but then they told the teachers to hold atendence so I made it

Brenden C.P 7b said...

One time we had to meet my grandma some where and we wolk up late and it took me 5 mints to get redy and my family 9 mins we where a little late.

$DAMON$ said...

ONe day i was at a party and and we stayed there all day and we left around 2:30am and we got home and i went sraight to bed then when i woke i had a football game to go to and i had to be thier at 9:00 and it was 8:00 and my game was all the way in coal city so i had 2 min to get ready so i finished getting ready and after that we got in the car and drove to coal city but we prayed we get there on time and we did i had one minute to get on the field

keifer6b said...

No i havent! I alwayz be ontime.

RODNEYH. said...

I WAS LATE WHEN I WAS GETTING READY FOR SHCOOL I DID NOT ET THERE ON TIME AND I GOT A DETINTION

felipe L 6b said...

I had to get ready for school and I had only 5 mintues to get ready for school and I made on time with only 2 mintues to spare

Javier M said...

When I was getting ready for school I was 20 minutes late.

destini6b said...

The first time i woke up late was when i was on my way to school.It only took me like 15 minutes to get ready.I didn't make it on time but i was fresh and ready for school.

Logan R. 6B said...

I had to get up to go to the airport one hour away.I got up twenty minutes after we had to go.

Allison T6B said...

Yes. I have gotten up late before. I had to go to on a plane to Florida and i had gotten up late so had the rest of my family. But luckly are limo person drove pretty fast to the air port and there wasent really any people at the airport at 4 in the morning so we were ok.

Jose P. 6b said...

NO,I didn't have a time when I was late for something or somewhere.

JoseG 6B said...

I had to get ready for school since I thought there was no school today.I noticed,had 3 minutes, didn't make it. It took me about 10-15 minutes just to get ready.

Cecelia B. 6B said...

I remeber that a week ago I woke up late. I only had 5 minutes to get ready for school! I almost was late, but lukly I was only a few seconds away from being late for school.

Lesly H. said...

I had 15 minutes to get ready for school because, I woke up at 7:00 so i had to get ready fast.

Georrell B said...

I remeber I had 2 minues left till I had to go to a solo concert for band I didnt go I just stayed home and whiped up some bacon.

Christian S 6B said...

I had to go to school and i was late because i wouldn't get up and get ready. It took me 20 minutes to get ready but i got there a couple minutes late.

JULIUS C 6B said...

yes i got up late before. i had to go too school i didnt make it on time.i hard to sit at the detention table it took me twenty extra minutes too get ready.

Angeld 6b said...

Yes and it was school I had 15 minutes to get dressed and to school. I got there just as every one was going in.

christine g6b said...

i remembered that i had to go to this place at 7am and it was 6:45 i had to hurry upand get dressed. it took me 8min to get dressed and i made it on time

Lesly said...

I woke up at 7:00 because my alarm clock didn't ring so I had to get ready fast.

olga reyes 6b said...

I remember the time was relly fast and I was very happy because it feels that you are going to fast.

raulnegron said...

once i woke up late an i hade to go on vaction to california an the plain was in the morning. i had to wake up and get my things ready cuz we were going to get droped off at the airport . we got there on time.

casey.g 6b said...

Yes I did wake up late.I had to go to school.I didn't set my alarm clock.It took me about 30 minutes to get ready.I just bearly made it to class.

franciscog6b said...

i had to go to school and i had woken up late because i whent to sleep like at 3 and when i woke up it was kinda late so i got ready fast and got to school on time.

desiat6b said...

Yes,late I have been it was when I going to school to.I had woke up when my alarm went of and but,then I fell right back to sleep.I tooke me 10 min.to get ready and, I still made I on time.

alejandroc6 said...

I have never put myself in the situation that I would be late going somewhere.I always leave emough time to make sure I am never going somewhere.

nicholas deeke said...

yes i have woken up late and i was going to school on the last day i dont even know why i went but i did get there on time it only took me about 2 minutes.

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