I'm sitting in fifth period Calculus not wanting to be in class. At this point of my day it is post lunch and I am starting to become drowsy and have a hard time paying attention in class. My head feels like a heavy log I can't help from falling on my desk. The teachers keeps looking over at me making me feel guilty for being so sleepy. I can't help it, I had woken up at 5:30 that morning to get to school for a 6:30 student government meeting and now my day was catching up with me. I felt like the song "I'm Just A Kid" by Simple Plan should be playing in the background. I felt like my whole day was a nightmare and there was nothing that could fix it. I asked the teacher for a pass to go to the bathroom. On my back to class from the bathroom, the lit up vending machine caught my attention. I walked up to the vending machine and took a glance of what it had to offer. None of the chips, pretzels or crackers appealed to me because it was too similar to what I had packed in my lunch earlier in the day. However, the candy section of the vending machine grabbed my attention. The red cherry flavored air-head especially caught my attention. The colorful package advertising the chewy, cherry flavored stick candy appealed to my taste buds right away. Knowing I didn't have much time before I needed to hurry back to class, I quickly put my dollar into the vending machine, bought the air head and shoved them in my sweatshirt pocket. I felt like a criminal trying to get away with robbing a bank since I had just asked my teacher to go to the restroom not go to the vending machine.
As I walked back to class it was hard to resist opening the air head. I walked back to my seat and did a pretend cough to cover the sound of me opening the wrapper of the airhead. My calculus teacher was going on and on about how to find the derivatives of trigonometric functions. My attention span was long lost. I reached into my pocket and started to rip little pieces of the airhead. Piece by piece I would put them into my mouth. Each piece I put in was so small but I savored it for a long time before I would finally swallow it. The more my saliva drenched each piece, the more flexible and tasteful each piece became. The cherry flavor exploded in my mouth with each piece that I sucked on. I had many classmates around me but I did not share with anyone because I did not want the teacher to yell at me for going to the vending machine and eating in class. While eating this candy I felt like my song should change from mellow and depressing to upbeat music that made me want to dance. The candy transformed my mood and attitude. This was definitely a wise candy pick for me.
After eating my last piece of the airhead I was a little bit disappointed that I was at the end of my package. However, I realized that I only had two more minutes left in calculus. By simply buying the airehead and savoring each piece, I was able to make my least favorite class go by super-fast. My mom always says a little bit of sugar will sweeten anyone up. After eating the airhead my mood definitely supported her theory. I didn’t like being in school but my mood had turned from negative and pessimistic to positive and optimistic about the day. I was able to stay awake a lot easier in my next two classes after eating the candy. The candy was a small little treat, but it made a huge difference in my day. I went from being tired and not wanting to be in school to awake and participating in my classes. I even noticed that I had a little more energy to go to lacrosse practice after school. Before my trip to the vending machine I felt like my grandma watching TV, who can barely watch five minutes of a show before falling asleep. After I ate the candy I felt like a little kid who had just drank my first caffeinated drink.
After eating my last piece of the airhead I was a little bit disappointed that I was at the end of my package. However, I realized that I only had two more minutes left in calculus. By simply buying the airehead and savoring each piece, I was able to make my least favorite class go by super-fast. My mom always says a little bit of sugar will sweeten anyone up. After eating the airhead my mood definitely supported her theory. I didn’t like being in school but my mood had turned from negative and pessimistic to positive and optimistic about the day. I was able to stay awake a lot easier in my next two classes after eating the candy. The candy was a small little treat, but it made a huge difference in my day. I went from being tired and not wanting to be in school to awake and participating in my classes. I even noticed that I had a little more energy to go to lacrosse practice after school. Before my trip to the vending machine I felt like my grandma watching TV, who can barely watch five minutes of a show before falling asleep. After I ate the candy I felt like a little kid who had just drank my first caffeinated drink.
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