Raleigh McKeown

My life
I woke up this morning before my alarm had began to ring. feel somewhat impressed with myself because I don't need an alarm to wake myself up. I summon the courage to get out of bed and take on this day with a force to be reckoned with. I go down stairs in my house it is currently 5:55 am in the morning and no one I awake except for me. I make my self a bowl of cereal (honey nut cheerios) I do this every single morning without fail. I pour my milk for 5 second and watch it fill my bowl with such hope and happiness  that I will enjoy and devour this bowl of milk and cereal like my life depended on it. I stare at he blow of cereal I have just had ate moments ago I look at the bowl its not even recognizable from the slaughter that t just happened moments ago. I stand up feeling weak in my knees form my lack of sleep. but, I don't think ill be able to sleep after what I have just done. I walk over to my dog (Hal) I wake him up with a light push. He looks into my eyes with disappointment that I have awaken him from his slumber.He jumps off the couch he was sleeping on and lands on the floor I hear is nails land on the wooden floor of my house with a quite tapping sound. he looks at me as if he is awaiting my orders, I walk over to my door Hal fallows close behind, I unlock my door with a slight click I hear the lock leave the door frame, I turn the door handle and pull back with my arm and take a slept out into the cold of early morning. I am standing on my wooden porch, I see my dog run out on to cold cement and gravel of the ground outside I fallow him, not wanting to lose him in the dark of early morning. I take a step out onto the cement that is just a few centimeters off of my porch my foot hits the cement I take my other foot and place it on the cement the I begin to walk as I'm walking I begin to feel the cold on my feet I ignore it the after a few seconds it hits me like a wall of bricks for I was not wearing shoes nor slippers. I feel the cold water from the rain and the wet grass and mud on my feet and it hurts I fell my skin tighten and I feel the warm blood leave my feet and I see my dog I had bein fallowing him but he was in my garden and I needed to grab him and bring him inside my house because of the frostbite on my feet but, there is something in my path a gravel patch that is eight feet tall and two feet wide and the only way I can grab my dog is that I have to walk across the hell that is the gravel patch outside my house I take a step onto it and feel a sharp pain all over my foot as if I'm being stabbed with a thousands of tiny knives and needles. I take a step back because the sheer pain was to much for me. I look at my dog he gives me a look as if he is disappointed in me because I could not get to him. I want to call out his name but that would only disturb my sister from her slumber and I can not take upon her wraith towards me today for I am to exhausted from my own lack  of sleep. I look at my dog one more time and take on his challenge with fear in my heart but I am not afraid because I know that I cam overpower these rocks. I take a step out again I feel the pain in my foot but I choose to ignore it then I take one more step out onto the gravel the pain  intensifies I want to stop but I know I have to get my dog so I start to pick up my pace. my feet are in so much pain that I can't think straight but, I keep pressing on I will not be detrude by a few pebbles I am stronger than this. finally after what felt like an eternity I reached the end of the gravel patch. I give my dog a lite tap to tell him it's time to go inside. as I turn around I see someone walking towards me, a man was walking towards me I couldn't see his face. I'm thinking am going to get attacked I didn't know what to do I could scream and run I was close to my door surely I could out run him but, I didn't know if he had any weapons on him and how fast he was. should I fight? I thought to myself no! I was in my house coat and pajama's I was at a huge disadvantage I wasn't even wearing shoes. so I stood there frozen with fear knowing full well that I could do nothing to beat this guy then I saw his face and all the fear in my body vanished instantly the whom I believed would try and kill me was in fact my tenant "Cliff" and he was just leaving for his job. I jumped and was startled because he surprised me. I told him that he scared me and how I thought about running to get away from him he laughed and told me not to worry. he told me to have a good day at school I told him to be safe driving he said "thanks" I began to walk to my door still a little shook from what just happened to me. I see my dog was waiting at my front door. I open my door and see my mother on the computer in my front room, she's holding a cup of coffee, she holding it like it the last cup of coffee she'll ever have. I say "hallo mutter" which means "hello mother" in German. (I don't speak German but my mum and I know a few phrases here and there). she looks away from the monitor and looks at me, she asks " have you taken your pills?" (I take medication for my ADHD) "no" I tell her. she then instructs me to go over to the medicine cabinet in our kitchen and take my meds. I do as told I open up my pill case and stick my finger in to grab my pills but, I felt nothing