Kathy usually gets up at 6:30.
But this morning she didn't hear her alarm.
As a result, she overslept.
She didn't get up until 7 o'clock, thirty minutes later than usual.
As a result, she didn't have enough time to cook breakfast for her
children.
Today, Kathy and her children left home early.
They usually leave home at 7:30.
But today they left at 7:15.
They left early because they had to buy breakfast on their way to
school.
It usually takes forty-five minutes to drive her kids to school.
But today it took longer.
It took them longer because they stopped for breakfast along the way.
It took 15 minutes for them have breakfast.
They ate at a little coffee shop along the side of the road.
After eating breakfast, they got back to their car.
On most days, the traffic isn't too bad in the morning.
But this morning it was much worse than usual.
The cars were moving very slowly.
As a result, it took longer than usual to get to school.
One of her children got the school on time, but the other two were
late.
They were late because their schools are farther away.
They were both late about ten minutes to school.
When Kathy finally got at home, she cleans her house as usual.
She vacuumed the living room and cleaned the bathroom.
Then he talked with her friend on the phone as usual.
When she finished talking with her friend she got to her car.
She put the key into the ignition and tried to start the engine.
But the car's engine didn't start.
Her car battery was dead, so she had to call for help.
After getting a new battery for her car, the engine started.
Then Kathy drove to the mall to meet her friend.
She arrived at the mall an hour late, but her friend was waiting for her.
They had lunch together, they went shopping.
They both bought new shoes and some things for their kids.
Kathy bought a new tie for her husband.
It's now at three o'clock and everything is going as usual.
Kathy doesn't want anything else to go wrong.
She wants the rest of the day to go as usual.
She doesn't want any more surprises.
And tomorrow she wouldn't oversleep.
She never wants to oversleep again.
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