The Dog Ate My Homework

My Mom has been sharing with us entries from her journal from years ago. In the most recent installment, she listed the excuses my younger brother used for being late. If you are tired of using the old excuse, I forgot the time here are some new, imaginative ones you might not have thought of. Andy is now a father of 4 with 2 teenagers. Poor kids, hard to come up with excuses better then these.

1. Contact lost in corner of eye – couldn’t get it out.
2. 4^th of July – lost Contact – took friends 1 ½ hour to find it.
3. The girl driving the car he was in ran out of gas – only dime they had (4 of them) was used to call her parents.
4. He had no pocket in the pants he was wearing and gave the keys to the car to Dan Pasche to keep for him. Dan left with someone else and took Andy’s keys with him.
5. At the Three Rivers Festival their car was blocked in by another – 1 ½ hour late.
6. He want to watch marching band practice. He called when he was due home – he was with kids from St. Peters at the Putt Putt. They had just started a game and he can’t leave until they are finished since his bike is in their car.
7. He rode his bike to football practice and wasn’t home by midnight. He had fallen asleep at Christie’s house and he couldn’t call before because her mom was on the phone.