A high school day at the Young household...
6 am: Matt gets up, takes a bath, combs his curly mullet and puts on his white turtleneck before tightening the Velcro on his Teva's and socks.
6:30 am: Josh gets up and goes over his "Beating of the Day" list.
7:00 am: Mom starts making rice and eggs and mochi.
7:30 am: Matt and Josh get into Matt's sweet turbocharged Dodge Lancer ES and start the engine. School starts at 8:25, but for some reason, Matt wants to arrive at the school before the janitor does.
7:35 am: Dan wakes up.
7:45 am: Matt starts getting impatient and starts revving his turbocharged engine and racing up and down the gravel driveway, throwing rocks everywhere.
7:55 am Dan walks outside, oblivious to the flying gravel and clouds of dust, and gets in the car.
8:25 am: The boys arrive at Salem Academy on time.
8:45 am: Josh beats the first person on his "list."
5/2008
The last time I got to spend time with Dan, we were talking about his Magellan GPS. He had devised an ingenious way to make sure he was neither late nor early for an appointment. He would input the destination while he was still at home, then sit on the couch until the "arrival time" on the GPS matched when he needed to be there, and then hop in his car. "What about traffic," I asked, "does your GPS take into account traffic?" "Nope," was the one word answer Dan gave, and I laughed.
Dan, you were never too early or too late for anything, until the end, when your untimely exit from this world came many many years too early. I miss you Dan, Happy Birthday
