How to Have a Good Day
If you wake up at five in the morning to somebody knocking at your door and the somebody is your
friend who happens to be a girl and if you go to Starbucks at her whim and order a venti Pumpkin Spice
Latte and drive to the beach to watch the sun rise in the reflections of the waves and then insist on going
to work but she urges you with a hand on your arm so you call in sick with your boss as she places an
address for an seafood grill but you are allergic to seafood but you don’t tell her and when you order you
get a salad but she gets salmon and it looks so tasty so you ask for a bite before you can stop yourself and
then your throat itches and you spend the rest of lunch drinking water while she pats your arm
sympathetically and as you drive back home she spots a strawberry stand on the side of the road but you
say the strawberries from Sprouts are better but she insists so you pull over and buy a bucket and you
have to admit they taste better than the ones from Sprouts and on the drive home she spots her favorite
movie playing in a drive-in and she begs you please please lets go there but you spent all your money on
the food so you sneak through a hole in the fence to watch the movie and you set down a towel and
blanket to sit on and you fall asleep before Terminator Two even starts and you wake up to her poking
you in the ribs and laughing and if all of this happens did you know you’d have such a good birthday?
Matthew Hao is a high school Sophomore living in La Verne California. He enjoys writing creative fiction and nonfiction. His writing explores ideas of clarity in death, and insanity. In his spare time, Matthew Hao also enjoys playing basketball and golf. He has published in magazines such as Teen Ink and Beyond Words Literary Journal. When writing, you can find him typing away on his computer in the dead of night, his favorite Bruno Mars songs playing. If not writing, you can find him petting his dog Lili, or watching a bit too much Netflix.