Challenge
August 2024 Drabble Challenge: First Day of School
Tell me a story in exactly 100 words using the prompt, "First Day of School." Take it in any direction you want, you don't have to use the exact phrase or keywords or anything, but do draw us in with a return to school as your theme. Please use standard punctuation, grammar, and spelling to spin a prose tale for a chance to score a whopper of a prize: TWO WHOLE DOLLARS! I'll pick the winner in early September, no need to tag me with your entry.
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Adult Life Blues
BACK TO SCHOOL! the large cardboard sign proclaims. Underneath are shelves filled with every school supply imaginable, right next to the racks of back-to-school clothes.
I remember being in a store just like this one, rolling my eyes as Mom insisted I try on outfit after outfit to find the perfect first-day-of-school look, fantasizing about the day I’d be an adult, when I’d no longer have to endure these shopping trips.
But here I am, ten years post-graduation, longing for the days of summer vacations and back-to-school sales. Instead, I’m stuck with the same, mundane, grueling, low-pay, going-nowhere adult life.