Averting A Disaster
When I was a teenager, I vividly remember an instance when I was really upset with my mom. We were all on this grand family vacation at a beach house that we had rented. This house was enormous and around 15 of our family members were with us.
I was about 13 at the time and I got a serious scolding from my mom for going out alone without notifying anybody for about an hour. So there I was, grounding it out in the room I was sharing with my parents. At that point, I was expected to stay put for the rest of the day which translated into another three hours.
I was fuming with anger, but a silly idea came into my head—I grabbed my mom’s saline solution for her contacts. I decided to mix some random stuff into it.
I refilled her empty contact lens case with this mix as well. After two hours of contemplating the consequences, panic set in. I hurriedly emptied out the solution, replacing it with water instead. I guess my mom never really noticed.