The 'late' clinical instructor.

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My duty resumed last Thursday. As usual, I wake up at 4:30-4:45 AM, boil water for the thermos, cook rice for my sister and son, prepare breakfast, and boil water for my bath too. After fixing myself, I have to be out of our house and wait for a ride to the hospital;usually, 6:25 AM, I should be waiting and my son sends me off as well. But it was not my day last Thursday. I am always punctual, but I waited for a ride from 6:25 AM to 7 AM. I had to send a text message to the beadle informing him to wait for me because I was already late. The other colleagues and students got worried; I am always there waiting for my students in the hospital lobby, and not seeing me last Thursday brought anxiety to my colleagues and students. They were worried I might have met an accident. Until when the beadle read my text message were they relieved. A level 4 student who was my team leader for my level 3 learners, coincidentally passed by at 7 AM and so she took me in her car, and then we went to the hospital. We arrived at 7:15 AM; a minute more and my students should have been told to have their duty in school. My colleagues and students released some sighs of relief; I told them that I was "the LATE clinical instructor" and we all burst out laughing loud. Yesterday, I still woke up the usual, but i finished myself at 6:15, waited for a ride, which came at 6:25, and again, as usual, I was in the hospital at 6:30 AM. I was the first who arrived, and I like that. Indeed, when it is your practice to be punctual, you will hate it if you come late.