I woke up early the next morning, jumped out of bed, and ran to my window. Even though it was still dark out, all I could see was snow, snow, snow!

I raced to my parents’ room. They were both sound asleep. My dad was snoring so loud it sounded like an airplane was roaring through their bedroom.

I poked my dad’s shoulder. Nothing. I poked him again. This time a little harder.

“ZZZZZZZZZ.” He snored even louder. I didn’t think that was even possible.

I poked him one more time and yelled, “Hey, Dad, wake up!”

He sat up in bed with a start. “Huh? What? What’s going on? Is something wrong?”

I laughed. “No, nothing’s wrong.”

He squinted at the time on the clock. “Then why are you waking me up at five o’clock in the morning?”

“Because I want to know if it’s a snow day today,” I said.

My mom opened her eyes. “What’s going on? Is something wrong, Freddy?”

“No, nothing’s wrong.”

“Then why are you in here?”

I sighed. “Like I said to Dad, I want to know if it’s a snow day.”

“You couldn’t wait until later to ask us this?” said my dad. “The sun isn’t even up yet.”

“I just want to know,” I said.

“Well, we have no idea,” said my mom. “We haven’t checked the school closings on the news channel.”

“Can you check it now?” I asked impatiently.

“If we do, will you let us go back to sleep?” asked my dad.

“Yes. You can sleep as long as you want!” I said.

My dad grabbed the remote and turned on the television. I sat down on my parents’ bed.

“Do you see it? Do you see it?” I asked, bouncing up and down on the bed.

“Freddy, calm down,” said my mom. “Stop bouncing. We have to get to the right channel first.”

“But I’m just so excited,” I said.

My dad changed the channel, and a list of school closings was scrolling across the screen.

“Is Lincoln Elementary on that list?”

“I’m looking,” said my dad.

It seemed like it was taking forever.

“Oh, there it is,” said my mom. “Lincoln Elementary is closed today.”

“Woo-hoo!” I shouted. I hopped up and started jumping up and down on the bed. “It’s a snow day! It’s a snow day!”

“Freddy!” said my mom. “Get down right now. You know you’re not supposed to jump on the beds.”

“Sorry, Mom. I just got carried away.” I bounced off the bed.

“Why don’t you go back to sleep,” said my mom.

“Are you kidding? I can’t sleep now.”

“Well, we can,” said my dad. “You promised you’d let us go back to sleep once we got you the information.”

“Okeydokey,” I said, walking out of the room. “I’m going.”

I went back to my room, sat down on my bed, and looked at the clock. It said 5:15. I had to wait almost five hours before Josh and Robbie came over. I didn’t know if I could wait that long.

I decided to look for all of my snow gear just to make sure I wasn’t missing anything.

I bounded down the stairs to the mudroom. I found my snow pants, my boots, my shark hat, my shark mittens, and my coat. Something was missing. What was it?

Oh yes! My long underwear and my neck gaiter.

I raced back upstairs to my room and opened all my dresser drawers. I dug through every drawer. I found my neck gaiter mixed in with my bathing suits, but I couldn’t find my long underwear.

I sat down on my bed and hit my forehead with the palm of my hand. “Think, think, think,” I whispered to myself.

Maybe Mom put it in Suzie’s room by accident, I thought.

I ran into Suzie’s room and started going through her drawers. I was trying to be quiet, but Suzie woke up.

“What do you think you’re doing?” she asked.

“Looking for something.”

“Why are you in my room?”

“Because I think it might be in here.”

“Why would something of yours be in my room?” Suzie asked.

“Maybe Mom put it in here by accident.”

“What are you looking for?”

“My long underwear.”

“Long underwear?” said Suzie. “Unless you want pink underwear with flowers on it, you’re not going to find any long underwear in here.”

“I just have to be sure.”

“Well, I’m sure,” said Suzie. “It’s not in here.”

I ignored her and started throwing things out of her drawer. A pair of purple undies hit her in the face.

“That’s it!” Suzie yelled. “Get out! Get out right now!”

“But —” I started to say.

“O-U-T, out!” Suzie shouted, pushing me out the door. She slammed the door behind me.

Where else could I look? I couldn’t go back into my parents’ room and ask my mom. I promised her that I would let them sleep.

I guessed there was nothing else to do but wait.

If only I could make time fly.