“My stomach really hurts—I think I might have eaten something funky yesterday. ” “My head is pounding and it hurt when I turned my light on this morning. ” “I’m really not feeling well this morning. ”
“My friend just texted me and said they have COVID. I was with them all day yesterday. ” “I got a notification on my phone that there was a COVID exposure at school. ” “My teacher went home early with COVID symptoms yesterday and I’m worried. ”
“I didn’t get any sleep last night. I was up late studying. ” “I had this horrible nightmare and stared at the ceiling until 6 AM” “I was tossing and turning all night and barely slept an hour. ”
“I’m sorry I had all these assignments and couldn’t finish them before I passed out asleep. ” “My biology project ended up taking longer than I expected and I didn’t finish my math homework. ” “I was waiting for my partner to finish the first part and they didn’t get it back to me until this morning. ”
“This test is supposed to be super hard and I want to make sure I do well on it. ” “My friend bombed this test and it’s got me really worried. ” “If I get a good grade on this test, I’m guaranteed an A for the semester. ”
“I really want to memorize this song before the talent show on Saturday. ” “I think getting extra time to work on my project will mean I can use it in the future for jobs and stuff!” “My friend’s birthday is coming up and I’d like to finish the blanket I’m knitting for them. ”
“My friend’s dog passed away yesterday, and she could really use someone to comfort her. ” “Finn’s parents are gone for the next couple days and he got sick! I want to go over and help him with his homework. ” “Yesterday, Beth got into a huge fight with Fiona. I want to try to work things out between them. ”
“I’ve been really stressed lately and could use a day to catch up on sleep. ” “I really haven’t been feeling mentally okay the past few days and need a break. ” “I’m burned out and don’t want it to affect my schoolwork. ”
“I just started my period today and my cramps are awful!” “I’m really nauseous—I started my period yesterday. ”
“Ah I slept in! I’m so sorry! I was just so tired. ” “My phone died so my alarm didn’t go off. ” “I forgot to set my alarm so I slept in!”
“I had to come back early because the school was freezing! The heating broke. ” “The teacher sent us home early because she smelled something in the room. She says it might be a gas leak. ”
“I just feel like I never get to see you and would appreciate the extra time. ” “I wish I could see you more often when you aren’t working. ” “There are some things I need to talk to you about. ”
“I got in a huge fight with Martina yesterday and I don’t want to see her at school today. ” “My teacher has been really stressing me out recently. ” “I completely messed up talking to this person I like and I’ll die of embarrassment if I have to see them. ”
“I really just don’t want to go to school today. I promise to go tomorrow. " “Some things have been bothering me and I could really use the day to talk about them. " “I’m constantly worried and stressed at school and I don’t know how to make it better. "
“My family is going to the lake up north for the weekend. We’ll be driving all day Monday, so I won’t be in class. ” “Hi Ms. Garcia, I’m just letting you know I’m not going to be here on November 1st or November 2nd—my parents and I are visiting family. ” “Our flight back from Paris was delayed, so I’m going to miss a day of school while they rebook it. ”
“Sorry Mr. Hawthorne! I left my medicine at home and had to go back and get it. ” “I left my homework sitting on the counter. ” “I nearly locked myself out of the house leaving my keys, so I had to rush back before Mom left for work. ”
“My grandmother passed away last night. We’re having a funeral on April 10th. ” “Mr. Blanchet, I’m not being in class on April 10th. I have to go to a funeral. ”
“I’ve had a toothache for the past couple days and needed to go to the dentist for it. " “My cleaning was scheduled in the middle of class. If I didn’t go I would have had to wait another month. " “My appointment changed suddenly so I had to rush over there. "
“I spent most of the day trying to find this lost dog’s owner. He looked so sad!” “This kid was sobbing over a toy they got stuck in some pipes. I had to help her!” “I had to run to the store before class and ended up helping this old woman with her shopping. ”
“Ugh, I’m so sorry, my car just wouldn’t start yesterday. ” “My dad was trying to fix the car all day but couldn’t get it ready in time. ” “We got halfway down the road before smoke started coming out of the hood of the car. We had to stop in case it exploded!”
“Our basement flooded yesterday and my mom needed help sucking up all the water. ” “The backyard was a disaster after the storm the other night, so dad had me stay home to help clean up all the branches. ” “We’re having this big family get-together this weekend and mom had me stay home to help with some cooking. ”
“A big tree fell over in our driveway—we’re lucky it didn’t hit the house!” “That blizzard made the roads a death sentence. Mom had me stay home because she was worried. ” “The river up north got flooded and made it impossible to get here safely. ”
“Sorry Ms. Silva, my dog had an ear infection and I had to watch him to make sure he was okay. “My parents work all day so I had to bring my dog to the vet on my own. ” “My cat recently ate something bad for her—I had to watch her until the medicine kicked in. ”
“Sorry, the sitter we usually have fell through and I had to watch my little brother. ” “My mom usually watches my little sister but she had to go on a trip, so I stayed home to watch her. ”
“I’m working on getting a job and had this interview yesterday I couldn’t reschedule. ” ”They rescheduled the knitting club meeting at the library to earlier in the day, so I had to miss class!”
“Sorry I’m late—we didn’t have anything to eat at home so I needed to stop somewhere. ” “I’ve been trying to make myself breakfast every morning and I’m still working on the timing. ”
“I would have been here early, but then I spilled my coffee all over my shirt. ” “My dog tore up my uniform pants so Mom had to take me to the store to get more. ” “The clothes I was going to wear didn’t dry properly this morning, so I had to wait. ”
“I’ve really been struggling in biology, so I stayed home a little longer to study for the test today. ” “I didn’t sleep well and had to catch up on a couple chapters of the book we’re reading in English. ” “Midterms are really worrying me, so I wanted to catch up on some material. ”
