It was a cold dreary day in our house in England. It was a Monday, and I really didn't want to go to school. I wanted to stay in my comfortable, warm, cosy bed and sleep. So I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep, all the while plotting on how I wad going to stay off school. Now, my family consists of my Mum, my sister Esther and me. My Dad was shot down in Afghanistan, and we hadn't heard f