i remembered every detail of that drama queen day -- the school project on the history of daylight savings time , the sheet of scrapbooking paper with little clocks i 'd bought as a cute border for the report ( thus the tape ) , the pink polo shirt i was wearing , the pink wristwatch i stared at as i rocked in the chair on the front porch , willing the hands to move and my mom to come home from her saturday at work .