A Day in the Life of Sierra
Posted on April 3, 2009
Filed Under Random musing | 2 Comments
8:00 AM – Mom and/or Dad shout at Sierra to get up. Sierra scrunches into a ball and rolls over into a corner. She falls back asleep and dreams that she got up.
8:15 AM – Sierra is either bribed or threatened to get up. She does so with reluctance.
8:20 AM – Sierra heads to the bathroom to wash up/use the toilet.
8:27 AM – Sierra returns from the bathroom.
8:30 AM – Sierra and Mom converse about breakfast and Sierra decides what to eat.
8:34 AM – Sierra eats.
8:37 AM – Sierra continues eating.
8:40 AM – Sierra finishes eating and talks for a while.
8:45 AM – Sierra notices that Mom and Dad are no longer present. She turns on her MP3 Player and listens to a book.
8:55 AM – Mom returns. Sierra resumes talking.
9:00 AM – Sierra dries the dishes that Mom just washed.
9:10 AM – Sierra brushes her teeth.
9:20 AM – Sierra secures the RV (e.g, makes steps go up, places bubble wrap inside cabinet).
9:25 AM – Sierra gets dressed, puts on earrings, brushes and styles hair.
9:30 AM – Sierra turns the MP3 Player back on until Mom yells at her to start school.
9:32 AM – Sierra manages to put off school until a little later.
9:45 AM – Sierra starts school. She begins by trying to find a pencil.
9:47 AM – Sierra continues to search for a pencil.
9:50 AM – Sierra finds a pencil and begins whatever it is she’s supposed to be doing—her French workbook, for example.
10:00 AM – Sierra continues working.
10:45 AM – Sierra switches subjects.
11:45 AM – Sierra finishes “Mom’s School” and takes a break before beginning “Dad’s School,” AKA Math.
12:00 PM – Sierra begins Math.
12:30 PM – Sierra daydreams for a while, then gets back to Math.
1:00 PM – Sierra is finally finished with school! She is very pleased.
1:05 PM – Sierra sits in the back listening to audio books and reading
1:15 PM – Sierra gets up in order to scavenge for food. She settles on a cheese stick
2:15 PM – Sierra gets up and walks to the front of the RV
2:20 PM – Sierra asks, “Can I get you folks anything?”
2:30 PM – Sierra asks if she can play on her DS. Mom says yes
2:50 PM – Sierra is done on her DS. She listens to music for a while, then goes back to listening to a book
3:00 PM – Sierra eats some more food. She continues, altering eating and reading, for the next two hours
5:00 PM – The Slow Travelers have arrived at their RV park. Sierra turns on Dad’s computer and sets the steps to “Off”
5:05 PM – Sierra has connected both computers to the internet and has opened The New York Times
5:10 PM – Sierra checks her e-mail and surrenders the computer to Mom
5:30 PM – Sierra sits in the back, listening to a book
6:00 PM – Sierra practices her violin. Songs such as “Mission Impossible” and “Humoresque” can be heard throughout the RV
6:10 PM – Sierra goes back to listening to a book
7:00 PM – Sierra eats
7:15 PM – Sierra continues eating. Sometimes she will watch TV while doing this
7:30 PM – Sierra puts her plate in the sink and listens to a book until Mom surrenders the computer
8:00 PM – Sierra messes around on the computer, reading comics, making movies in Windows Movie Maker, and listening to music
8:15 PM – Sierra gets off the computer to watch TV
9:00 PM – Another show comes on, and Sierra stares mindlessly at it, hypnotized
10:00 PM – Bedtime. Sierra washes up and puts on her pajamas. She listens to her MP3 Player until she falls asleep
12:00 AM – Sierra wakes up, needing to go to the bathroom. She wonders what this sound in her ears is, then realizes she fell asleep with her MP3 Player on. She goes to the bathroom, puts her MP3 Player away, and falls asleep. Thus ends a day in the life of Sierra.
Comments
2 Responses to “A Day in the Life of Sierra”
Leave a Reply
Lily encourages you to dip a cheese stick in hummus. Delicious. she says.
Long day