Daily Journal #1

    It is hard to know how each day will unfold during these confusing times. Especially because we are now doing online school. Distance learning so far has been a little confusing for me, but I know I will eventually get the hang of it. 

I woke up to the sound of my moms voice in my room. 

“Good morning, what would you like for breakfast?” She said. 

I blinked a few times trying to wake up a little, but every time I would try to open my eyes my eyelids would slowly fall down again. I think this is because of my sleep schedule. Having all this time on my hands during March break caused me to stay up late watching movies and TV shows, because I never had the worry of having to wake up early, but now things are a little different. I spent two weeks relaxing at my house in New Hampshire. I was never really occupied by much, except for the outdoor activities sure as hiking and playing catch. Jumping back into school is an adjustment, instead of waking up late and the only decision I have to make is what movie I want to watch, I have to wake up early ready to think and learn. I’m still making the adjustment back into school mode. 

Anyways, eventually I dragged myself out of bed in the morning I sluggishly walked downstairs to a delicious egg sandwich that my mom made for me. I am really glad that I have my mom in my life, she makes things a lot easier for me, but sometimes I think “Am too spoiled? Should I be taking more responsibility then I do?” I think this because I realize how much my parents do for me, and sometimes I wonder if when the day comes that I go off into the world alone, will I be ready to be responsible for myself? Will I be prepared to be able to provide three meals a day for myself? I’m sure I will be, but sometimes I just get curious about what would happen if I had to take care of myself. I know I am still only 14, so I have plenty of time to learn more about the world and how to be independent and successful. 

Back to my day... 

I finished eating and logged into the advisory zoom meeting. I checked in with Mr. Bradley, said hi to my classmates, and was off to my first class, Global Studies. I am still getting used to distance learning, so I texted the 9th grade group chat asking if we have a Global zoom meeting. Even though there was not one posted on the calendar I still wanted to be sure. It turns out we did not have a meeting, so I got to work on my homework. To make a point on the responsibility topic, I do my work pretty diligently. I do not like to save it all until last minute... usually, so I try to get it done shortly after it is assigned. I think that is a good sign of responsibility, I get right to work and always try to do it well. I hope my teachers would agree. After finishing my Global work I realized I had some time on my hands, about an hour. So I checked in with some friends and a group of us got on Fortnite to play a few games together. I think it is nice that we have time between classes just to relax for a little, it makes the school day seem less stressful, and gives me time to get work done. After playing some video games it was time for my next class. I did not see a scheduled zoom meeting for English, but to be safe I checked in with the class once again. I realized there was no meeting, so I helped my mom with something, and then got right to work doing this, writing a journal entry. Here I am, sitting at my plastic foldable table writing on my iPad about my day. 

I feel like since distance learning has started I am living in the present more, I will progress on my work as the day goes on, and not worry about what is ahead of me until it comes. This should be an exciting and unexpected next few weeks.