She finally decides to wake up after pressing snooze on her alarm at least 5 times. She knows she needs to hurry but instead, breakfast calls her name. Eggs and toast it is! She prepares her coffee and travel mug and starts the up the Mr. Coffee. Time to shower!
She gets dressed, brushes her hair and teeth, typical morning routine. Next step is the makeup and hair do. After she's done she rushes to gather her notebook and folder for her Tuesday classes. She has Audiology first on these days and her teacher is always late. That gives her at least an extra ten minutes to fix her coffee and do any last minute things before she leaves.
The drive to school takes about 3 minutes. She parks the car towards the far end of the parking lot. It is 9:40, he class starts at 9:30am. She'll probably be fine because her teacher is always 15 minutes late but she's never been this behind. So, she hustles in the direction of her class in hopes that she'll beat her teacher. She does, by about 3 minutes; either way she was successful.
Sitting in class she drifts away to another world. The daydreams are coming in thick, if they go any further she might just slip into a dream. But she can't, she can't fall asleep in class. "Pay attention!" she tells herself. She flips through her phone, check her email, plays with some apps, anything to fight the tired feeling, but she still isn't paying attention.
Two and a half hours later she finds herself walking out of class. She had paid some attention and taken notes, but they weren't as good as they could have been. She tells herself she'll make up for it when she studies later on. Pushing class to the back of her mind he hurries back to her car because it is too cold to doddle. Two minutes go by and she's back at her apartment; home sweet home. Lack of sleep, mounds of homework, and a comfy couch in front of her. She wonders if she'll be more productive than in class.
I like that closing sentence--the reader is in no doubt whatsoever whether she will head for her pile of homework or her comfy couch!
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I like the whole vignette of a student morning, though I disapprove vehemently of a teacher being late to class at all, much less habitually. That cheats students and cheats the school who pays her!
I'm not really sure if this hits week 14. I'm going to have to re-think week 14 for next semester because it causes a lot of pain and confusion without apparently offering much of a payoff. Gotta think about it--maybe I'll find a comfy couch to curl up on while I think....