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Ava’s Quarantine Index

 Number of times I have left the house this week: 3 Percent of times leaving the house to get mail: 75 Number of hours of TV I have watched in a week: 28

Portion of hours spent repeating the same episode of Game of Thrones because it was too confusing: 7

Number of times my mom told me to turn off Game of Thrones because it’s too gory: 15 Number of times my mom asked me questions about Game of Thrones because she also began to get interested: 20

Number of times my sister and I fought per day: 5

Percent of time spent on fighting who gets to sit with Maizy (the dog): 50 Number of times Maizy chooses to sit with my sister: 0

Number of times Maizy chooses to sit with me: 0 Percent of time Maizy chooses to sit with my mom: 100

Number of times taking the dogs for a walk since March: 45 Amount of sticks Maizy has picked up on the walks since March: 70 Percentage of the sticks left on the street: 75

Percentage of the sticks left on our front porch: 20 Percentage of the sticks that made it into our house: 5 Number of at home workouts I have done since March: 28

Number of times my resistance bands have snapped back in my face: 28 Number of miles covered on my bicycle per week: 15

Percentage of miles spent going up hills: 50

Percentage of time spent getting off my bike and walking up the hill: 75 Number of Webex classes per week: 5

Number of headaches gotten per week: 5

Favorite story from Imaginative Writing: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, by Ursula le Guin

 Favorite quote from The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas: “They know that they, like the child, are not free.’’ (Guin, 5)