A.M-Present
- Look for motivation to part from my bed
- Leave immediately before gravity pulls me back to my sheets
- Head downstairs for a half cup of coffee infused with caffeine and energy that will be confined to my house anyway
- Pop open my laptop and search for something—anything to do
- Get distracted by editing old writing
- Give myself a “get out of jail” card to do something else
- Oh no, that something else is exercise
- …I should just go back to writing
- Force myself to do at home exercise
- Shower and get dressed for the day (Why? I don’t know. Its not like we can go anywhere)
A.M- Wishful thinking (What I would rather be doing)
- Wake up and realize it’s the day of the road trip
- Happily, leave my bed to pack the remainders of my stuff in a bloated suitcase
- Head downstairs for a half cup of coffee and to check my online homework for the day
- Have another cup of coffee of course!
- Get in the RV with my family and boyfriend
- Hit Dunkin donuts for a sandwich cause it would be open and my brother said so
- Start driving to Wyoming or Kentucky or Florida
- Adventure and sightsee—unafraid to be with crowds of twenty-five people or more
- Head to a restaurant for lunch (cause they’re open!)
- Optional making lunch in the RV while driving cause that’s always a fun challenge on a bumpy road
P.M-Present
- Take a walk around the neighborhood with the dog and continue to walk in circles (note: stay six feet apart from all neighbors)
- Take an optional hike to enjoy nature and get away from the screens
- Head on over to play piano on my red Kawai and make up some new songs with old chords
- While playing piano, wish you had the talent to sing
- Get distracted and realize you’re supposed to be learning to cook
- Give mom a helping hand with making dinner
- However, if the markets are closed and you can’t cook, take a half hour as a family to decide and debate because no one can agree on take-out food
- Due to COVID-19, the place the family finally agreed on to get takeout from is closed
- Repeat step #7
- Since there is nothing good on TV, watch reruns of Live PD with dad
P.M—Wishful Thinking (What I would rather be doing)
- Enter a new state that is warmer than RI
- Get out of the RV and visit a historical place or landmark where you more or less look around rather than read the history.
- Upon return to the RV, break out the good old-fashioned board games and a deck of jumbo cards that would never pass in a poker game.
- Sit there as my brother beats me every time because the game “war” is just about luck
- Try driving the RV through a giant Walmart or Target lot with my dad coaching me
- Hang out on the roof as we once again, struggle to decide who wants what for dinner and where we will go
- Eat at a traditional chain restaurant cause some things never change
- After dinner, continue to drive to the camp site and set up for the night.
- Probably should check on homework at this point because I’ve used the excuse “I have no internet when we’re driving” for way too long.
- Plan adventures for the next day with all the greatest intent, only to change them around the next morning.