Shiver. I awakened to the cold air coming through an unsealed window. Daylight hadn’t shown yet, so darkness still filled the sky. Not wanting to get out of bed, I lazily rolled off the edge of my mattress and hit the floor with a violent thud! I was fully awake now.
Despite my awakening, the rest of the morning was same old, same old. I brushed my teeth, did my hair, got dressed, and started the car. Nothing out of the ordinary happened.
My mom dropped me off on the end of the sidewalk that led to Jefferson intermediate. Walking down that sidewalk was a bit of an adventure for me because it was glistening with slick ice. I tried to keep from falling by walking slowly heel toe, but due to my unsteady balance, I might as well been running on that ice because I was slipping and sliding like a bar of soap.
When I approached the school doors the thought of warmth wouldn’t leave my mind. Though once I walked through the doorway, I couldn’t help but to dread over having to go back outside to get to the armory, where 6th grade has to walk in the morning.
I stood there before the door that took me back into the cold and towards the gym. Taking a deep breath of heated air, I pushed the door open and made a run for it. The warmth that had filled my body became just as cold as the air outside.
The building was getting closer. “Almost there,” I thought to myself. My feet slowed to a stop as I entered. While taking off my backpack and coat I noticed that everybody was walking in my direction. I began to wonder if they were all coming to greet me, but then I saw them putting on their backpacks and coats. I knew that the bell must have rung so I put my backpack and coat on as well.
A bit of anger and frustration had come over me as I reentered the school. There’s not a doubt in my mind that somebody else would feel the same way if they had to go all the way back to the school once they’ve made it to the armory.
Our classroom door was open, so everybody was able to go inside and unload. We said the Pledge of Allegiance then soon as it became 8:30, our reading class came bursting in with their nonstop chattering mouths. It took awhile for everybody to settle down, but they eventually did and reading began. We checked over our vocabulary pictures. Then Ms. D thought that we should have a little more practice with our writing, so she had us grade other people’s essays and tell her what they did wrong. We graded and discussed the essays throughout language arts until it was time for science.
I somewhat had fun in science. It wasn’t the most exciting experiment we’ve done, but it was pretty cool. Ms. Hudson gave each table group 6 to 8 strips of paper depending on how many people were in a group. For each one of those strips, we had to put a drop of a type acid or a base to see what color they turned. Fun ended when social studies came.
Social Studies wasn’t as fun as science. Actually it wasn’t fun at all, just plain social studies. All that went on was reading the first two units of a new chapter we started on south Asia, nothing to get too excited about.
Lunch eventually came around. The lunch ladies were cook’n noodles with bits of chicken in it. I’m not going to lie, the lunch wasn’t that great. It was O.K I guess, it could have been cooked better.
Recess was inside for today because of the bitter weather. I played checkers with one of my classmates. Then I just messed around with everybody else.
Inside Recess eventually ended and math began. We’re working with fractions in math. Sadly, it’s the more complicated fractions that we’re working with such as mixed numbers instead of the easier and simple fractions. It was all a bit of a struggle for me to understand mixed numbers at first, but I believe I got the hang of it. In the end, we had to do two worksheets and a workbook page.
I suddenly I heard the sound of angles singing from the heavens above. The last subject of the day had finally come. It was time for spelling, and boy did time fly during spelling. Ms. Mac had us play a game everybody knows of. Sparkle. Bailey won the last minute game.
Study hall was here to end the day after spelling. The majority of us worked on our homework. As for the others, who knows what they did. I myself worked on a math worksheet. Then the students from band began to silently come in little at a time. I hardly even noticed that anybody had come in the classroom until people began to pack up.
Final bell rang and we all started out towards the exit. Soon I stepped outside, I automatically couldn’t feel my face. Thankfully, my mom saved me and picked me up in her Expedition. The temperature on the car dashboard said it was 4 degrees. The day had ended just as it had started.
