Well, I can't always come to the computer with a number of stories that have made me smile. Today I have that writer's block. Nothing to say. So now I think I can talk about my day in general. This won't be the most shining, beautiful post of all times, but it is a real life story of one girl's life from morning until evening.
I've mentioned before how I look for the moments of joy to share, but the whole day is good. Some parts are harder (waking up, as I have said) but routine is good for a person, so everyday routine is good. It may appear a little boring, but if you read this, the rest of my posts that will follow will fall into context. If I mention a certain part of my day you might have a light bulb moment, saying to yourself, "Ah! I remember that part of her day! This must have happened near lunch time!" That will make everything so much more understandable!
The Story of my Day
I wake up around 6 a.m. and struggle out of bed. The room is usually pretty cool in the mornings, so the first challenge of the day is to make it out from under the covers into the cold. A quick breakfast is usually waiting for me on the stove as soon as I'm up. Yes, it's oatmeal porridge.
| My Breakfast |
After I'm dressed and have eaten my breakfast it's out to the cow pen for the milking. It doesn't take too long and I have come to enjoy it. Milking has become a drama of sorts, some mornings giving us up to five gallons of milk, other mornings we discover that the calf has gotten to the milk before us and left us with hardly a cup. One never does know how the morning milking is going to turn out.
| morning milking |
With milking behind me for the day, I launch into the morning period of studies. This period changes as the seasons change. During fall, winter and early spring this period is only the beginning of my school day. During summer this period is given to labor outside or in the kitchen. Either way, this is a period for work while the day is young.
Lunch comes anywhere from 11 a.m. to noon. This is a quick meal to be had to break up the work day. What you eat at this meal is usually up to the individual, but I always tend towards avocado, banana, apple and yogurt bowl.
The afternoon has got to be one of my favorite times. It is in this period that I take my lovely walks through the forests and to a small lake where ducks are numerous. This walk is a chance for my mind to relax a bit from the work of the day and muse over events or story ideas. This walk obviously changes with the seasons, requiring snowshoes in the winter, rubber boots in the spring and hiking boots during the summer. There are many, many glories to this walk, but to write about them all would take up multiple blog posts. I'm sure I will write about my walk more in later posts, but for today I will simply finish the story of my day.
| my favorite part of the day: my walk! |
Dinner doesn't have a very set schedule, but we get fed. After this final meal for the day there is nothing left on the schedule but recreation. In summer there is a sunset to watch over the valley. Often this wind down time is when I will write a bit in my story. By 9:30 p.m. it is bed time. A bit more reading or writing might be done before turning in for the night. A good night's rest and the whole story starts all over again.
That's the story of my life!
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