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Daily Journal: a Day in My Life
A day in my life

Victoria A. Solis

SOCI111, American Military University

16 February, 2012

Daily Journal

I woke up at 5.00am this morning after a decent rest. I felt energetic because I slept early yesterday at around 9pm. I jumped out of bed and tidied my room saving time for my morning jog. Later I went down stairs and found mum already up and watching her favorite morning sermon on television. I greeted her and asked for my brother: he was still asleep; he is not as hardworking as I am. I took the dog and told mom I was going jogging. Once out of the gate I started jogging slowly into the nearby park where my friends and I go jogging every morning and on weekends. I had jogged for about half an hour when I met Cindy one of my neighbors, and childhood girlfriend, we said hello to each other, and she joined me. We chatted along as we jogged and an after an hour of exercising and stretching together, we parted ways. I headed home for a shower and breakfast before going to school. I reached the house and left my dog, Max downstairs as I rushed upstairs and took a 10-minute shower. Later I dressed up into one of my favorite skinny jeans and a flowered blouse; because I was meeting mom after work for coffee to catch up about my life. I took my bag and laptop and headed downstairs where mom had already set the breakfast table; omelet’s and milk for my brother and me. I sat down, took breakfast in a rush, and said bye to everyone as rushed outside because my friend was waiting for me outside to head to school. Once I arrived to the University I rushed to my first lesson of the day, English literature that started at 8 am. I was eager for this class because I like literature and the professor is exceptionally kind. The lesson was entertaining as we discussed poems on love and recited them with desk mates. At 9.00am, the lesson ended as fast as it had started. Soon I was in math and later history classes, which lasted 45minutes each before recess at 9.30.



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