Wednesdays are one of the best YOYL days. Firstly,because Wednesday isn't Tuesday. Secondly because we have theology class. This,ladies and germs of cyber space,is what a Wednesday looks like...
5:30 Alarm goes off. Sit up in bed and look around.
5:40 Get up and collect things for a shower.
5:45 Remember there is sport today,making showering pointless at this moment in time.Get back in bed.
6:00 Get up and pack backpack with shorts,Theology notebook and extra hair elastics.
6:10 Read Bible.
6:30 Go downstairs and eat Pronutro while watching Morning Live.
6:45 Look around for ever evasive lunch bag.
6:50 Find lunch bag in pantry as usual. Pack lunch.
7:00 Go downstairs to wait for lift.
7:05 Journal and Mxit to pass time.
7:20 Get in car.
7:45 Arrive at church. Take bag down to Yoyl Room. Due to extra items,bag is unable to fit in locker. Stash bag under table.
8:00 Sit on bean bag waiting for Grant.
8:05 Give up waiting and boil kettle. Make tea and coffee for various friends and whiners.
8:15 Engage in intelligent dicussions,such as the funny moments in an asfd movie or the newest addition to the Wall of George.
8:25 Realize Grant is very late and break the rules by playing music on a cell phone.
8:35 Have more coffee.
8:40 Race to hide cell phones under bean bags,in lockers and,occasionally,in shoes as Grant descends the stairs.
8:45 After hi5s all round,Grant tells us who will be sharing during Devotions.
8:50 Devotions,followed by prayer.
9:20 Everyone gets changed into shorts and puts sunscreen on.
9:30 Get told by Grant to put more sunscreen on.
9:35 Team captains get assigned and teams are picked for soccer,Ultimate Frisbee or Tails.
9:40 Rejoice in not getting picked last and the games begin.
10:15 Water break,during which Grant makes me put more sunscreen on.
10:25 Games recommence,with a few players down due to injury,illness or laziness.
11:25 The game finally ends and everyone goes inside to drink more water,wash dusty feet and change into regular clothing.
11:30 Drink juice in Yoyl Room and collect Theology notebook and Bible. Book a space on a bean bag.
11:35 Jam arrives. After making sure everyone has their Bibles and notebooks and dispensing black dots to those who don't,he starts the lesson.
12:30 Theology ends,homework is given and Jam departs. Everyone jumps up and runs to lockers to gather lunch.
12:35 Go upstairs to kitchen to get water/juice/leftovers.
12:45 See how many people can be crammed onto one picnic bench. Swop one or two lunch items. Eat food.
13:00 Make noodles for those too pathetic to do it themselves.
13:10 Eat some of some one's noodles.
13:30 Grant come and call a meeting in Yoyl Room.
13:35 Congregate noisily and try hear as Grant explains the rest of the days activities.
13:40 Try to look at Grant without laughing as he explains again.
13:45 Just smile as Grant writes the activities on the board as he explains them.
13:55 Watch the less fortunates prepare to babysit,wash three cars,bake shortbread and make the entire office coffee. Go up to office and wait on the couch.
13:15 Take over office duty from the secretary,Ruthie. Fold booklets/check email lists/blog.
13:20 Answer anything between 4 and 28 (the record highest,held by yours truly) phone calls,including a few prank calls. Answer intercom and attempt to open gates.
16:00 Switch phone to night mode and go down to Yoyl Room.
16:05 Make coffee. Collect bag,shoes,phone,notebooks and other random items.
16:10 Hang out in foyer listening to music and talking about nothing and everything.
16:25 Leave
16:45 Arrive home. Go upstairs. Dig through bag looking for something edible.
17:00 Give up and go downstairs for an apple.
17:30 Journal.
18:00 Set table. Eat supper.
18:45 Wash plate and hands. Go upstairs.
20:00 Shower.
20:15 Read. Log onto Mxit
20:45 Journal.
21:15 Unpack backpack
21:20 Re-pack backpack.
21:30 Try decide what to wear the next day.
21:45 Give up and lie on bed.
22:00 Fall asleep.
22:30 Wake up and brush teeth.
22:45 Read
23:00 Tidy room.
23:20 Place floor fan on chair right by the head of my bed.
23:30 Remember things not yet packed in bag.
23:45 Finally get up and pack things like CDs and books people want to borrow.
00:00 Get in bed and try stay awake to talk to overseas sibling who appears to have forgotten the 8hr time difference.
00:30 Fall asleep.
1:15 Wake up and apologize. Reply to messages received in the mean time.
1:30 Log off Mxit and go to sleep.
Wonderfully unTuesday and gloriously full,that is what a Yoylie's Wednesday consists of.
