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Over the course of the day, I spent a lot of time and did a lot of activities with my friend. We both went to our micro biology class and took notes. After our class, we went to frank to eat some food. Once I finished my lab, I went to pick him up at his dorm and we drove to target to buy a stand and tv. After I dropped him off at his dorm with the tv and we grabbed food at hamp. After eating we went back to his dorm to set up his tv and his stand. Lastly, once we completed setting up his tv and stand, I went back to my dorm and we played fortnite for a couple of hours with our friends.

Every single day people use elevators to bring them up and down in a building. I especially use the elevators during my Thursday schedule. After I finish my morning routine, I walk to the elevator and hit the down button because I need to leave my building to go to class. After classes I come back to my building, and hit the up arrow to go to my dorm on the 22^nd floor. I also use the elevator to go to dinner by hitting the down arrow in order to exit the building. When I come back to my building after having dinner with friends and going to my extracurricular activities, I use the elevator again to return to the 22^nd floor. Overall, I use the elevator multiple times a day to get from my dorm to the lobby of my building or to get from the lobby of my building to my dorm. 

Travel is a constant part of any day, and is an important way to get to and from activities in a timely manner.  Even when there is no reason to leave the house, there are still methods of moving the body from one room to the next or up the stairs that constitute movement no matter how small the distance.  On a typical school day, the forms of travel may vary from walking to longboarding to driving. Each type of movement from point A to point B are carefully selected upon depending on the distance being traveled and time constraints.  I normally being my school day by walking out of my house and to my car.  I then drive the distance to campus from my house off campus, which is long and driving is normally necessary.  After I have parked my car I normally remove my longboard from the trunk in order to travel to class and on time because I have to park far away.  I will occasionally walk to class if the conditions do not permit longboarding.  I finish my day by driving home, parking my car, and walking into my house.  Each day I use about three modes of transportation which are specifically tailored to the distance and time needed to arrive where I need to be punctually.

What did I do today you ask. Well what I did today goes as followed; I woke up late around 10:30am because I was up all night not really feeling to well, luckily I made it to the class that I am actually enrolled in around noon time. I try to attend a chemistry course that I am not yet enrolled in because I want to get an understanding if I will like the professor and thier teaching style, but however I did not make it to that class this week, hopefully by the end of the add/drop period I can secure a spot. The class usually meets at 11:15 so it fits perfectly into my schedule. I attended my microbiology class it is an average course however, the professor runs through the slides fairly quickly so it's hard to take hand written notes in class. I mostly just take notes on my laptop and then transcribe them into my notebook after during my free time. I am hoping to go to their office hours soon to get more extra help so she can explain what is going on in class. I am fairly hungry and tired at this point in time during the day I would love to eat and or sleep but I sadly I cannot. Frankly my day is dull, due to all the walking back and forth from classes or meetings and the snow and cold weather hardly help.

Walking may seem as though it consumes a trival amount of time. However, I spend a surprinsing amount of time walking to different destinations every day. Yesterday I walked to Curry Hicks, Herter, the Rec Center, Frank Dining Commons, Morill, the Library, Totman, and to my dorm. I also walked to some of these places several times. The journey grows ever long and perilous.

On Wednesday I spent a good portion of the day traveling around campus either by walking or in a car. I walked to the dining hall in the afternoon, then to my first class in the research towers. From there I walked to Morrill where I spent the majority of my day, only walking in between classes to the next room. After three classes there I walked to my dorm before walking to the library. I got picked up in a car from the library to go get food, but walked from the dining hall back to my dorm.

The parts of my days in which I look forward to is when I get to eat with friends. This includes lunch, dinner, and late-night. My friends and I tend to eat or stay in the dining commons for at least 1-2 hours at a time (sometimes more). We do not just eat and leave once we're done eating like other people. We get there and we stay there until everybody is done or until people have things they have to go do. We always eat at the same big circle table because that is the only table that fits everybody most of the time. Sometimes we have more people than we can fit at a table so we take up 2 tables. Those tables are basically our territory in the dining commons. It basically has our names on it. As we eat, we involve in so many different conversation topics with each other. We always laugh hysterically and we are usually loud. We also do homework and help each other with things we need help on once we're done eating. Sometimes we even play games with each other. People don't always come eat at the same time so whoever comes first usually waits until the rest of the people come and finish eating also. This is the reason why eating with friends takes up so much of my day just about everyday.

On Monday, I did a lot of stuff with my friends. After my Plant Physiology class, me and my friend met up at Blue Wall to eat lunch. We hung out at Blue Wall for about an hour until he had to go to class. Once he left, I went back to my dorm to take a nap. After my nap, a couple of my friends came over and we played Xbox together for about an hour. After we got bored of playing Xbox, we went outside and played basketball on the outdoor basketball courts in Southwest. We played basketball for about one and a half hours and then went to Hampshire dining hall to get an early dinner. After we ate, we all went our separate ways to go home and shower. Later that night, me and my friend Ben went to the library together to do some homework.

In order to remain productive and accomplish my daily tasks, I had to make a To-Do list that contained all the things that needed to be done after my last class. The most important task was paying my insurance bill because the policy was about to expire, the office is 45 minutes away and it closes at an inconvenient time of 4:30 p.m. After getting that out of the way, I headed home. When I got home I put in a load of laundry and started to make a chicken and sweet potato dinner. After I ate, I cleaned up in the kitchen, washed the floors, and sat down to do my homework. At 8:00 p.m. my sister needed to be picked from work. Once that was done, I came home and put in the last load of laundry and folded the dry laundry and sat down to finish my homework. Before taking a shower, I organized my desk. After my shower, I brushed my teeth, prepared everything I needed for tomorrow and got into bed. I fell asleep right away.

One major aspect of my day is how I spend whatever leisure time that I have. This category usually takes place between my classes and towards the end of the day. Between classes since I usually have awkward 1-2 hour gaps I will usually watch an episode of a show depending on how invested I am, or play a multiplayer match in a videogame to pass the time. Later on in the night I will often spend time with my roommates, where we will decide on new shows to watch together, play games, or just talk about what is going on in our lives. Finally towards the end of the night, roughly 1:00am-2:00am, I will workout to clear my head and help me fall asleep quicker. These leisure activities are prevalent in my daily life, and depending on what time it usually is, I will have certain activities that I will be more likely to do.