Date for Entry: (Monday 10 February 2025)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Wednesday 25 June 2025)
[T2, W:06 – WD:26,
(Td:1)*].
Dear Diary,
The morning was
too late to begin. Last night was horrible with a chest pain that burned for an
hour. Even the toilet again was giving trouble. Daddy packed my Extra Foods bag
with the boxes. It was too small. Thankfully, the bigger one that I had was
able to neatly squeeze all of it together. The challenge was to fit the bus
seat while holding my bag. Praise God, it did not fully disturb the lady
sitting next to me. It was a challenge to hold that bag right down the road
from bouncing it into people on the pavement.
The staffroom was
empty for the first two periods. Miss Dayna began taking the room with only the
five of us, on the poor mentality of the school and how it is always broke. There
was a song Mr Charles shared with us with "Since yuh leave me is ah
blessin'." There was a big joke about that. Patty came to the staffroom to
let us know that the community police were here to speak to children about
safety during the Carnival. From 9:30, the Form 1s to 3s were taken to the
hall. That means that I had no class to attend.
Patty and I
spoke about the gift boxes that I had for the office. She didn't have a problem
with the contact paper since it was not too pretty. When recess was over, I was
done with my pies, too. As I picked up the bag of boxes, Mr Charles said,
"Like Santa Claus come." I got the boxes all wrapped up by the end of
lunchtime. Miss Carthy came in and saw the changes. Donna passed by too and saw
that they made a difference.
I remembered
that Carthy had another document that she needed the school letterhead on. When
it was checked and printed, I had her sign the document and then rest it inside
the inbox for the principal. I noticed Indera checking it out when she came
back from school. All day long, people were coming in and out of the office to
see Patty, but the meeting with Dr Lubian-Baptiste was extremely long. There
was an emergency going on too that had to interrupt the meeting lightly. Mr
Bain had to bring "Miss Browne" out, holding onto his shoulder with
two other students behind.
There was
another meeting between Miss Harris and Dr Allyson with a lot of loud volume,
and it began at the beginning of the eighth period, with Indera and Patty in
there long after school. I left sometime after Mr Baptiste came to the
compound. The rest of the evening was very tiring to walk up the road. I ended
up lying down on the couch at 5:15 PM, which was some minutes after Daddy had
left. I did not awake until 7:00 AM the next morning. Daddy opened the door and
came right in. The door and windows were still wide open from last night.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(7:53 am – 3:49 pm)
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