Anchoring

Part 5 • Joanna

"I can't believe you did that," Sydney yells at Father while reuniting with Mother and I.
"What? Took a child out of your grasp to send them to the first Child Iceberg," Father asks.
"Huh," Ryan gets out of his Sleep Room.
"Ryan, everything is okay. Go back to your Sleep Room," Father tells him.
"Wow. Look at how great of a parent you are. You lie to everybody who's close to you. I hate you," Sydney yells at Father and stomps off to her Sleep Room, slams the door behind her, and we can hear her sobbing.
I run off behind her and hear Father say to Mother, "So... How was your day?"

Sydney is sitting on the floor, crying into her hands.
"Sydney," I say as pleasantly as I can, "What's going on between Father and you?"
"Today, Creators came to the Nursery," Sydney says, calming down a bit.
"Why? They never do that."
"They are starting to decrease the young children population. It's starting to overload us Nurses."
"How many children do you normally take care of?"
"Twenty five," she pauses,"Anyways, they took fifty children today with parent permission."
"I understand."
"Half of them are mine. I'm going to lose currency."
"It wasn't Father's fault."
"I know he didn't understand how I feel and how the other Nurses feel."
"I think you have something to say to Father."
"I think I do," Sydney gets up and starts opening the door.

That night we ate fried chicken breast that was stuffed with strawberry flavored hamburger.

I woke up to Mother making breakfast. The aroma of bacon drifted under my Sleep Room door. The daily menu was on my dresser, as usual. I got up and started reading it.

Menu of the Day

Breakfast ••• Crispy bacon wrapped sausage and eggs in a basket with a side of warm milk

Lunch ••• 3 slices of meatloaf with a side of water and mashed potatoes

Dinner ••• Pig on a stick with a side of bacon wrapped asparagus and watermelon lemonade

Once I finished my egg in a basket with bacon wrapped sausage, I say goodbye to Ryan and Mother.

Mother wakes up at 2 AM to start making breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Father wakes up at 3 AM and leaves at 3:30 AM. Sydney wakes up at 4:30 AM and leaves at 5:30 AM. I wake up at 5:45 AM and leave at 6:15 AM. Ryan wakes up at 6 AM and leaves at 7 AM. Mother gets finished with making food at 8 AM and leaves a couple minutes afterwards.

I have a math test in two more days and a science test in a week. It was my first day of my encore class. I'm taking Computers.

"Hello, my name is Teacher Baker," says the Teacher of Computers, "You will need to bring any piece of technology in tomorrow and tell the class the history behind it and who thought of the idea of having this type of technology. Today we are going to talk about technology from the beginning of time that we know about."

Computers was more like history class. A huge timeline full of all sorts of technology. I hate history.

In history yesterday, this is what happened:
On the board it said:

My Rules

• Don't use pens
• Don't bring in any type of technology
• Don't bring in any type of food
• Don't bring in any outside animal or animals
• Don't make any annoying sounds
• Don't stink
• Follow the dress code
• If you have any questions, don't ask me

"My name is Teacher Young," says the history teacher, "Does everyone understand my rules?"

I can't believe she hates so much stuff. No food and I hate the last one.
"If you have any questions, don't ask me."
Seriously. We think more advanced than an average 13 year old and we are 13 year olds. I like ALL Teachers but this Teacher Young is one Teacher that I dislike.