Day 7: A Day in the Life of Charlotte

Charlotte woke up this morning to the sound of thunderstorms. Apparently they had been going on for a while before Charlotte awoke at 7:45, but she was oblivious. Now, you may know, although you probably don't know, that Charlotte is scared of thunderstorms. Really heavy rain, booming thunder and sudden flashes of lightning just make her feel uneasy. As the eye of the storm came closer however, she found a way to stop herself from being scared.

She daydreamed. It's true- all she had to do was dream she was somewhere and imagine she was doing something fun et voila: about ten minutes later she snapped out of the daydream to discover that the eye of the storm had passed. Still, it was another two hours before she could get out of bed, as once the storm had ceased, she kept falling asleep.

Once she had dragged herself out of bed, burnt a couple of slices of toast, slurped a big cup of strong tea and watched some morning kids' programme, she finally started to actually wake up and get herself out of the house. She took a short train ride (although she nearly missed it) into the heart of the city.

Having previously found out that one of her friends was going clothes shopping in the same city with their Mum, Charlotte had promised to stalk her friend. Her friend said there was no way that Charlotte would be able to do it, a) becuase the city is big and Charlotte is small in comparison, and b) because Charlotte has a tendancy to laugh and so couldn't follow somebody without giving herself away. Determined nonetheless, Charlotte walked around the city for nearly an hour until she came across her friend standing in a queue in a café. After getting bored of standing behind her friend, watching (and also feeling a bit weird), she then decided to surprise her friend, who also felt a bit scared of Charlotte. Not that that is unusual, to be honest. Now satisfied, Charlotte went off to complete her shopping and then returned home to laze around some more. Long live the holidays!