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A Hayu's Dream

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by Beth Hoyer

know what I look like.

  Love,

  Lisha

  March 30, 2101

  Dear Anne,

  I couldn’t find my journal again so I had to go a day without it. Yesterday I walked to work. Anna wasn’t confused to see me. The power went out. The police came here. They arrested several people for shoplifting. I haven’t seen Phyla Smith. Good I don’t like her. I’m not fond of people who believe in the perfection garbage. The power went back on. It was a relief. The police came when the power went off. Several people tried to shoplift. Shame on them. I think I saw Phyla but it turned to be Georgia. I wonder why Georgia has the same hairstyle as Phyla which is short spiky green hair like a punk rocker but she was dressed in an orange jumpsuit like Phyla Smith was. I ate an apple. I’m sure Sue is coming home today. Oh good I’m glad. I checked online the computer for my High Council website. It received one thousand hits. The drawing Sue did is beautiful. She drew it very good. I checked my gymnastics website. I remembered to take my pills this morning. I have a headache. I’m not feeling well. I forgot to add I didn’t sleep well. I was tired this morning. It was great to go home. It was a relief to go home. I saw Sue watching the news on TV. The news talked about a new ship is coming with technology to colonize PX5 the green moon in the sky. I would love to go to PX5 it’ll be nice to go. I walked home. I found out Sue fed the cats. They were eating when I got home. It’s been awhile since Sue fed the cats. I slept for two hours. My headache went away. I feel better. I checked the TV room. Sue wasn’t there. I found her in her room asleep. I saw Victoria sitting next to Sue. Sue left the light on. I turned it off. Then I went to the basement bathroom to take my shower. It was good to shower. Then I went back to my room. I took my pills. I have to take them at 12pm and 9pm. they’re for diabetes. I checked on Sue. She was asleep with Demeter next to her. I left the door open. Then I turned off the kitchen light. I went upstairs to my room. I left my door open so Demeter can come in. Victoria is in my bureau drawer. I think she’s asleep. I have a headache. I went to bed.

  I woke up and it was today. My headache was gone. I’m glad it was good to sleep. I also had another weird dream. I seemed too spaced out and dreamed this. I got up and tried on summer clothes. I put on blue shorts and a red top. Terra doesn’t have summer here. Its always winter. I wonder do we celebrate Christmas. I guess they might celebrate High Council Day. I ate some breakfast. I saw Sue watching TV in her room. I moved her TV from the bedroom upstairs to her room. She was surprised to see it. It was a great idea. At work several customers signed to me. It was nice of them. Anna was annoyed about me teaching sign language. She wanted me to work. I cleaned both the children and women’s departments. It was hard work. I planned to walk to the community center to inquire about a sign language class. I walked to the community center after work by sniffing in the fog. I saw Jayna there and I asked her about Sign language classes. She told me she’ll find out about that. I’m getting suspicious. I don't think she's actually finding out on this. I think she's putting me off. She had a look of disgust on her face when I asked her. She couldn't wait for me to get away from her. I walked home. I found Sue drawing in her room. I told her about Jayna. She thinks Jayna is a believer of perfection. The kittens tried to sit in Sue’s lap but she moved them. She didn’t want the cats on her bothering the baby. I took my pills. I have a headache. I am getting them lately. I hope I’m okay. I think I’ll go to bed now. I have to get up early tomorrow. Victoria is sitting on my bed watching me. What a peeper.

  Love,

  Elizabeth

  March 31, 2101

  Dear Anne,

  Here's what happened at work, was Phyla Smith was arrested again. She shoplifted again. I was in the women's section picking up clothes when the lights above flashed. Anna told me the store was updated with technology to keep shoplifters from taking things that don't belong to them. At the entrance was Phyla Smith. She was annoyed and belligerent. Anna firmly insisted on a strip search in the security office. Phyla refused and the security officers hauled her to their office. I went back to work. I think she’s going to get a slap on the wrist again. I asked Anna about that. She explained Mrs. Smith has a problem. She’s shoplifter who can’t help it. She’ll receive some jail time probably a month in jail. I ate apple pie for lunch with milk to drink. It’s been awhile since I drank milk. The ship yesterday came with cows frozen. The cows brought milk. I worked the best I could mostly picking up clothes falling off the hangers. These hangers aren't holding clothes very well. The clothes keep sliding off of them. It gave me something to do. Mrs. Smith I learned later did receive a month of jail time. Anna told me. I feel fine. My headache was gone. I asked Anna about teaching a sign language class. She told me it was okay with her. I told her about Jayna telling me she’ll find out. Anna told me Jayna believes in perfection. I think she doesn’t approve of me. Jayna seems to be a nice lady. I checked the schedule. I’m working tomorrow. One thing I remembered tomorrow is April fool’s day. I hate April fool’s day. I hate it. I had a bad experience in my childhood. Several kids I was playing with tried to pull my clothes off. It happened when I was a kid. Ever since I always hated April fool’s Day. I took a cab home. I checked on Sue who was in her room watching a video. She told me she wanted a web site on our favorite Soap Opera. I made a web site on the soap opera we favor. I told Sue to check it out. She was surprised. I told her to draw the pictures and put them on the web site. I answered the doorbell. My room light blinked on and off. The house lights are to blink on and off in whether room I’m in to tell me the doorbell or phone is ringing. I checked the phone then the door. Sean was there with flowers. I let him in with and led him to Sue’s room. I went to my room to watch TV. Then I checked on Sue. Her door was closed. I looked around for the kittens. They were in my room playing with a piece of string. It was funny watching them.

  Yours,

  Elizabeth

  April 1, 2101

  Dear Anne,

  I woke up with dread. I checked on Sue. Her door was still closed. I have no idea if Sean left or not. I had two hours before I report to work. The kittens are still playing with the string. They played all night? I didn’t feel a cat on me last night. I guess they were playing and having fun. I walked to work. It was a lousy day because several customers played tricks on me. Such as standing behind me and following me around, and also mimic what I'm doing. I noticed this because a customer would come up to me to ask me something in sign language. They would look pass me and laugh. It was Anna who told me about this joke. I can’t believe we still have April fool’s day. Humph. I was in a bad mood. Anna wasn’t in a good mood. I asked her why. She told me she hates April fool’s Day. I told her I agreed with her. Someone turned the machines off. What a total, I can’t write that. That’s swearing. I promised myself I wouldn’t write swear words in here. The machines were the food machines in the break room. I had to buy my food. Garrett the cashier played tricks on me. Made me think the amount was one hundred dollars when it was ten dollars. Anna came by and docked one hundred dollar pay from Garrett. I've been noticing that Garrett has been looking annoyed at me. I also noticed that he looked past me as if there was someone next to me. It was very weird. I hope Sue doesn’t play any tricks on me. I didn’t play a thing on her either. Anna wasn’t in a good mood. Several customers tried to shoplift. There were several arrests. I’m getting sick of people shoplifting. I’m getting sick of this job. I can’t wait to teach a class. I walked to the community center thru the fog and asked Jayna if Sue could teach a drawing class. She told me she’d find out. Her face brightened up when I mentioned Sue teaching a drawing class. I noticed that Jayna was drawing something. I walked home. It was great to see Sue. I didn’t play any tricks on her. I complained about the customers shoplifting. She told me to put up with that. She showed me drawings of our kittens Victoria and Demeter. The drawings were very good. I liked them. I told her about going to the community center to see if she could teach a drawing cl
ass. I added that Jayna told me she’d find out. I fed the cats. I can’t wait for this day to be over. Tomorrow is payday. I can’t wait. I checked the refrigerator and discovered we were nearly out of food. I walked to work and went shopping. Shopping turned out to be disaster. I met Jayna in the store and she played tricks on me. She followed me around with two fingers over my head as if I had bunny ears. I didn't notice or paid attention to the people laughing at me. It was Georgia who told me of Jayna's trick. I hate April fool’s day. I hate it. I’m not in a good mood. I brought some food. I tried to get a cab but they were out. I had to carry four bags of food home. It was awful. Lucky none of the food went bad. At home I took an early shower. I can’t wait for the day to be over.

  I asked Sue about Sean. She told me he wanted to marry her. She decided to think about it. I went to my room. Sue closed the door behind me. Actually she slammed the door behind me. I guess she wanted her privacy. I checked Sue’s old room. I think I need help hauling her dresser down the stairs. I got a water bottle because

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