Last weekend I was in school so I was
staying in my grandma house – she lives closer to the school and grandpa wakes
up early and can give me a drive by car so I can get to school within 5
minutes. It really makes a difference, especially when the school starts at
7:40 and your biological clock is set to wake up near noon.
Of course I had trouble falling asleep
friday night (routine change, different bed and pillow, a lot of unfamiliar
sounds - grandma lives near a highway) but this time I didn't care much. I was
laying on the bed and looking through the window till about 1 am (my usual
bedtime is 2–3am) because there was supposed to be a meteor shower. But I
didn't see any, the light pollution was too much and also the event itself was
a big fail. Apperently there was only 10/zhr instead of predicted 200–1000.
Surprisingly I have had no trouble waking
up. I was already awake when the alarm on my tablet ticked at 6:40 but I
decided to lay a little longer – till mobile phone alarm ticks at 6:55 (I set
both because I don't trust android devices). It never did. At 6:57 I decided to
check the mobile phone and found battery totally drained – not good, it was at
100% at 23:30 when I unplugged it to charge tablet.
So I went to kitchen, plugged mobile phone
so it charges a little (it ended up charging to 80% within 30mins, not good)
and prepared to school. Grandpa was already awake so he gave me a ride.
School was OK. I got an A from my project
although it wasn't perfect at all. I misunderstood the teacher and it ended up
that the project I was working over for last 3 weeks to make it perfect isn't
what I was supposed to do and I had to present a half way save from the time I
was still following the right track. It was also nearly flawless, just lacked
some visual improvements I added later. The worst thing is I already got an A
from paresenting the half way file 3 weeks ago... I spent 15minutes trying to
explain to the teacher that he already seen the file so grading it again is
pointless and he should see my finished project instead but he didn't listen to
me.
The day was hot. Over 30°C. Even I was
able to wear only a sleeveless t-shirt and knee lenght pants. What's more – the smell of
air and the look of clouds was a clear sign there is a thunderstorm coming in
the afternoon or evening.
After school I went to a shop to look for a
new battery for my mobile phone (I had to plug it to a USB in school again
because the battery got drained very fast) but they didn't have one. Lame
shopkeeper even showed me a battery bigger than my mobile phone wondering if it
is going to fit. Lol. So lame.
I spent in the shopping center 1,5h but in
the end I didn't find anything I would want to buy. They didn't even have my
favorite spinach bread and since I was hungry I had to buy a sour cabbage bread
instead. When I left the center I got positively surprised. It was still hot
but the Sun hidden behind dark clouds and wind started to blow. A thunderstorm
was close.
Is started a few minutes after I left the
building. Nice wind blows and beautiful lightnings. There was two thunderstorms
at the same time – one on north and one on south-west (which happen to be where
my house is – too bad I couldn’t be there). I could clearly see some lightning’s
but almost all the rain missed me. A light rain started when I was already
close to my grandma house but it was all. It ended soon and the street didn’t
even get wet – it was so hot the rain was drying as soon as it hit the ground.
There was some more thunderstorms passing
during the day but there was no rain and the weather was still hot. Looking at
the radars on my tablet I realized there were training storms passing a route
from north-east to south-west so they all missed my grandma house from north-west
and they all hit my house at full force. At lightning detectors I could see 3
lightning’s hit ground within 1km radius from my house and when my mom called
me later I acknowledged there was a lot of rain and some hail there (not like
it was a surprise – I seen it on radars hours before she called me) and my
garden is literally soaked in the water.
Once I told my grandma and aunt (which
happen to be there – she lives upper floor in the same building as grandma)
there won’t be any more rain (I could see the track on my radar) my aunt decided
to invite some quests and make a garden party. I stayed inside the house (the
thunderstorms got weaker and went a little more north-west so they were not so
fun to watch anymore) and tried to fix my mobile phone. I uninstalled all the
apps, set settings to default and while checking if the battery fixed somehow I
started to look for a mobile phone wallpaper using my tablet. Then I realized
the tablet is draining battery fast too. Not as fast as mobile phone but it was
still 1% every a few mins. And it was getting hot fast.
I got a panic attack. I started to check
mobile phone and tablet constantly and everytime battery of any of them dropped
my emotions were getting worse. I realized my mobile phone is very hot too and
well – dropping 30% within 20 minutes despise of no apps installed wasn’t
normal at all! I could stand if it was only mobile phone – I am thinking about
buying a new one anyway. But tablet is a new thing (8 months old) and the
battery is builded in so I wouldn’t be able to change it if it was broken and
the tablet is a thing I am somehow addicted to because I use it to watch anime
and read manga for a few hours everyday!
Then my aunt came to bring me some barbeque
meat. I got angry that she is disturbing me when I am busy thinking about the batteries
problem. I made an angry sound similar to a dogs grown and yelled at her “You
are disturbing me”. Then my uncle came and told me to join them. I told him I
am busy but he told me to get a break from the electronic stuffs. I told him
there is a problem with them and I just can’t let it go but then I realized I
am not alone –There was at least 8 people there, at least 4 of them had android devices and at least
one (my uncle) knew a lot about android. They might help.
So I took my phone and come to them, describing
what the matter is. As I supposed they told me I might have too many apps
installed but I told them I uninstalled everything I could. Then they told me I
have to uninstall more but I knew it isn’t the deal – I basically got only 1
app running and I always use it. Then they told me to let it go and tried to
stop me from looking at the phone battery status all the time. I couldn’t help
it. I was doing it all the time till the battery temperature dropped under 30°C
and suddenly the battery status got stable. Apparently the high temperature was
the cause.
Then I started to listen what the people
are talking about. Aunt and her friends were walking around the garden checking
plants, my cousins disappeared somewhere and uncles were arguing about politics,
they wondered who to vote for, one of them was wondering about Janusz Korwin-Mikke
party and the others were telling him the politican is a crazy guy. My
information in this field was not up to date so I brought my tablet (it also stopped
to drain battery once temperature went down) and started to read info about the
parties staring in the incoming elections (apparently elections were the next
day, and I decided I want to vote).
I lost track of time and awareness what is
going on around me. I was busy reading. Then my uncle asked me: “Got anything
interesting there?”. I gathered enough knowledge so I asked him: “Are you still
talking about politics” and once he said “Yes” I started to tell about what I
just learned. Then I looked at the guy wanting to vote for J.K-M and told him
there is a new party with similar pillars but not so crazy leader and it might
be a better choice because I agree J.K-M isn’t someone wise to choose (for
people interested: some assume J.K-M got undiagnosed Asperger – he is rigid, he
can’t act correctly in social situations, he tends to monologue about his topics
of interests and he got uncommon tone voice and way of speaking, not a good politician
material). Then I described the party ideas. They asked me a name and I said that
it is right, the guy is in the party. All of them agreed the party I was
speaking about – Polska Razem – seem like a good idea if someone wants a party
with similar status but without J.K-M leader.
Then they started to talk about something
else and I got on some forums, killing time and getting unaware of my
surroundings again. After a while I realized it is getting cold – so come to
the house, got my sweater, a jacket and put on 2 pairs of socks because 1 was
not enough and returned. I looked at the people. Everyone was sitting around
the table, eating, smiling, talking. A few people had some sweaters on but half
of them was still wearing t-shirts and shorts. C’mon... Weren’t they cold?
I sat on my spot again but put my tablet
next to me instead of browsing the net. I decided to listen what they speak
about. I can’t remember. There was 2 or 3 conversations at the same time. I
couldn’t focus on just one. But then a sound come and right above us appeared a
low plane. “What’s going on? Why is it flying so low?” – someone asked and I
answered instantly “It is going to land in Kraków. Today there was a change of
wind – thunderstorms were moving east to west instead usual west to east so the
planes are going to land opposite of the way they usually do since they always
land and start opposite of the wind. I am will check for more info.” then I got
my tablet again and checked flightradar to see what the plane is. It was from
Edinburgh to Kraków. I was right... and I got focused on an interest too much
again. Fortunately they catched the topic and asked me about the application
that I used and I was more than happy to answer.
It was getting dark. I looked at the sky –
there were still clouds but I got a feeling they will soon disappear, the
starts will show up and the night sky will be visible better than yesterday due
to less air humidity. I was supposed to go to sleep early (next day I had to
wake up at 6:40 again) but how could I resist the possibility to spend a few
hours under the black sky? Even in a place where light pollution is big? I
decided to stay much longer.
Soon my cousins come. One of them brought
his electric guitar. I got scared it is going to scare me off so I told him “I
beg you, just don’t set it too loud” but surprisingly I was able to stand the
sound. I guess my sensory issues decided to stay on leash today (maybe it was
because it was so dark around?). My cousin started to play, he did it surprisingly
well – he is only 14 year old and he could play the beginnings of a few songs.
Everyone started to tell him what he should play, got their android phones out
and started to play their own music arguing which one he should learn and
giving him advises. I really admired he is able to stand it and not lose his
confidence. He was trying almost everything and showing what he already can
play. I had problems recognizing the songs by the sound so I asked him for the
titles and found the lyrics on my tablet. It ended up I know the songs.
I started to sing. They looked at me
surprised. “You can sing?”, “You got a great voice!”, “Why won’t you go to the
Idol?”, “How possible you know all the words?” – they started to say. I was not
sure if they are being sarcastic or not but I didn’t care. Singing was fun and
I finally found a way to spend the evening without worrying what they are
speaking about. Every time they told my cousin to play a song I was checking
the song on youtube and singing. I only needed a few first words to be able to sing
the whole song. Soon my cousin stopped to play and they started to tell me what
song I should play on my tablet. I was singing along with the vocalists. On
some songs other people joined me but they were missing some words. And I could
sing clearly almost every song I ever listened. Despite of the fact I am not
interested into music and all I listen is the radio and songs my mom plays at
home and I listen to them only because I have no choice – my mom loves music
and won’t let me turn it off... They asked me how I am doing it and I said I
can hear the song with a second long advance in my head so I hear the words and
voice melody in my mind before the vocalist sings them so I can sing with him,
keeping the melody. They told me I am savant. I told them it is just my photographic
memory.
I was singing like that for about 2 hours.
Then midnight came and I decided it is time for me to go to bed. I said goodbye
(they seemed unhappy I am leaving because they apparently had a lot of fun with
me and my tablet), took a shower and went to bed. I left the window open to
look at the dark sky (the stars appeared, I was right about the visibility) and
I could hear them talking in the garden so I couldn’t sleep. But for some reason
I didn’t care. I was happy and fell full of energy. Weird.
I fall asleep about 2AM when they finally
decided to stop and I wake up at 6:08, 30 mins before the alarm clocks. There
was a lot of sun in the room (it heads east, the room in my house heads south
so I am not used to so much sun in the morning, sun appears in my room about
11AM) so I got scared I overslept. But I didn’t. I laid down again but I didn’t
fall asleep anymore. I wasn’t sleepy. I was full of energy and only my “sandy” eyes
were a sign I slept only 4h. I closed my eyes and reminded my dream – I was
attending a judo lesson with my cousin and I beat him up. A clear relation to yesterday’s
playing and singing.
Then when the right time come I got up, put
my clothes on and went to wake up my dad which didn’t wake up yet which was
surprising because he usually wakes up by that time. I looked at him and a
stupid though come to my mind – he was not moving and his eyes were closed, what
if he was dead? Then I seen him breathing. I touched his hand, he didn’t wake
up. I told him “Grandpa” and my own voice surprised me – it was great, beautiful.
I had no idea I can use such sweet tone of voice. “Grandpa” I repeated using
the same voice and grandpa moved but didn’t wake up. “Grandpa, wake up.” – I said,
still same voice. Grandpa opened his eyes and smiled. Even I could see it is a
honest, surprised smile and he isn’t angry with me at all even though he
usually doesn’t like when someone wakes him up.
When Later at the day I returned to home I
overheard my grandma talking to aunt. She said she heard me waking up the
grandma and she described my voice as “a little angel”. And it looked like
grandpa was very happy the whole day. But maybe it was the weather or
something? I was in a perfect mood too. Or maybe it was all because I was in a
great mood and my mood made him happy too? I don’t know.
Anyway. It was a very nice weekend.