100 Challenges
07 – Days
By: Lily Handle
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Author's Note: So, got an email back from Wolvie's Fan today with the number she picked. Her choice was number seven, days. After a few minutes of staring at my screen wondering what the heck I was going to write for days, I came up with an idea! Certainly Hope's parents would be curious about what goes on in their daughter's day to day life, so here's Hope explaining it to them!
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Dear Mama and Papa,
I'm glad to here all is well with the company and home. Please tell Benson I say hello. I will check my schedule to see when I can come visit again, but with all there is to do here on a day to day basis I don't think I'll be avavible for awhile.
There are never enough hours in the day to get done what was needed at the Institute. It seems that from the moment that the day starts, which was pretty early for the older students who have to be at school by 7:40 am, that time just speeds up. Breakfast is hurriedly made, students ushered out the door in a mass of semi-organized chaos and then the staff, along with your lovely daughter, starts work. The Danger Room has to be repaired, then given a thorough once over to locate any bugs. The grounds are patrolled for weeds, crab grass or broken security sensors.
The Velocity, X-van and X-jet are inspected, restocked and repaired. A vain attempt is made by your lovely daughter to organize the files and supplies in the Infirmary. The uniforms are sewn back together and new ones ordered for the students who were going through growth spurts. Check books and bank accounts are balanced and schedules checked, rechecked and finalized.
To stay in shape, short semi-training lessons are given and usually followed by more repairs and run through-s. If all of this manages to get done during the precious few hours when the Institute is basically empty, it's all quickly undone by the return of the students. With the massive influx of noise and general chaos, the hard work starts. Training sessions are sloughed through, which results in the Danger Room needing repairs again along with uniforms.
The Infirmary once again becomes a massive mess of bandages and ice packs and files end up once again scattered about. I can't seem to keep up with all the organizing that needs to be done there. If Benson knows anyone who can be discrete about what goes on here and is in need of a job that will most likely be hell, please send them my way.
If the weather is good, outdoor exercises are held. That means the lawn and landscaping will need to be fixed again. And while usually the X-jet, X-van and Velocity were able to escape most days without damage if the alarm goes off there is a good chance they too might need a repair in the morning. All of this, means that the check books and bank accounts have to be re-balanced as money was constantly flowing in and out. Papa, you know what I'm talking about. Which reminds me, if you know a really good accountant, we could use one here. The Professor is good with keeping up, but I think he might feel a little over whelmed sometimes.
Schedules, which had been organized are changed as events are canceled or venues changed. Somewhere in all of this homework is done, dinner is made and for a few minutes everyone gets to sit and enjoy a meal, though it certainly isn't a quiet. You remember having breakfast here, I'm sure. Well, dinner is like three breakfasts combined. Jokes, gossip and camaraderie flow in a constant buzz while dishes are juggled around the table.
After dinner dishes are done, the kitchen is cleaned and a sense of completion falls over everyone. Of course a few of us, like your lovely daughter, shuffled back down to the bowls of the Institute to get some more work done. My theories are alternately flourishing and slipping as I never have time to compose new articles, though I have hundreds of ideas.
So, as you can see, with this being my daily routine I can't even begin to guess when I'll have time to visit. Please, pray for my sanity.
Your lovely daughter,
Dr. Hope Chandler
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Author's Note: So, who gets to pick the next number you ask? Well, I'm gonna have to go with the fanartist, Liz. So, Liz, you can pick any number between 01 and 100, excluding 25 and 07. Email me or review with your choice!