You know what was super annoying? Having to get up early to go and check on her little orange flag. The only thing that was harder than that was remembering to do so. AJ wasn't a person that was on time. In fact she was almost always late. It had been quite an adjustment getting to her classes on time. The professors didn't take too kindly to lateness. Go figure. People sure were hard to please sometimes.

As the lion made her way down to the lake, a thought occurred to her. Did she even have to get her so early? Her eyes bulged out of her head as she tried to remember where it said that on her homework memo. Really AJ? She was just going to pretend that she was one hundred percent sure she had to be here at the crack of dawn. (it was only like 8:30 am) It was the only way she could stand to be around herself at the moment. And considering she couldn't exactly leave herself behind, it was a good idea not to annoy herself. Merlin, this was going to be a long day with AJ.

Wading out in the water, she spotted her unicorn from a bit of a distance. Being different could really pay off. She didn't have to try and find her name in a sea of orange flags. Who else could find their flag this quickly? Nobody, that's who.

Okay. She needed to measure this thing again. Pulling out her ruler, she saw that the current measurement was 2 feet and 3.5 inches. Were was her log at? She had transferred her findings from the chocolate wrapper to an actual piece of paper. Looks like it went up .5 inches. The tide seemed to be on the same track. In the mornings it was higher. At least it had been for her. The fourth year scribbled down her latest reading and made her way back to shore. She needed food, and she needed it now.