My Sister Sarah

I would love to know how my sister Sarah operates. I just find it so fascinating how she can either do so much on so little energy or do so little with so much sleep. Although we have always shared a room, I have not really been home the past four years to notice how odd her schedule is. I have always been working in the summer, so I truly paid no attention. However, now in quarantine, I truly do wonder how she functions.

Sarah got into Webkinz, TikTok, and Animal Crossing during this time, and has spent countless of hours on it. Before quarantine, her usual schedule on the weekends was going to bed anywhere from 1-3 am and waking up at around 10 am to 1 pm. She takes a lot of medication to help with her depression and anxiety, therefore she gets tired easily. However, now that schedule has changed. She still wakes up at around 1 pm, but then takes a nap usually after eating lunch. One night, I went to bed around 2 and woke up around 5 am to use the bathroom. I still heard the clicking noises of her playing Animal Crossing, and told her to sleep soon. She said yes. However, when I got up the next few hours, I still saw her up playing the damn game. She never went to sleep. And when she woke up several hours later, she went straight back to the game. This has happened multiple times, especially in the beginning as she drank 3-4 Redbulls in one day. She will stay up until my dad gets up to go fishing, wake up, play for an hour and eat, then fall back asleep for another two hours, and play the damn game again until god knows when.

I truly would just like to know what is so special about Animal Crossing, and how she is able to operate without her eyes or wrists getting tired. I really think psychologists should do a study on her once quarantine is over about how addictive Animal Crossing is/how people’s schedules changed in quarantine. She may be odd, but she’s my oddball.