Day 51: Blind

Today's task was to not use your sense of sight. As much as I would have liked to do this all day, that would have been impossible. I could do it right up until driving to school. Oh and then walking through the halls... So school was ruled out. As soon as I got home (four o clock) I blindfolded myself and decided to not take off the blindfold until I had to leave for a meeting at six thirty. I walked into my sister's room and sat on the bed with her and my mom to talk. They laughed at me. My brother pretended I was a ghost and started beating me up and I couldnt see so that was fun. I wrestled with bridget for a while, she definitely had an advantage. I went back to my room and sat on my bed and tried to think of things to do. I couldnt get online or watch tv, clean my room or do my homework... so I figured I would just turn the tv to a music channel and lay in bed and listen to it. I did, and I watched the black of my eyelids and tried to make colors and patterns and eventually I just fell asleep. I got hot and I found a pair of shorts (miraculously, my room is a MESS) and then I went back to sleep. I got called to dinner, and my mom had to make my plate. Eating was difficult but I managed. I even got the milk out of the fridge and poured myself a glass. After that I sat on the counter and talked to my mom. My sister told my stepdad that acting blind was just me being weird, the second part of writing to the dalai lama (they wont leave me alone about that letter..) My mom tried to make me do the dishes blindfolded but I waited until six thirty and I took it off. When I opened my eyes, it really was a weirder feeling than I thought it would be. Everything seemed really fuzzy and glowing, like light was intensified. It took a few seconds for my eyes to adjust and then it was fine.
The book asks us to rate our need of our sense of sight afterwards, and I'd give sight a 9/10. I just cant imagine life without it, as cliche as that sounds.
ps- I really did try my best to take this task seriously and not cheat by looking down through the blindfold. because I know everyone does that. Instinctively I did it a few times during dinner, so I tilted my head up. I want to give my tasks more effort, for real.