Sleep, wake up, eat, homework, repeat. It’s been 67 days since I’ve been able to live my normal life. It feels like I’m living the same day over and over again. I miss school, I miss my friends, and I miss life before COVID-19 even existed.

Yes, I miss it all, but quarantine has also given me so much opportunity. During my life as a quaranteen, I’ve been able to spend a lot more time with my family and discover or revisit new and old hobbies. I’ve gotten to catch up on sleep, some school work, and I’ve discovered painting as one of my new hobbies! Although, a time like this does get very stressful and nerve racking. I begin to wonder if I’ll even be able to have a proper senior year, a final senior volleyball season, and one last year with my amazing ASB. It’s hard to not think about the negative, but this is reality. Not everything is perfect and unfortunately nothing ever will be. I hope and pray every night and day for things to go back to normal, and I hope to finally be able to hug my loved ones again. I watch the news and it feels like we’re going to be stuck in quarantine forever. All we can do is hope, and I hope that this will all be over soon. Everything will be okay.

This is a reminder to always remind your loved ones that you love them and to never take the good times for granted. You never know when something like the Corona Virus is going sweep in and take it all away.