What Day Is It?

Hello friends and welcome back! Today we will be taking a more unconventional approach to my blog as times are crazy at the moment. Instead of me informing you all about a certain virus, or vaccines, or anything of that nature, I will be talking to you all about what has been going on in my world lately. As we all know, the coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside down and everyone is going somewhat ‘crazy’ in these times of need. Because of this virus, face-to-face instruction at school has been canceled and everything is now done remotely. I moved all of my stuff out of my dorm a little over a week ago and I moved back home for the rest of the semester until the fall.

When I first came back home from spring break, I picked up a few shifts at the restaurant I work at to make some money before heading back to school. After hearing that students were not going to return to campus, I got excited knowing that I would be able to make some money before summer started. Unfortunately, because Covid-19 is so easily spread through human contact, all restaurants had to either close or transition into take-out only so I was only able to work three days before that happened. Not only did I have to transition from not working, I also had to transition to having classes online and had to learn how to use all of the technology for that.

Having to transition into all remote courses has been stressful for me as I have had to learn how to manage my time better. All of my classes are taking a different approach to doing things remotely so it has made things harder as I have had to switch back and fourth between all the things that have to be done. Not only are each of my classes taking a different approach, they are all adding extra assignments to make up for missing class time. A lot of the assignments are due on the same day so I have sat at my desk doing work almost 24/7 this past week. As much as when I am at school, I want to come home, but times like these make me wish I could just stay on campus.

Besides having to deal with all of my school work, my mental health has taken a toll since people are supposed to be practicing ‘social distancing’ and ‘self-quarantining.’ I am not usually one to go out all the time when I’m at home, but being forced to stay inside has made things a lot harder for me. I would like to go out and get some sunshine and hang out with friends every once in a while to distract myself from all the school work. I have tried to make it a routine to workout once a day for at least 30 minutes to release some of my stress physically, and I have been able to keep up for a good 10 days. (Hoping to keep it going strong). Although I have a lot of school work to be doing during this quarantine, I sometimes would like to get away from it. However, because I am not allowed outside my house, I am stuck inside, bored. I can’t even keep track of what day it is!

I’m just praying all of this goes away soon and things will go back to normal before summer begins!