5/12/20 - The Last Extra Credit Blog
Itās kind of crazy, but itās already May 12th. This is truly the end of The Chaotic Coronavirus Craziness of 2020. It really feels like yesterday that I started this blog assignment. I knew I was going to like it, since I really enjoyed the other Tumblr blog that I did in sophomore year.Ā āStories of Maristā I believe it was called? Something like that.Ā
But anyways, since itās my last official blog for English, I though Iād do a āWhere are they now?ā-type review of everything Iāve talked about.
To start it off, we just finished our 30-pack of toliet paper today. Yeah, this stuff that I wrote about all those weeks ago... on March 29th!Ā It turns out it didnāt actually last us through the entire Coronavirus quarantine. Though I must admit it lasted quite a while.Ā
The LTD is still running fine, now that it has had its brake line repair. Lights still lighting, brakes still stopping, Flex Tape still holding - everything is still going strong. I donāt get to go anywhere really anymore because of the increased lockdown (namely, the mask requirements). Even more places are closed than before. Speaking of closed places...
I believe Lake Katherine is closed due to the Coronavirus. Iām not 100% certain, but last time I checked on Google and it saidĀ āTemporarily Closedā underneath it, just like it does for all the other places closed from the virus. Iām glad I got to go there twice at least. If it wasnāt for Bailey and this blog assignment I would never have even remembered this place!
My grandma still comes over for her weekly visits, and we still play games like Scrabble, Uno, Pass the Pigs, and Five Thousand. In fact, sheās coming over again tomorrow. I think itās OK now since the strict stay-at-home rule is lifted. Either way, my mother works hard every day to go the extra mile in terms of keeping our house clean - wiping down doorknobs everyday, etc. so I think my grandma will be fine. Some of my other family members are starting to have my grandma visit them too, so I think the slow slog to normalcy is starting to begin in some parts of life.
But when it comes to restaurants, itās still as bad as it was on the day before St. Patrickās Day, when it all started going downhill. I still remember that Friday before Spring Break - I couldnāt tell you how many teachers said that we would be right back in school after the break. I still hope we have a mock-last day during the summer, as frivolous as it may seem to some. Iād like to walk the halls of Marist one last time before we all head off to college.
And now, here I am. Iāve reviewed and looked over all my old blogs: Iām not sure thereās much else to do at this point. While everybody else has pretty much dropped off in terms of their blogs, Iām still here. I might continue blogging even after today - even though it will be completely pointless in terms of grades, it isnāt completely pointless to me. I still like writing these - reminiscing about theĀ āearlyā weeks of the Coronavirus outbreak, when we were still hopeful.Ā
However, I still have faith that we will get through this soon. I know Iāve been saying that for like a month and a half, but I do truly believe it. Once the masks start coming off, once I start seeing peoplesā faces again, once the restaurants reopen, then itāll feel just like those first few weeks again. You know itās bad (or maybe Iām just going crazy) when Iām reminiscing about the first few weeks of a pandemic, but at least back then the memory of the pre-Coronavirus... a normal... lifestyle was still a recent memory. Now itās much more distant. I feel like I havenāt been in Marist in years. Well, after all, the name of this assignment wasĀ āHard Times and Hopeā and these are still tough times and I still have hope - I guess it was a good name after all.Ā
Now I gotta think of a final sentence. A final send-off for this entire assignment. It has to be impactful, and summarize everything Iāve learned so far. Hmm, I canāt think of anything much. I guess all that really matters is one word:
Hope.Ā
















