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FOTOS: DUKI EN VIVE LATINO 2020

Song of the Day: That’s All 

Seventeen hours. Over two days. I’ve been at work dealing with stupid people and even stupider questions. No ma’am you can not return a pineapple you’ve cut. (Yes, that was an actual question I got today.) I work as a cashier at Mariano’s on 111th and Cicero. That implies that I should actually be a cashier, right? Wrong. For my shift today I was told to work in the diary department, which means I get to stand in a dairy freezer and move milk around. Sounds fun right?

I walked into the freezer and was instantly hit by a wave of cold. I pushed forward and started my tedious job. I was tasked with organizing all of the milk we had in the back by size and type of milk. Easily over five hundred gallons lay in front of me, almost taunting me. I grab my hook and I get to work.

Song of the Day: Be Still

T-6 days until unemployment. I don’t work today, thank goodness. I woke up at a cool 9 with my mother screaming for breakfast. She had made her special breakfast casserole and I was excited for breakfast, for once. It was delicious and my parents told us that we’d be having a miniature version of our usual Easter dinner tonight. I knew what that meant: Prime Rib and mashed potatoes, however, dinner was in 10 hours and I had to find something worthwhile to do until then.

For some reason, I felt motivated and began to do my homework. I knocked out all of my math homework and finished an easy quarter of my bio packet. This was new to me, as I’d usually just do it all in one sitting the night before. After that homework, I decided to hop onto my college website, Xavier University, and check my To-Do List. I saw the two placement tests I had to take and figured there’d be no better time than now to get them out of the way. 

I started with Spanish which took my fifteen minutes, being honest I did not know a lot, but I felt confident with a lot of my answers. I finished the test and was alerted that my responses have been graded already. I was nervous when I saw my score of a 400 number. I looked at the rubric and realized that that score was actually in the highest category and I did well. This was a huge relief as the next beast loomed over me; math. I began the test and saw a sign for no calculator. Great. I put mine to the side and bagen the exam. It took me the better half of an hour and I finished right before dinner was to be served. The results wouldn’t be out until June so I knew there’s no point in worrying about it now. 

We sat down for dinner and dug into the feast that my parents had prepared. It was amazing. I was happy that our Easter was able to be spent together as a family still. I hope your Easters were spent well and in good company too. I am praying for you all and wish you the best in their trying times. I wish I could do like Danny Devito and offer you an egg, but alas. Well, that’s enough for today.

Song of the Day: One is the Loneliest Number by Three Dog Night 

(for obvious quarantine reasons, and my mom and dad are both working long shifts and I’m the only one who knows what to do around the house.)

It’s been four days since the city has issued a quarantine. I haven’t worked in over a week. My parents have told me to go into work as sparingly as possible. It’s been quite an adjustment for me and my family, especially seeing them every day.

My routine has taken another hit. The day after the order, I knew I’d have to do something different in order to keep myself sane. Everyday I try to practice three hobbies that I hope to pass time: playing guitar, playing chess, and practicing card games. I start everyday with at least 15 minutes of each, by the time I’m done with all of this it’s usually time to do e-learning. This takes up a large portion of my day, and honestly, I’m grateful for it. The new e-learning is very strange to be starting out. The rigid structure is now gone and we have more time per class. I’m not complaining, it gives me more time to do work, it’s just a sudden and abrupt change. After school, I usually work out and play some sort of video game. Just some more stuff to take up a lot of time. I need all of these distractions to make me forget the downward slope the world has taken right outside of my window.