Rains bring unwelcome waterToday is Monday, May 18th and I have bad news and good news. I’ll start off with the bad by saying that my basement flooded from how hard it rained. My basement now smells terrible from the rain because a lot of things we had down there got wet. We had to use a machine that sucks water out of the carpet to help with the damage. This process will take days considering we had puddles of water. I’m sure we had several gallons of water come in from the rain. After a long day of work trying to get as much water as we could, we decided to put sting fans to help dry the water out of the carpet. The good news is that the fans are doing a great job and drying everything very quickly. New business off and runningToday is Friday May 15th. Today is the day I am getting all of my shoe business things together. I have purchased a backdrop, spotlight, and multiple shoes to start off the business. Me and my partner for the business came up with a unique name of Shoelux. We will soon have business cards to pass around that will help with marketing. Our Instagram account name is Shoelux3 that we will post majority of our shoes on to sell. Breaking up the monotonyToday is Wednesday May 13th. Today I had a quick discussion with my basketball coach. We went through bible verses and also workout plans during being quarantined and also researched schools that interested me. After that, I went straight to my basement to workout and ran a mile in 7 minutes. After that I quickly took a shower to begin the rest of my day of doing absolutely nothing. I later played video games and went to sleep like every other boring day while being quarantined. Quarantine gives time to plan for futureToday is Monday May 11th and being quarantined has really made me think a lot about life and the future to come. I have done a lot of research on different colleges and it seems as if I have found the perfect college that fits me. I plan on attending Ball State University and majoring in marketing. I’ve always had a desire for the marketing field so I feel as if this field I will be most successful in. Other than college I have been spending time investing money in shoes. It sounds crazy but I have made more money than working a 9-5 like everyone else is doing while we are quarantined. In the future I plan on opening a store where customers come in and sell, trade, and buy shoes all in my store. Not only that but the store would offer antique clothes and also custom shoes. This business would be very profitable in a major city such as Chicago. Honoring Mom on her special dayToday is Friday May 8th and I have done nothing but been working at my Mom’s bakery all day long. Since we have just reopened back up since the corona virus outbreak, we have been very busy. Mother’s Day is also in a couple of days and everyone wants to order cakes and other deserts that we carry, which explains why business has been very busy. My mom works very hard and this Mother’s Day I want her to enjoy it more than any other Mother’s Day simply because everything is pretty much closed. Everything being closed forces me to sit down and reflect on how great of a mother my mom has been over the years. I could never ask for a better mother. Online shopping pays dividendsToday is Monday May 4th and I am excited to say I have received another pair of shoes that were delivered today. The shoes I got are called the Jordan Fire Red 5s. I bought them on Saturday, and they came on Monday. This was by far the fastest shipping I have ever experienced from buying shoes. On Saturday when the shoes were released online, many people did not get a chance to buy them because they sold out within 10 minutes. Luckily, I was prepared on two different websites to quickly press purchase to get them. First, I tried buying off of the Nike Sneakers app, but it glitches and had me waiting too long. From there I went to Dicks and they had them, so I quickly made the purchase and was able to get a pair. I told my dad about the shoes and that there were some still still in stock, so he purchased a pair also and plans on selling them for the profit. Another day, another pair of JordansToday is Friday the first day of May! In the previous blog I talked about how I got another pair of shoes for a great price. Today I contacted the same guy that had more shoes for great prices. I texted him and asked for more pictures of shoes and I Picked out a pair that I liked almost as much as the shoes I bought from him Wednesday. The shoes are called Pine green Jordan retro 1s 1.0. Thes also go for 300 and more yet He gave me an even better deal than the previous purchase of $215. I then bought the “Pine Greens” for only $150. My father then was interested in the shoes the guy showed us and he then bought a pair of Jordans for $175. After all , we spent a lot of money, but we are very satisfied with the purchases. Shoe purchase makes for a good dayToday is Wednesday April 29th and today has been awesome. Simply because today I will be able to buy the shoes I’ve always wanted. That alone makes me happy for the rest of the week. They are called the Shattered Backboard 3.0 Jordan retro 1s. These shoes retail for $170, but are now going for $300 or more. Luckily, a guy I found on the app Offer Up had a pair he was selling for $225, but I was able to negotiate to buy them from him for $215. To be able to buy them at such a low price is very rare. Not only did he have the shoes that I’ve always wanted but he had many other shoes that he owned that he could no longer fit, so after the deal was made I told him I would be in touch to buy more shoes. The quest for some Retro JordansToday is Monday April 27th and I have not done much like always. Today I woke up late as I usually do and ate a hamburger as my breakfast. Sounds funny, but the hamburger was actually very good. I wake up very late so by then it is lunch time and everyone else in the house has already eaten breakfast but me. After eating, I watched YouTube videos about shoes and deciding on what pair of shoes I will be buying next. As of now I have decided to buy the Jordan Retro 5s that come out this Saturday at 9 am. This particular shoe has not been released in 30 years, since Michael Jordan played in them. Therefore, it will be very hard to get these shoes unless I use at least three different electronic devices to raise my chances to be able to click very fast and purchase the shoe before they sell out within the very first minute. Is it night or day? Does it matterToday is Friday, April 24th, and I did not have much of an exciting day. First, I woke up very late around 5:00 p.m. This was from staying up until 9 a.m. doing nothing but watching YouTube videos and Netflix all night long. It feels great to sleep in half the day because my days are usually very long and boring. The only thing I did today was drive to get food and go back to sleep, which is quite depressing. Not literally but you get the point. I’ve just now decided that to not be as bored, I will start going to parks and working out more often. The days continue to go by slow but still waiting on the one day we are all released to our regular lives. Shopping for shoe deals helps pass timeToday is Wednesday, April 22, and today has added to how exciting my week has been already. Many people know that I love shoes. I love to buy, sell and trade shoes of all brands but Jordan’s are my favorite. I purchased a Jordan pack that came with two shoes and a very cool box that is worth up to $550. The most exciting thing is that I only spent $275. So there are two upsides with this purchase. The first would be that I could sell the shoes for much more than I purchased for, and the second would be that I simply got the shoes for a great price. Not only was the price great, but the shoes look great. I currently have so many shoes I have lost count. I am also hoping to buy more shoes that come out on May 2nd. Other than thinking about shoes and buying them, I did nothing else today but eat and play video games -- like any other typical day while being quarantined Getting out -- for a little bitToday is Monday, April 20th, and it was exciting because I got the chance to get out of the house and got fresh air. Even though where I went wasn’t exciting, the fact that I got out the house was. I went to the grocery store to get a couple things and from there I went to the post office to ship off a package I sold on Offer Up. Lately I’ve been just trying to figure out ways to make money by selling things that I don't wear or use anymore and from there I sell them through Offer Up. Offer Up has done a lot for me because I can actually make money from things I have grown out of from a young age or even trade and buy other things through the app. Being in Quarantine is getting very old, and I’m just ready to be able to leave the house and have no worries about catching a deadly virus. Finding something new to doToday is Friday, April 17th, and today has been more interesting than before as stated in my previous blogs. Today I walked my dog and got more out of it than I expected. I expected the walk to be very long and boring but yet I enjoyed my dog’s company and got a good workout at the same time. After taking a walk around the neighborhood with my dog, I decided to join a competitive club on PlayStation playing Madden 20. The club has some of the top players in the country and it was exciting to know that I competed with some of the best players in the game. The winner of the club wins 500 dollars, but, of course, I didn’t win. I won two rounds that put me in the game right before the semifinals. That alone made my day more exciting than usual. Another day of . . .Today is April 15th and it is another day of doing almost nothing. I used today to go to sleep and work on homework. Watching movies and playing videos began to get boring so I decided to go outside and play basketball. After getting a little exercise playing basketball, dinner was ready. For dinner, we had lobster along with shrimp, corn and potatoes. Sounds as if I did nothing interesting, but dinner was delicious which made my day Losing track of time in quarantineToday is Monday April 13, 2020 and we have been in quarantine for quite some time now. Time seems to just fly by and life is boring with nothing to do during this quarantine. I feel as if many people across the United States are not taking this virus as serious as they should. As you may see, many people are still going out as if the virus doesn’t exist. I also feel that if Trump completely shuts down the country for just two weeks, the virus death rate will decrease big time. Other than worrying about the Corona virus , i have been just finding things to make time pass by quickly such as watching Netflix, playing video games , working out , and even remodeling my room for no reason other than just to not sit around. I hope that this all ends soon and that we will be able to return back to school for the next school year.
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AuthorJunior Austin Powell is a Mirror Staff Writer and a member of the MHS Sectional Champion Basketball team. ArchivesCategories |