Friday, April 17, 2020Today, I decided to change things up a little. I got up and actually cooked myself a breakfast of scrambled eggs and waffles, which tasted way better than cereal! Then I helped my parents bring in and put away the groceries, and finally logged in to check on my school work. Math and English weren’t due until Sunday at midnight, so I decided to wait a while before starting since I had time. Instead of doing my school work, I went into my room and watched one episode of Once Upon A Time, then decided to do a little bit of research. I haven’t done my Just Dance workout plan in a while and I figured I should start to do a real workout. I went on YouTube to find something that could maybe help me stay in shape, but would be easy to do at home in my room. After a while of searching, I found a youtuber named Chole Ting who has a channel dedicated to workouts that give you quick results. I figured that this was the perfect thing for me! I put on my workout clothes and clicked my first class, an abdomen workout that promised results after two weeks of daily exercise. It was only 10 minutes long, but it was the hardest 10 minutes of my life. There were a total of 21 exercises and we did them for 30 seconds each. We did two back-to-back then a 10 second rest before moving on to the next two until we had completed the entire 21 exercises. My arms and abs were both burning with pain after the first set of two. I was more out of shape than I had realized, which gave me more motivation to finish the workout. Once I finished, I laid on the floor of my bedroom to compose myself, then I went into the kitchen and ate ravioli for lunch, most likely ruining everything I had just done. So I cut up an apple and had apple slices with peanut butter to make myself feel a little better about my unhealthy lunch. Wednesday April 15, 2020 This morning my brother woke me up at around 7am asking me to make him some French toast. At my house, we make our own French toast using eggs, cinnamon, and nutmeg, so what he was asking of me was no small chore. I told him to go ask our sister, Lauren and he told me that she had already declined him. “Well I’m telling you no, too.” I told him before rolling back over, away from him. It’s not like he wouldn’t eat, there were plenty of other things to eat like cereal or pop tarts. Things he could make on his own without help. I went back to sleep for another hour and a half before finally deciding to start my day. The only classes that I needed to do work in were newspaper, math, and Spanish. My project for English was already finished and edited so I only needed to turn it in. In Spanish, she had given us the work for the next two days, but I did it all today in hopes to lessen my load in the future. Once I finished those assignments, I moved on to math, taking notes and doing the worksheet that went along with it. Twenty minutes and halfway into the worksheet I realized that I had been doing it completely wrong and had to start over. It turns out that I was doing too much work, and once I started over it only took me about 10 minutes to complete. I wanted to slap myself for overthinking the work so much. Once I finished both of those assignments, I realized that I had never eaten breakfast, and it was 11:30. As if on cue, my head began to ache, most likely from hunger, but also possibly from staring at the bright computer screen for three hours straight. My mom heard me complaining of my hunger and how nothing in the house seemed appetizing at the moment, and decided to order some food. We ended up using DoorDash to get McDonalds. Yes, unhealthy, but I didn't necessarily care, considering that no one would see me for the next two months. After eating, I decided to relax and watch my show because I didn’t get the chance to watch it yesterday when I was busy making my video for English class. The rest of my day went on, uneventfully, per usual. Monday, April 13, 2020Today began like all other days have since we stopped physically going to school. The only thing that has really changed is the fact that we only have to go to school every other day, which really helps. When we had online school every day, it would take me about 9 hours to complete all of my work, and it was very stressful for me. Now I can split up my work and do it over the course of two days which makes me very happy. Today as I logged into Google Classroom, I noticed that there wasn’t very much to do in my classes. I only had two classes that were asking for work to be turned in today, and each assignment would only take me about 15 minutes to complete. The other two classes had work that was due on Wednesday, the next time we had to come back to class. After getting my work done, I watched a movie with my sister, brother, and mother. My mother ordered a pizza and we sat and watched the movie. I really enjoyed the movie, which was about a couple being stalked by a home intruder. After the movie ended, everyone parted ways and went to do activities on their own. I personally decided to go to my room to watch the show that I just started, Once Upon A TIme. I started this show about two years ago, but never finished it, so I recently decided to start over and try again. It has seven seasons so it should keep me occupied for a while. The show is good, and I recommend it to anyone who likes fairytales -- but with a twist. Wednesday, March 25, 2020Today, I woke up and found myself to be very annoyed, because when I went to eat my daily bowl of cereal, I found out that someone had eaten ALL of the Apple Jacks. I love that cereal, and I had JUST opened it on Monday after two boxes of cereal were emptied so that my mom wouldn’t yell at me. *sigh*. So settling with a bowl of Cookie Crisps, I sat down at the dining room table and got to work, only to accidentally spill the entire bowl over myself and my entire workspace. Ok, breakfast was definitely over. After cleaning up, I got back to e-learning. After some time, my mother came in because my little cousin ,Cairo, wanted to facetime the family… well he actually only ever wants to talk to my youngest brother Marc. He doesn't even know anyone else in the family's name. If anyone else tries to talk to him he just says “Where’s Marc?”. After Cairo decides to play hide-and-seek on facetime, I get disinterested very quickly and move on. I skipped Just Dance today, I decided I could take a break from it for a day. I texted my friends about my friend Beah’s birthday tomorrow and how we would all write her a personalized birthday card and drop one off or find some way for her to see it. It's sad that she has to spend her birthday without her friends, but I hope our cards help to get her through it! Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Today was a very slow day. I got up and did all of my work for the day, had a few google meetings and did my daily Just Dance exercise. Even with my list of things to do to keep myself busy, all of my days are beginning to feel repetitive. Eating, e-learning, playing Just Dance, and watching tv is getting really old really fast. Even doing projects from the list I made myself is beginning to feel like a chore because after doing e-school for 7 hours, my brain is fried. It’s honestly crazy thinking back on my childhood and remembering that I wanted to be homeschooled. What was I thinking, this is horrible. At the moment, I feel like I took actually getting up and going to school for granted, but I think that if the school reopened, I’d be right back to wishing I didn’t have to go. You know, the whole “wanting what you can’t have” thing. The one silver lining in my dismal day today was making s’mores with my siblings. We have this little s’more wire case that you build about six s’mores on, then close the top to keep them in place, then put them in the oven for around five minutes, and voila! S’mores! I ate about four of them before giving up because I began to feel sick. Next week is “spring break” which only means that I won't have to go to E-school for a week. I am looking forward to that break because for some reason, E-learning feels so much more stressful than real school to me. Maybe during the break, I can do the little projects that I’ve been waving off. Hopefully I feel a little more lively afterwards too! Monday, March 23, 2020 -- How to Keep Your SanityBecause being self-quarantined (now minus the “self”) is such a dreary topic, the newspaper staff figured that we should change things up a little today. Today, I will be giving you Michelle-approved-tips on how to keep your sanity while being stuck in your house! These are some things that I do to keep me in high spirits as I stay in my house for 24 hours everyday. Tip 1: Stay physically active! Usually, everyone at last walks around a little at work or at school, but since the majority of people are not leaving the house, the body is not getting ANY exercise. Whether you just walk around your house aimlessly for a couple of minutes, or walk up and down the stairs a couple of times, you should give your body something to do. I personally get up everyday and play Just Dance 2020 for at least half an hour to get my heartrate up. Plus Just Dance is really fun! I would invite people to come play, but we have to practice social distancing... Tip 2: Organize!!! You can organize your room, bathroom, living room, whatever needs organizing. Organize your closet by taking the clothes you don't want, wear, or have just grown out of. Last week I organized my sock drawer, and as weird as it may sound, I actually had fun. That could also be because I’m bored out of my mind… Tip 3: Start a weekly movie night. You could gather your family into the living room and create a pallet using a mattress, a pile of blankets, or your couch cushions. Then add pillows and blankets to use, pop some popcorn and rent a movie, or watch a movie on Netflix. On my family's movie nights, my parents go out to the dollar store and buy boxed candy, just like in the theater! Tip 4: Rearrange some things. It could be refreshing to lay your eyes on your room--with a little twist. Maybe switch your dresser and your tv, or move your bed across the room. Add some decorations. Change things up a little! But I will warn you that it will take a little getting used to. Tip 5: Netflix Party If you didn’t know, Netflix has this new feature called Netflix Party. You can invite your friends and all of you can binge watch a show or just watch a movie… but at the same time. They also added a group chat so that you can also talk with friends as you all watch collectively. So you can netflix and chill...while also social distancing yourself. Well that's it for my tips! Some obvious tips would be to binge watch shows on Netflix, call and video chat family and friends, play boardgames with your family, and if you're really desperate, text your ex what you've always wanted to say to him/her. At least you won't have to see them for the next two months afterwards...If they try to facetime you, just decline it. Friday, March 20, 2020Today is the last day of e-learning for this week, and I’m happy. At first, I thought e-learning would be better than actually going to school, because I would pick typing all of my assignments over writing them anyday. But sadly for me, that is not how things worked out. I am still writing all of my assignments by hand and then sending a photo of the work to my teachers via google classroom. The only typing I’ve actually done is this blog, so you can say that these conditions aren’t...ideal. This morning I got up and went to e-school while simultaneously eating my gigantic bowl of Cocoa Krispies. I wanted Apple Jacks, but my mom hates when I open all of the cereal boxes, and I’ve already opened seven… Then I had a short google meeting with fellow newspaper staff member Anthony Rivera and my favorite first hour teacher, ole girl Skertic. We did a little bit of catching up and it was good to see some new faces other than those of the people I live with. I made sure to lock my door this time since my youngest brother likes to dance behind me when I am video chatting with my teachers and classmates. So annoying. Today was really slow, and I finished all of my work by noon and spent the rest of the day watching TV. AGAIN. Thursday, March 19, 2020Because of my horrible start yesterday, I decided to get up early today. I woke up at around 7 a.m. and got straight to work. After complaining to my teachers about the workload -actually just my Spanish teacher who shall not be named- I saw a major difference in the amount of assignments I had to do. At around 10:00 a.m. I had a google meeting with my AP Lang class, which brightened my day a little. Since I haven’t been anywhere, there was no need to do my hair, so I quickly threw on my costume wig and joined. Seeing and hearing the voices of some of my classmates really made me happy. Even if they did tease me about my wig, it just made me miss them more. Afterwards I still had a little more to do, so I turned on Grey’s Anatomy, group facetimed two good friends, and just got it done. Then I received the news that school was extending the closing until May . . . so much for participating in my long-awaited senior activities! I guess it’s time to find some more shows to start on Netflix...any recommendations? Wednesday, March 18, 2020After a long four-day-weekend, if it's appropriate to call it that, e-learning finally started today! Not thinking much of it, I woke up at my normal time of 9:30 a.m., took my time getting ready and eating breakfast. Finally, around 10:30 a.m., I was ready to begin class. And man, was I in for a rude awakening! It was like every teacher knew that their students would procrastinate until the last minute, so they assigned TONS of work. First day of cyber school and I was already extremely behind. It took me eight hours to complete the work I had for the day, counting both the hours I actually worked and all of the breaks that I took inbetween. So my first impression of e-learning: not great.
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AuthorMichelle Marie Gunnell is co-editor of the Mirror and an award-winning long distance runner. She is a 17 year old, upbeat high school senior who loves to be the life of the party. . . .even during a quarantine. She likes to read, run, and binge watch tv shows! She plans to go to college next year to become a Pharmacist. ArchivesCategories |