Quarantine Boredom Led Me Here

2:00 am became the new 11:00 pm for me.

Yes... I was working on Mr. Lee's warm-up during the time. He posts them super late. If you know, you know.

“Time you enjoy wasting is not a waste of time”

I promise I didn't procrastinate. I was enjoying my time resting.

Good thing that Mr. Lee doesn't exactly have a due date for any of his assignments. Anyways, I submitted my last work for the day. The first two weeks have passed by since school closed down. Honestly, this whole situation with COVID-19 didn't seem real to me until that last Friday at school when we were announced with the news that schools would remain closed for our safety. I know I'm not the only one who thought that way. Let's be honest. We never thought that the situation would escalate within a matter of hours. But it did, and now we're stuck at home.

I didn't know how to feel about the situation. I overheard adults in my neighborhood that boldly stated "this is a vacation for students". I was outraged because I knew this wasn't going to be a vacation. This was going to be far from a vacation. As much more sleep we were getting now, this whole quarantine was going to be a challenge for us all. We're teenagers. We should be having fun with our friends(no parties though), especially because we're at that time when we're stressing over our academics for college decisions. Ever since the first day of the quarantine, I did nothing but eat, sleep, and work on online assignments. The first week felt good. I was catching up on sleep(like a looooot of sleep). However, by the second week, I felt awful. I felt dumb because I was only completing school assignments and I didn't feel like we were learning new concepts at the pace we were in school. Most of all, I missed my friends. I even missed my annoying table partner Sadale White (sorry for calling you out brother), the very extra guy, Cesar Barajas (you know you're extra), and even that cheerful girl in class, Nishat.

The thought of having to repeat my daily routine during this pandemic really got me. I wanted to do something new. I wanted to connect with you guys in a new, fun way. This idea all started as I was working on Mr. Lee's math warm-up. Well actually..it happened while helping my advisory brothers' online assignments (I wasn't helping; I was legit doing it for them) whose names I shall never mention. Anyways, I felt happy to be a help to my school friends. But connecting with them through Instagram wasn't enough for me. In this time of quarantine, I immediately thought of ways to connect with you guys better and share my personal stories to somehow motivate you guys. Okay..I'm not a person with inspiring stories that can bring the audience to tears, BUT my life isn't too boring (well..to me). So...this is the beginning I guess...you're learning something new about me already through this! Trust me...this story will be the least interesting out of everything I'll tell ya.