COVID-19 Chronicles

January 21, 2020, in retrospect, appears a rather insignificant day in the grand scheme of our nation’s storied history. Lives remained virtually untouched, poised with the ordinary cadence of vibrant urban bustle and the customary interaction of friendly folk and carefree greetings. But that fateful day presaged an inevitable collapse—the impending hallmark of a catalytic moment that mocked the pr...

This time can bring a combination of many emotions to different people based on their situations. Factors such as personal health, age, jobs, and others contribute to how life looks for different people at this time. For me, it actually hasn’t been that boring, considering the circumstances. While I have not left my house for any reason other than going to the grocery store in the last week and a...

BLOG POST 1: THE ANDERSON HOUSEHOLD I’m here. Sort of, I guess, but I’m here. It’s day three of the quarantine. I look in the mirror, and I have no idea what I see. The hairiness is real. I’ve reached and found my inner sasquatch as the hair growth on my face and across my body is like a black, swampy forest. As I deal with this new crazy world, I’m trying my gosh diddly darndest to be...

Day five of Corona. I haven’t had a human interaction since lockdown. Food is sparse. I’m on my last sheet of toilet paper. Luckily, I have three more full packages left which should last me through the next few years. I fear that the end of the world is coming. Middle-aged mothers are turning into savages in the local Walmarts. They sprint for the toilet paper section like their lives depend on...

Covid-19, or more commonly known as the coronavirus, has completely exceeded my expectations. The small, cold-like virus that was solely affecting China is now the primary cause for a state-wide quarantine? My hopes and ambitions for the rest of the year have been shattered in a matter of days due to my underestimation of Covid-19. To start, the new club basketball team I have been eagerly waiti...

The hope of March Madness starting up during the break kept me and millions of other sports fans across the globe holding onto something positive in the future. In a world that was quickly coming to a halt, there was still a glimmer of hope. My trip to New York with my parents was cancelled, and I was left at home with nothing to do. Then, massive news started pouring in. First, the NCAA announced...

With all the fuss over being “quarantined” at home and not being able to go do many things we take for granted, let's not forget how extremely blessed we still are. Living in a clean house with sufficient food and water, is something that millions of people have never experienced. Simply, if missing March Madness and a season of athletics is the worst thing that ever happens to me, then I have...

Wow, what a crazy world we live in. I never thought my second semester of senior year would look like this, and honestly, I never thought I would live through a global pandemic that would cause every school in the country to close, along with restaurants, universities, stores, and practically everything else deemed “non-essential business.” In a sense, I feel as if I almost have to appreciate the crazine...

Three weeks ago, my day-to-day life was a lot different than it is now. I was itching to get a week off of school for spring break finally. I was convinced that seven days still wasn’t enough time to relax and recuperate before my last stretch of high school. I had a million fun things planned to do with my family, and a million more activities for my friends and I to do to celebrate our last year...

Never in my life have I felt like I'm living in a time where history is being made. I’ve heard stories and wondered what it would be like to live through the Great Depression, the Black Plague, and the World Wars. Now as we are all stuck at home, we are making history. Someday my children and my grandchildren will ask me about what it was like to live through a pandemic. They will listen closely...

When my sister returned home from college, we debated about what we could do to make this strange time more exciting and different. We concluded that the best idea was to make a mega bed. By pushing together our two twin beds, we made a king size bed and piled on extra pillows and blankets. The result was a giant comfy bed and a whole new room. As I have talked to friends and been on social media,...

At first, the idea of missing a couple weeks of school didn’t seem so bad, but after the first three days of not leaving my house, the beigeness of Westminster Christian Academy started to look pretty good. I’m not usually someone who HAS to keep busy. I have no issues laying on the couch for a couple of days watching Netflix, but at this point, I watched the season finale a week ago and can’t...

My name is Isabella, and I have anxiety. This means that I often worry about little things, overanalyze everything, and begin to panic when I feel out of control. In everyday life, I manage pretty well; in fact, most people do not even know that I have anxiety.  But, when the national panic over COVID-19 began, it became increasingly difficult to manage my anxiety symptoms in such a chaotic time...

As I begin yet another day of sitting in my house, I will do more of the same. I will wake up late, eat breakfast, and waste countless hours on my phone. As an introvert, I initially welcomed the idea of being stuck in my house for an extended period of time, but after just a few days, I am already bored out of my mind. Obviously this quarantine is brutal, but it is sobering in a way. Hopefully when...