4/22/20
Okay so basically I’m going insane. I no longer have any concept of time or a sleep schedule. But enough of that, let’s start from the very beginning of quarantine. One full day in, I decided that since everything is cancelled I wanted to dye my hair pink way earlier than I planned. My parents quickly shot that down and said, “Do it and you’ll lose your phone and car”. So in true Hanna spirit I did something else. I sat on my bed wondering what is something that I can do at home to my hair that doesn’t involve hair dye. Then it hit me. Bangs. So naturally I watched a few YouTube videos and decided it was time to snip. I have had them now for about 2 months and despise them, so not my best plan. Then two days later I stopped at Tops and bought some blonde hair dye and dyed my hair lighter. It was sufficient enough until it started to grow out. I decided two days ago to drive to Ollies and by 4 things of hair dye, all different colors. My friend Maddy convinced me to dye it auburn so here we are with auburn hair. That is how corona has destroyed my hair. My next installment will either be my struggles as an essential worker or my horrendous spending habits. Stay tuned.
4/26/20
Today I woke up at 10:22. It was a beautiful sleep, as I had woke up at 5:45 the morning prior and to go to work. After I came home from work my mom wanted to take a walk at Chapman’s Dam. That’s why I slept so well. I have had a beautiful day of doing nothing. I made some eggs and ate some Burger King (that’s right I’ve gained the quarantine 15). Since then I’ve spent the day in bed watching Community. I’ve been looking for a new sitcom to watch and Community fits that. I also started watching Waco which is also really good. Something I’m looking forward to this week is having daily Zoom parties with my friends. Tonight’s party is charades at 7. That’s all for today’s daily check in. Hopefully something a little more exciting happens so I have something not as boring to write about.
5/1/20
I love my friends. We have had a great week of Zoom parties. Sunday’s charades went well and after we finished charades we played some online Cards Against Humanity. I won both games because I am the game master. Monday we had short story day. All of our stories had to include Harry Styles, Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Swift, and a dinosaur. We all had great stories. After story time we did MadLibs and Buzzfeed quizzes. It was surprisingly nice to use my brain to think. Tuesday was yoga day. We did a 30 minute yoga routine which was pretty difficult, as it was not for beginners like we thought. After our first yoga video we did a nice Zumba class. None of us had ever done Zumba, but it was actually really fun and uplifting. After our Zumba class we did a nice cool down stretch class to finish our night. Wednesday we baked. My friend Maddy was in charge of the recipe and decided to make a pineapple, coconut cake. I don’t like pineapple or coconut so I made chocolate chip cookies, which were pretty good. Yesterday was my hosting day. I hosted a fashion show with 3 rounds. It was a pretty good time. Tonight is cocktail/fancy night so I will fill everyone in on it in my next post.
5/3/20
Update on the Zoom parties. We finished out strong and had a good time.
I don’t know what to do anymore. I think I’ve done everything I could possibly do. I have no motivation to do my high school work even though none of it is very hard. I work 4-5 days a week and want to cry every time I go in. I don’t get hazard pay and I work in a grocery store. The owner only lets us wear face shields which are pointless as they aren’t doing anything to protect anyone. I have to run register while also juggling cleaning all the incoming baskets and carts. I question every time I go in why we don’t have one specific cleaner, but who am I to question I’m a 16 year old girl. I’m really tired of all the rude people who come in and bash me. I’ve been moved up to lottery (scanning tickets and doing online ones like powerball etc) and it sucks. No one trained me. So I just guess every time I do a ticket. On a happier note, I finally got to have Easter with my family. I went to my grandparents camp yesterday and got to have a meal and our yearly egg hunt. I was so happy to see everyone as I’ve only been able to see my grandparents a few times over the last few months, only lasting a few minutes outside or if they stopped in the store. The fire ban was lifted so we could have our family fire. Today it was super nice outside. My mom and I went on a walk at Betts with our dogs which was nice since my dogs haven’t really been able to go on walks anywhere other than our neighborhood. I ordered an iPad which will hopefully be in tomorrow. I really want to try and go paperless this coming school year. I hate how much paper is wasted for no reason. Everyone here is so bored that people have just started making up rumors about people. The most recent being that I’m dating my best friend Maddy. Maddy and I think it’s funny as neither of us like girls, and even if we did we definitely wouldn’t date each other. But who really cares. I have one more year to get through and then I’m out of here. Well that’s all for tonight’s careful contemplation of life.
5/10/20
Well not much has happened since my last check in. I went to my friend Maddy’s mom’s birthday drive by. That was fun since I love her mom. Maddy convinced her to come out by saying she hit something at the end of the road. The next day I went back up to her house to help her paint a picnic table. I got paint all over my favorite jeans because I am stupid and got paint in my hair. Maddy also accidentally ran into her uncles truck so we had to buy stuff to buff out the scratches. It was great. I worked a lot this past week and that’s okay I guess. I think I have finally mastered acrylic nails. I’ve spent quarantine trying to figure out the best way to do them and I think I’ve done it. You just have to get the right set do to it. I would recommend the KISS full acrylic set, which you can buy at Walmart. I also bought some of that Aztec clay mask at Walmart. That’s all I have for now, peace out.
5/12/20
Wow my last post, who would’ve thought. Shall we reminisce on these last 2 months? It all started when I cut my bangs, which I massively regret now. Then I dyed my hair lighter, which my parents hated and told me looked bad. I decided early on in quarantine that I was going to workout so I could look good this summer, however I gave up when I had to start working everyday. Now I’m chubby and sad. I dyed my hair again, this time an auburn, however it doesn’t even look auburn. I’ve eaten a lot of eggs and drank a lot of chocolate almond milk. I was supposed to go to Rome in July, but that is canceled now so that’s fun. I’m also supposed to see my man Harry Styles in July but I’m betting that won’t happen. Lol rip my summer and my life. Can’t wait to work all summer long and want to die. I scheduled my senior pictures finally and I’m hoping by early July that my bangs will grow out enough that I won’t look stupid. My current biggest problem is I have no idea where I want to go to college. Not being able to tour this summer is making life a little difficult. Oh well maybe I’ll make a random generator with different colleges and let it pick a college for me. The only thing I’m looking forward to is dying my hair pink in July. That’s it for my corona diaries.
UPDATE
Just as I thought my corona time couldn’t get any better. Today after writing my earlier installment, I took my brother fishing down by the river before I went to work. When we were there I decided that I was going to leave and have my dad get him so I could go get my stuff for work. As I was getting ready to leave I tried to start my car. To my surprise my car was dead. At the same time I got a call from my brother. He told me that he found a baby duck that was stranded on a little sandbar in the river and that he was bringing it to my car. When he got to my car he handed me the duck, which I wrapped in a blanket to try and keep warm. My dad came to jump my car and started yelling at for having a baby duck and telling me I couldn’t take it home. I proceeded to start crying and told him I would be taking it home as it was close to death. I drove home sobbing and walked into my house to show my mom the dying duck in my hand. I cried for a very long time today. My mom put it in a box with a towel and some water with a heating pad underneath. The biggest issue was that I had to go to work and leave my dying duck. I told my parents not to text me if it died while it was gone. I came home four hours later to my dead duck. I then FaceTimed my friends and dug a hole for my dead duck. My friends and I sang the Irish Blessing as I put its box in the ground. I buried my duck and my friends said goodbye. Today has made me realize I really need to go to therapy and that maybe my medicine isn’t working.
Creative Minds 