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The end is nearby

Created on April 20th

Today was a very successful and one of the best days I have had since quarantine had started.  I blew through my homework with haste and accuracy, and did it all within the school day, as well as finishing my final novel for English and I felt accomplished.  I felt a sense of freedom as I finished it and was left with nothing to do for once.

I don’t know what can happen, but I’m sure that this week I am heading back up to my lake house to get some fresh air from society and enjoy the good weather.  My hopes for the quarantine to end are getting higher as the numbers go lower, and shows a promising summer ahead.

While I do miss being in school, I can’t wait for next year and the possibilities ahead.

The blog helps to let of some stress and helps recap my day for myself so I know how to maybe improve or achieve more with the elongated days.  I see that I can get a lot of things done if I set up a system and I see that it is working a lot better than I expected.

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Getting dirty

It’s Sunday and this was one of the best days I have had in a while.  

I woke up at a decent time and decided to enjoy the weather. So I shot some hoops with my brother in the alley and I think that I am improving just a little bit, but  I know I won’t be able to beat my brother at horse for a while.

The big project of the day was cleaning out the car I got. It was not taken good care of by the owners so my dad and I had to shampoo and clean out all the nasty stains and food that was left in there.  We proceeded to work on the landscape and do some yard work which was pretty fun. The highlight was getting some driving tips and some lessons from my dad which really helped overall with the experience and is just a lot of fun anyways.  

I felt like we had bonde a lot after smelling wet dog for about four hours and constantly going at the car to make sure it was as good as it could be. I truly felt responsible and proud of my work, as it really showed today.

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the Saturday groove

Created on Saturday April 18

The air was cold, and the snow had hit.

I thought we were done with this but it just seems that it’s going to keep coming.  As well as being stuck inside, I had the urge to try a new method of handling work.  I suck at time management and I can start something and forget about it right away.  So I put all distractions aside and set an hour aside for a certain subject and then left a 15 min break to get water and snacks.  So far I’m really digging it and it really helps with classes like English and math, and I think it has helped for the better.

But even after that I decided to help my family cook, and I made dinner for them for the first time, and the freedom to try some new things was fun and I thoroughly enjoy think cooking is one of the best things that has come out of quarantine so far.

I have also been trying to switch up the music preference and have been getting a lot into hard rock blues which is quite the listen, and can really get me into the groove to get stuff done.  It’s been getting a little easier to tolerate quarantine but I’m waiting for the day for me to break.

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Look back a couple of steps

It’s Friday April 17th,

And today was a day full of potential. I had a weekend with a little bit of homework, and I knew if I kept to the schedule I made it wouldn’t be so bad.  Along with that the weekend was coming up and that leaves a blank canvas to experiment and try new things.

So today I decided to socialize.

Kind of hard when there is only your family around, so me and my dad decided to do some activities like talk about stocks and sports, as well as cook.  It was an interesting experience to find out about the techniques and the art to cooking.  As it goes like most days I follow my routine of working out and making sure that I can keep in check with myself and find the  things wrong with me.  

Mainly I decided to do a little bit of homework to ease the load on Sunday and overall I believe it will work pretty well.  Along with that I talked with some friends I haven’t heard from a while and we talked about grammar school memories for hours, and talked about what the future could be like more or less, and how much we can do or try to achieve.

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time to hit the books

Created on Wednesday April 15th

Today was a very interesting day, surprisingly.  Like most days I didn’t do much in the morning, made a good breakfast, but today I felt like getting lost in music. So I picked up my guitar and started writing some music of my own for a change. The freedom that it gave me was something I haven’t had in a long time since before quarantine.  

On that day I also had a spark of determination and I decided to finish my 2nd book of mice and men for English. I had two good hours that I just powered through and made a lot of progress.  As most days I had continued to give self care and workout and find inner peace in the darkness of this time. But I have seen it could be getting better soon. I just hope that that time comes sooner rather than later so we can go back to school.

As usual, I continue the motions of life that we are all experiencing today and am trying my best to make the most of the situation we have, as its better than just moping around and not doing or trying new things with the time we have.

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take a break

Created on Easter Sunday

Today was a very interesting day, and in a dark time like this is though I thought that this was one of the best Easter’s ever. Me and my family had went up to my lake house mainly because We needed a break from the outside world, so that’s one of the most isolated spots for us.  While some may think that’s not the effect escape, I felt so alive.

I was able to do some must needed fishing and was able to catch some nice fish.

Me and my brother really enjoyed it the most I believed because we were able to explore so much and enjoy the weather.  

Coming back home soon is kinda of dreadful but it has to happen.  While the extended break was good, most of the time I just felt like I had nothing to do.  But never the less it was better than school at the moment, and I am not looking forward to that.  All in all in a time of darkness, me and my family were able to find the light in the lord and celebrate what I thought was a successful Easter, and overall a good break as well.

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fortunate son

Oh boy things are getting pretty spicy right now.  Not like life is getting better for everyone, but for spring break we are going up to my lake house.  It’s my version of the Walden pond. The little things that happen up there make me happy and helps me find joy in the simple parts of life.

The weather has also gotten a lot nicer in the past couple of days, and it’s not so depressing to sit inside. I do all my homework outside and it’s nice and refreshing to get out of my small room.  I feel so free, yet so confined, but does that stop me from not having fun.

No.

So that’s why I’m trying to spend a lot of time with my family because they’re the best thing I have in this house and they always bring a smile to my face.  It’s weird I feel like I’m gonna run out of rooms in my house to chill in but I have the garage, and the whole basement which are under rated as nobody is down there.  That’s it for now, the break will be like my mini Walden trip and will help me get to my roots.

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this is how we do it

Life seems to be shaping up right now.  So far this week has had some extremely good weather and has allowed me and my family to relax and enjoy the outside weather more.  It’s starting to seem like normal life is getting back into swing for the most part.  I feel like the confines of my house get bigger every day.

But what intrigues me the most about the whole corona virus situation is that more and more it seems like it feeds towards politics and was almost just a big ploy to scare people. This is kinda scary but right now it seems that the corona virus will not hit hard in Chicago.  New York has had their number of cases halved, and hopefully this could be the same for Chicago.

The most interesting thing I did was rebuild a guitar with my dad, and now it works like a champ.  I also took a lot of nice runs and they were a breathe of fresh air that was much needed.  Along with this is the feeling like isolation won’t end, but I have hope we can rebound from this pandemic, and all you need is a little bit of hope to get the fire burning

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let’s do it again

Hey world, I’m still alive. It’s been a little rougher and not great with homework.  I feel like I’m coming to an end. But in all seriousness I feel that it’s getting rather boring and the fact that they increased there day for the 30th of April.  I can’t stand being inside, so I have found new hobbies like wood working and luthiering, which is making guitars.  Locked in home make me feel like I have no freedom, but it’s funny as the more people try to resist the longer we have to stay inside. And the worst part is that we are not even at the peak right now.  I miss my family and my friends, and it doesn’t help that a lot of them are older and far away from me.  I’m trying my best to hold out in the meantime. Video games are starting to become boring and I actually have to talk to my family sometimes.

All in all, I believe this should be gone soon, and that things can go back to some normality.  The outside world seems to be falling apart and it doesn’t help that the disease has gotten to our neighborhood yet, and it frightens me

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how’s it go again

Hey world, I’m still alive. It’s been a little rougher and not great with homework.  I feel like I’m coming to an end. But in all seriousness I feel that it’s getting rather boring and the fact that they increased there day for the 30th of April.  I can’t stand being inside, so I have found new hobbies like wood working and luthiering, which is making guitars.  Locked in home make me feel like I have no freedom, but it’s funny as the more people try to resist the longer we have to stay inside. And the worst part is that we are not even at the peak right now.  I miss my family and my friends, and it doesn’t help that a lot of them are older and far away from me.  I’m trying my best to hold out in the meantime. Video games are starting to become boring and I actually have to talk to my family sometimes.

All in all, I believe this should be gone soon, and that things can go back to some normality.  The outside world seems to be falling apart and it doesn’t help that the disease has gotten to our neighborhood yet, and it frightens me

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what day is it

I don’t know what’s really going on, we are on week two and the world seems to be falling apart. America has the highest amount of confirmed corona cases, enforced lockdown was administered and this feels like it’s not going to end.  I see this pandemic as an opportunity though. The safety of others is really important so inside  is pretty much the only place to be.  Learning from past experience, i will brave it out like the millions as well, because I’m american and I ain’t afraid of no virus.  So some fun past time hobbies I’ve discovered to pass time are nerf guns. Very fun if you have siblings, guitar, helps take my mind off things and is fun, and video games, because why not.  I know that as a country, we will make it out through this one. But not all of us will and that is the kind of thing we are up against. It seems unfair but as Americans, our dedication to our well being and freedom is far above anyone else.  But a wise man once said, sometimes it’s better to do nothing, than to do anything at all, so I’m living by these words seriously and non-sarcastically.

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Hey everyone it’s Grant Gallardo here. I’m still alive with this epidemic and all the things going on in the world. Like most, I’ve been quarantined for about a week and a half. I miss going to hang out with my friends and going to school. Most people would think that a student would be crazy to go back to school. But the thing is that I feel like I was just getting to the hype of freshman year and things were going great. It’s scary to think that all it takes is one bad decision of someone else to take away the opportunities of others. Friday would’ve been my first rugby game, and many more things as well. It was a shame and I don’t even know if we will continue with the season all together. My mental state is ok for now, but it gets tiring to have to see the people that mean the most to me trapped on the other side of their devices. Even though we are supposed to go back the 20th, I highly doubt it, we are at the beginning of the worst that is to come. Just remember we are not alone, we are all stuck in this mess together.