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Covid-19Creative Writing

One day

Kristel Gomez
March 4, 2021 2 Mins Read
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021 

I woke up to the sound of my loud alarm. I got up to turn it off half asleep. Then, I went back to bed and closed my eyes. Next thing I knew I was already sleeping, and I woke up again with a fright. I was going to be late! I immediately got up and ran towards the bathroom. I showered, brushed my teeth, changed into something cozy, and got breakfast all in a rush. I was afraid I wouldn’t make it in time. Then, I took my breakfast, opened up my computer, and set it up for school. I made it in time! I took a deep breath and tried to keep my eyes open during the classes. My eyes kept on shutting off, but I tried to resist. Then, there was lunch. I wasn’t very hungry, so I set an alarm for the next class and took a thirty-minute nap.  I woke up again when the alarm went off, but I was even more tired. I desired deeply to lay down, close my eyes, and sleep. But I couldn’t. I managed to finish school only to hop on a test! I wasn’t ready for the test, I was extremely tired because I didn’t rest well. My eyes kept trying to betray me, but I couldn’t let them. I was in war trying to keep awake, but it was just too hard. I didn’t even get to complete the test! That was the cherry on top of messy day ice cream. I struggled to do anything after. I just wanted to give up and sleep, but how could I? There is still too much to do. Now, I have to battle to finish the homework. I’m not sure I can make it.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

I had school today, and it wasn’t much of a fun day for me, but I enjoyed the meeting that we had at school. There was “community meeting” of half of my school, and we all had a trivia game about black history month. It was also fun for me at the end of school. I watched “Criminal Minds” and with my sisters. We also organized our room. Afterwards, we chilled and watched our favorite series again, “Criminal Minds.” Then, it got late so we got ready for bed and slept. 

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Monday, March 1st, 2021 

I am here trying to finish up my diaries entries for TiP. I froze from doing this throughout the week, because there wasn’t anything fun going on in my life. It’s always the same old routine. It can be very hard to be following the same routine over and over again. I just want quarantine to be over, so I could go to school again, and walk in the park. I hope that all the chaos will be gone soon, and then everything could go back to normal. 

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