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I would say I’ve changed A LOT. I went from being a childish little 12 year old who had no dreams and loved to play video games, to a 14 year old who now works for his dreams. I’ve grown out of a lot of people, friends or not. I still talk to those who I was close with, for the most part. But, I often focus on myself before others, since I struggled to do that before. It’s worked out for me so far. However, I do need to become more social in life, lol. Quarantine showed me how far behind others I was, so I knew I had to step it up. Although I am not there yet, I plan to be better than those that I look up to right now.  Quarantine also showed me that I needed to change myself as a person. When quarantine started, I was very kind to literally EVERYBODY. Even those who weren’t true friends. So, I separated myself, and I’m glad I did. Hopefully, by the end of “quarantine”, I will be caught up with everybody, and then surpass them. Quarantine molded both me physically, mentally, and emotionally. Thank you quarantine.

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I’d say that now, more things are back open. Things are getting back to normal. Football is coming back to normal, along with life in general. Many restaurants that my family and I used to go to are opening back up, so we are enjoying that. I would say that my family feels more comfortable with going places now. Before, we were kind of scared to go places, now with all the vaccination going around, it’s a little better. Not completely normal now, but it’s changed a loooot since the pandemic first started. For the world, I would say the same. People were originally scared to go places, now they are becoming more comfortable with going places. It’s not the same with the mask and stuff, but we’re almost to the end of it. The world just needs to keep going in the way that we are going. With this new version of COVID, lord knows what can happen. If we keep it up, we can end this before 2022, and I hope that everyone plans to do that. So do your part, stay home. The world can go back to normal if we just keep our masks up, get vaccinated, and stay safe.

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When I first got the news about COVID, I wasn’t really sure what was happening or what it meant. As a kid, when I heard 2 weeks off from school, that’s all I cared about, I didn’t care about a pandemic. However, when I knew school was cancelled, that’s when I really started worrying for our country. I was afraid that it was something like the black plague and that our country might not have survived. Yes, I did overreact a little, I didn’t know what a pandemic was. I did think people were overreacting at first, but as we got deeper into it, I felt that people were underreacting about it. We could have been out of the pandemic right now, but people could not stay socially distanced. Being that my sister was a nurse, and filled me in on any new information about the virus, I was really confused why people went crazy over toilet paper. Not even water? Come on guys. That’s just really embarrassing for our country. Now, I think we are handling it better though. People are still not socially distancing, but these vaccines are making it a little better. Let’s keep going guys, we got it.

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My sister is a physical therapist at Memorial Hospital. I asked her if she feels comfortable working there and dealing with the pandemic.

Sister: “I definitely don’t enjoy going into the COVID unit, but some of my patients require me to.”

Me: “Being that you’ve had it, have you ever refused to go into the COVID unit?”

Sister: “I mean I’ve tried to, but it’s my job to go in there. So not really.”

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My mom is a 911 operator. For those of you who don’t know, she answers the phone when you call 911. So, I asked her about her calls since the pandemic.

Mom: “A lot of people are calling, concerned about their family members sickness, and it ends up being related to COVID.”

Me: “Is work different? Are they allowing you to work from home.”

Mom: “No, they are not allowing us to work from home. However, they do have us spaced out for our safety. It’s been a huge adjustment but we’re all handling.”

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I really expected DK to do better. Even though he is a NFL wide receiver, and large for his position, I thought he would at least place around 5th and qualify.

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After all the stress about the possibility of the lost rocket part landing on us, we can all breathe now that it is slowly getting further away from us.

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Two hours before I was about to go to aventura mall, there was a shooting. When I got the news, I was shocked and thankful. Luckily, it was before I went and everyone I know was safe.

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Ever since the pandemic and online learning, I’ve been taking an extreme amount of naps. Why? I have no idea. Do I regret it? Not at all. Yes, the dog is there for a reason, DO. NOT. ASK.

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No surprise, as a 12 year old kid, I heard two weeks off school and I immediately ran to my PlayStation. Fun off time with my friends, no work to do, enjoy the moment. Yes, I grew out of it.

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“Catch me outside” LITERALLY. Floridians want you to catch them outside at restaurants and the beach.

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Yes, the state we live in, is amongst the worst states when it comes to fighting the pandemic. The beach is not a safe place, you know, WHILE THERE IS A VIRUS GOING AROUND GUYS.

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I’m trying my hardest to sound inspirational about work. Yes, I am procrastinating while writing this. You, yes you, don’t do what I am doing right now. It is a very bad hobby, trust me I know.

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My closet is a complete mess right now. I am in the process of throwing away all my old clothes. However, I do plan on re-arranging my entire wardrobe.

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Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been overwhelmed with assignments, projects, and tests. Every Sunday I find myself procrastinating. Yes, this is a prime example.

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When you’re growing at a fast rate, knee pains are common. With me, my knees are going through a very rough time. The pain is at an all time worse right now.

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Although I’ve been playing football my whole life. It’s my first time playing high school football. So, I have to work extra hard to impress the coaches. So far so good.