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The Thirty Second Day (4/20)

Song of the Day: Radio Ga Ga Monday. Ugh. I woke up at 7:45. It felt like a Monday for sure. My body ached, it was stiff to move. My eyes watered, excess moisture seeping through so I’ve been told. I feel like an old man. This must be how Egan feels every morning. It was another restless night. I haven’t slept well since this corona nonsense started. I don’t know what it is but I’d appreciate it if it stopped. I readied myself for the day and looked at my agendas for the day. I didn’t have any classes with zooms until last period. So I watched some TV and exercised. I had hit a new level of boredom. I felt like the whole world was at a standstill. I did my Arnie exercises and felt best after. I went outside and enjoyed the sun as my last class wrapped up. It was such a nice day out. I longed for the time I could be spending with my friends, and prayed it would be over soon. I walked upstairs and laid in bed. I was tired now. I woke up at 5 o’clock to a wonderful aroma. My sister had made cordon bleu soup for dinner and it was divine. I watched an episode of the Sopranos and started my homework. I wanted to go into work, but I remembered that I don’t have a job anymore and I don’t have a car to get there. (By the way, my car was stolen over the weekend. Very upset about it.) I’m writing my blog now as I debate which homework to do next in an effort to get to sleep at a reasonable time. This exhaustion is really bugging me and draining my enthusiasm. In other news, I’ve taken a more aggressive perspective on college and have checked off a lot on my to-do list. This week I’m going to finish housing and select my courses. I’m very excited about this next step in my life. It promises a lot of changes and developments that I’m very excited to discover on my own. My time in Ohio, which is real no matter what Brian says, is going to be a good time. I’m going to learn a lot and enjoy myself too. Anything to get out of my house for a little bit. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Thirtieth Day (4/18)

Song of the Day: Wild World

T-Today until unemployment.

Today was the day. It was my last shift at Mariano’s. I’ve been working there for over a year and a half now and I need some real friends there. I didn’t know how I felt going into the day but I tried to be optimistic. My shift started at 2 o’clock, I worked an eight hour today which was fine. He gave me an opportunity to say goodbye to a lot of the people that I’ve grown to know there. The shift started out fine, it wasn’t too busy. I was hoping it would die out more later in the night. I got put on a register with my friend, Blanca. She was the first person that I met there and we’ve been fast friends ever since. She insisted that she be fine but I think she was a little upset that it was my last day. Everyone was.

Around 4 o’clock things really started to die down. We closed most registers and ended up with only four open which was unheard of. I felt like I was wasting my time but I knew not to take it for granted because I didn’t know if I would ever be back in this position at the store. I visited my friends in the front and in other departments when I went on my breaks. I got a lot of sad looks from people that I’ve brought in over the extended time there and I returned them with an optimistic smile. I was hoping I’d be back eventually even if it were just for a day or two over the holidays. Most college kids come back over Christmas and Easter just to make a little money, and I was sure that I’d be doing that.

Around 9 o’clock we closed our registers but two and things were really really dead. We started to send people home but my friend insisted that I stay until 10. I eventually caved in and stayed. We all waited until 10 and walked outside. It was a brisk night out and I felt a sense of freedom once I crossed the threshold of the store. We all walked to my car and they started saying their goodbyes. I was told I had a bug in my car and I turned around to see none other than Mike Egan with a wide grin on his face. They had planned to surprise me. After that, most of my friends literally jumped on me to hug me and I felt a sense of warmth in the cold night. I knew I had done good to get all of these kind people to enjoy my presence. It was a bittersweet feeling and I knew I’d miss them all.

Eventually the cold drove us to our cars and I started the last drive home. It was the end of an era, and it was definitely a bad day for rain. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Twenty Eighth Day (4/16)

Song of the Day: Rock of Ages

T-2 days until unemployment.

I woke up today a little earlier than usual. Today was an A Day, one of my more busy and typically worse school days. I got up and brushed my teeth, and headed downstairs for breakfast before school. My sister made cinnamon rolls so I actually had breakfast to eat. I hopped on discord and talked to the boys. I had no Spanish today. I had to write an essay instead. Joy. I tried to write the essay as best I could, but it turned out pretty bad I thought but oh well. I turned it in and was decently proud of the length and the content I wrote in it. The next two classes I didn’t have any zooms or no additional work. My biology class had the next 30 pages of our packet, which was normal. My final class of the day was economics, which is always long. We always zoom in economics and we have to pick up the pace because the AP exams are coming quicker than we had anticipated. I finished the class and was faced with the rest of my day. I didn’t work today so I had all the time to myself. I decided to go for a bike ride and clear my mind of all the anxiety and stress that had accumulated in the world due to COVID-19.

It was a nice enough day out, it was a little chilly but I dressed for the weather. I rode to my grandparents neighborhood through the wolf wildlife trail. I grew up in this neighborhood so it was nice to visit again. After that I came home and I started my new workout regime. It was from Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s Instagram, and my friend Brian suggested that I do it. I looked at the list of required exercises and I thought to myself, “What did I get myself into?”

The workout was tough. It was very core oriented and it was a lot to take in. I finished my work out by running my usual 2 miles, which I can do unless than 15 minutes now. This gave me a sense of pride because I had progressed since the beginning of this quarantine. I’m gonna take the rest of the day off and relax. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Twenty Fifth Day (4/13)

Song of the Day: Takin Care of Business

T-5 days until unemployment. I woke up to the blinding sunlight. I felt an overwhelming sense of fatigue. I didn’t know what time it was. I either underslept or overslept, either would be bad. I get up and check the clock. 11 o’clock. Yikes. I walked around and found that everyone else in my house was sleeping too. My dad should’ve woken us up by now. I went to ask and I couldn’t find him. I called his cell and he told me that he was at work. Well, that would've been nice to know, I was depending on him to wake us up. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. I played a couple games of chess, played Skyrim for a while and then got ready to go to work. I only had three shifts left and I knew tonight would be the last time I saw some of my co-workers.

I hopped in the car and drove to work. It was cold today, just as I was beginning to enjoy the heat, Mother Nature threw us another curveball. C’est la vie. I get to work and begin the usual ritual. My friend Chris started the shift the same time as I did, so I had one thing going for me. We got to work, which dragged on forever. The place was a ghost town by 7:30, and we only had two registers open. I know you guys don't know what that means, but we usually have three registers open until 9 o’clock, just to add some perspective. The clock struck nine and I was able to leave. I threw my coat on and walked out the door into the brisk night. I quickly walked to my car and started it up. It gave some resistance, but eventually gave in and gave me the rumble that I know and love. I drove home with the windows rolled up and the music down. It felt like a slow night. I got home and sat down in front of my computer to finish my last blog post when I got a text from the Discord chat to get on my realm. I hadn’t been on in a while so I would enjoy it. We played for hours again before I remembered to finish this. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Twenty Fourth Day (Easter 4/12)

Song of the Day: Be Still

T-6 days until unemployment. I don’t work today, thank goodness. I woke up at a cool 9 with my mother screaming for breakfast. She had made her special breakfast casserole and I was excited for breakfast, for once. It was delicious and my parents told us that we’d be having a miniature version of our usual Easter dinner tonight. I knew what that meant: Prime Rib and mashed potatoes, however, dinner was in 10 hours and I had to find something worthwhile to do until then.

For some reason, I felt motivated and began to do my homework. I knocked out all of my math homework and finished an easy quarter of my bio packet. This was new to me, as I’d usually just do it all in one sitting the night before. After that homework, I decided to hop onto my college website, Xavier University, and check my To-Do List. I saw the two placement tests I had to take and figured there’d be no better time than now to get them out of the way.

I started with Spanish which took my fifteen minutes, being honest I did not know a lot, but I felt confident with a lot of my answers. I finished the test and was alerted that my responses have been graded already. I was nervous when I saw my score of a 400 number. I looked at the rubric and realized that that score was actually in the highest category and I did well. This was a huge relief as the next beast loomed over me; math. I began the test and saw a sign for no calculator. Great. I put mine to the side and bagen the exam. It took me the better half of an hour and I finished right before dinner was to be served. The results wouldn’t be out until June so I knew there’s no point in worrying about it now.

We sat down for dinner and dug into the feast that my parents had prepared. It was amazing. I was happy that our Easter was able to be spent together as a family still. I hope your Easters were spent well and in good company too. I am praying for you all and wish you the best in their trying times. I wish I could do like Danny Devito and offer you an egg, but alas. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Twenty Second Day (4/10)

Song of the Day: People are Strange

T-8 days until unemployment.It’s a bright morning, brighter than usual. I woke up with a headache last night, had trouble sleeping. That seems to be a theme in my life that I’m sure most of you can relate to. My sleep schedule is absolute trash. I go to sleep tomorrow and then wonder why I do it to myself. It’s a vicious cycle as I’m sure you know.

Despite the setbacks with sleep, I’m determined to make today a good day. It is Good Friday after all. I start the morning with getting changed and being rushed to Home Depot to buy hardwood flooring. My sister’s room is being redone and we’re changing the floor out as an addition. The place is dead, as to be expected and I was in and out in twenty minutes. I drove home and dropped the flooring in the garage, trying to forget about it until Monday-when we’re doing it. I watched an episode of The Sopranos with my dad before my whole family, minus my mother who's working, heads to our basement to watch The Passion of the Christ. It’s a tradition in our household to watch it on Good Friday.

After the movie, I rushed off to work, I had a doozy of a weekend in front of me: I worked 5-10 tonight and then I’d be back at 6 on Saturday morning. The Hell Shift. I plow through the day slowly and somehow remain alive at the end. It was surprisingly busy, much to my disdain. It was also the last time that I’d be seeing some of my coworkers since our schedules don’t always intersect. A somber day for some. As my friend would say, “It’s a bad day for rain.” I dropped my friend Blanca off at home, per usual when we close together and took the long ride home. I was very bleh and felt a huge weight on my shoulders. I knew that I’d have a max of six hours of sleep before I had to go back to the same old routine. I walked in the house and plopped on the computer. My friends were on Discord and I hopped on for a while. I finish my night by writing my blog for the day. I know I’ll regret being up this late tomorrow morning but the days are passing faster than I thought. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Eighteenth Day (4/6)

Song of the Day: One is the Loneliest Number

T-12 days until unemployment.

I woke up today feeling tired as all hell. I hadn’t slept well last night and I was still feeling the fatigue from the day before. I woke up at 7:45 and started my day like usual, ate two eggs, showered, got dressed, and sat down for my first class. Spanish was first, followed by Peer Leadership, Bio, and Econ. Hours passed of various homework, an hour of math, two hours of English, and various other assignments made time fly. Finally, Econ arrived, and we had a test today and I was a little paranoid about it. However, it was easy and I confidently passed it. After econ, i had a little less than an hour to myself before I had to start getting ready for work. I hopped on Minecraft and let the soft music slowly calm me to rest. Then my alarm went off and adrenaline took over my body as I rushed to get ready in 20 minutes.

I made it out the door in perfect time, of course, and drove to work. It didn’t look too busy, but I was closing and I knew I’d be here a lot longer than I’d like to. I walked in and started the usual hustle and bustle of my day. Fast forward five hours and I got let out early. I was ecstatic and decided to do something nice, I got Culver’s for my friends and I. I usually drive my friend Blanca home and thought I’d surprise her tonight, it has been a long shift for the both of us. It was a nice time and we laughed a lot. I needed that.

I dropped her off and drove home. The weather was beautiful and a gentle breeze caressed my arm as I drove home. The music was perfectly loud, the weather was perfectly cool, and life was right. It was a beautiful distraction for the mess the world has seemed to turn into. A diamond in the rough, if you would.

And then I got home and remembered all my homework. Panic-stricken I started the long assignments and homework. Seconds turned into minutes and minutes to hours as I finally finished my homework and put the finishing touches on tonight's blog. It was a good day and I hope you’re all enjoying yourself as much as you can. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Dawn of the Third Week (4/5)

Song of the Day: It’s the End of the World 4:45 AM. The world is dark, the birds are asleep, every sane person is asleep. My lights turn on. I unfortunately climb out of my bed, more than half asleep. I started work at 6 that day. I took a shower and got dressed. I ate breakfast as I brushed my teeth, an experience that I don’t recommend ever doing. I drove to work playing the loudest music possible, in a desperate attempt to wake myself up. I pull into work at 5:55 and already there is a line twenty people long waiting for the doors to open. These are my least favorite people in the world. I cut the line and enter the store, much to their dismay, but I don’t care: it’s too early. I begin to clock in and open my register. No saving manager this time. 6:05 my first customer walks into my line. Full cart. How the hell did they manage that? I have no clue how but again, I don’t care. The lines began forming and I fell into my slow drool of a routine. 7:50 I get my break. It’s an early break, but I don’t mind. I return and finish out my shift. I leave the store in a sour mood. I have terrible news for my boss. I go home and return an hour later with a letter in my hand. My resignation letter. I am quitting in exactly thirteen days due to my parent’s request. I hand it to my manager and she gives me a grim look. She tells me that this saddens her and breaks her heart, and I begin to get the feels. This is a person who has taken good care of me for a year and a half. I need to leave before I get too emotional. I drove up to Indiana to do some electrical work for my grandparents. I need to switch out four light switches and wire a new one. Hoping that I don’t get whacked, I begin to do my work. Two hours later, I finish my work, flawlessly of course, and leave the house. I hadn’t noticed how nice of a day it was. It would be perfect, if not for the impending virus and possible end of the world, huh that’s a good song. I come home and begin to do all the homework I procrastinated this weekend. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Sixteenth Day (4/4)

Song of the Day: Don’t Stand So Close to Me

I awoke at 7 AM to my mom shouting to get up. I got up, ready for a normal day ahead of me in the new quarantine world. I got dressed and headed downstairs to see my dad and my brother leaving for Indiana. They were going up to my grandparents house to demo a couple of rooms. We’re renovating it for them. I ate breakfast and started cleaning my room. It was cleaning day for my mom. So I did nothing but clean my room and basement until about 11 o’clock. After that, I started getting ready for work I had at 12. I was working 12-7 and I had a feeling it was going to be busy. I was correct. I pulled into the lot and saw absolutely no spots in the lot and had to park next to Cooper’s Hawk.

I walked in and saw all eight registers open, a rare sight. We only had eight registers open when it was super busy, so this was not a welcome sight. I punched in and prepared myself for the mental torture I was going to endure for these eight hours. I walked over to my manager and with some stroke of luck, the grocery manager intercepted me and quickly rushed me away from the front before I could be put on a register. After my “kidnapping” he told me that I was going to work frozen. This means I was going to be working in a freezer with below zero temperatures for eight hours, so better than dealing with people. I began working U-boats and as I was stocking potatoes,this customer walked up to me in order to find some items for his order, which is a common thing. However, he stepped closer and almost stepped on me. I backed away like any sane person would, only for him to step next to me again. At this point, I was a little fed up and told him to back off. He then complained because apparently I was in the wrong, but my manager took my side. After that debacle, I went back to stocking potatoes. I ended up putting up at least eight hundred bags of potatoes on that dreary day. I left work and came home, shivering and shaking and plopped onto my bed. I was prepared for the sleep of my life. I scrolled instagram for a while, and began to write my blog. Well, that’s enough for today.

#live2020

The Second Week Dawns (3/29)

Song of the Day: That’s All

Seventeen hours. Over two days. I’ve been at work dealing with stupid people and even stupider questions. No ma’am you can not return a pineapple you’ve cut. (Yes, that was an actual question I got today.) I work as a cashier at Mariano’s on 111th and Cicero. That implies that I should actually be a cashier, right? Wrong. For my shift today I was told to work in the diary department, which means I get to stand in a dairy freezer and move milk around. Sounds fun right?

I walked into the freezer and was instantly hit by a wave of cold. I pushed forward and started my tedious job. I was tasked with organizing all of the milk we had in the back by size and type of milk. Easily over five hundred gallons lay in front of me, almost taunting me. I grab my hook and I get to work.

Three hours in and I’m still freezing and working my arse off. I’m trying a risky maneuver and was singing a song. Instantly, I feel a sharp pain shot through my foot. I look down and suddenly I see the milk crates on my foot. Great. Easily 20 gallons of milk in crates have just crushed my right foot. I do the sensible thing and move my foot out from under the crates. This is where the fun begins. The crates begin to tip over and in one swift motion, twenty gallons are sprawled out across the floor. One explodes on impact, covering my coworker who just walked in from head to toe in skim milk. Obviously, annoyed she calls the manager and I get kicked out of the freezer. Now being the model employee that I am, I proceeded to walk around the store and do nothing for the remaining three hours of my shift. I helped customers here and there, but there is no way that I’m going back to the front end. I finished up my shift and left in a hurry before they could call me back for anything. I drove home and passed out on my bed. I woke up around 8 o’clock and ate dinner. My sister is a bit of a chef and made an amazing dish with a name I can’t recall. When dinner is done I hope back onto Minecraft to forget my pains of the day. It’s currently 11:56 and my eyes are beginning to droop. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Live2020

The Seventh Day Dawns (3/27)

Song of the Day: Won’t Back Down

I woke up today very groggily. This was going to be quite the day. I did all my schooling, including my lovely English class, and was out a little early due to the lack of a fourth class. This is where the fun begins.

I left my house for the first time in a week. The air was crisp and the sun was bright. I was going into work. I had to talk to my boss about my hours in the coming weeks, however it was unsuccessful. I looked at my schedule in disbelief. Thirty hours. I was pretty upset, but I knew once Amanda, my boss, had made her mind up that there was no changing it. This was going to be a long weekend for me. I left work with a grim attitude. I was annoyed and still had stuff to do. I drove to my grandparents in order to move some boxes for them. I wasn’t allowed in the same room as them. That was hard for me to come to terms with, but I had hoped it would soon be over. I moved their boxes and started the long drive home. Not a single good song came over the radio as I drove home. This was going to be a great day, not. I arrived home and sat down at my desk so that I could start my homework. I flew into a frenzy of numbers and body parts for cacl and anatomy. I was really getting into anatomy when I got a tap on my shoulder for dinner. It had been three hours. I got up in a daze and looked back on my work: I had finished all of math and four pages of notes on anatomy. A sense of pride washed over me. I ate shrimp tacos with my family, because of Lent and had a lovely time. After dinner, it was time to unwind and relax. I hopped on Discord and Minecraft with the boys and played the night away. We have a realm together and have been playing hardcore trying to beat the game. Time flew by once again and as I began to write my post for the day, I looked at the clock. 12:34. Yikes. Time does really fly when you’re having fun. It is now dawning on me that I have work tomorrow. Well, that’s enough for today.

#Life2020

The Fourth Day Dawns (3/24)

Song of the Day: One is the Loneliest Number by Three Dog Night

(for obvious quarantine reasons, and my mom and dad are both working long shifts and I’m the only one who knows what to do around the house.)

It’s been four days since the city has issued a quarantine. I haven’t worked in over a week. My parents have told me to go into work as sparingly as possible. It’s been quite an adjustment for me and my family, especially seeing them every day.

My routine has taken another hit. The day after the order, I knew I’d have to do something different in order to keep myself sane. Everyday I try to practice three hobbies that I hope to pass time: playing guitar, playing chess, and practicing card games. I start everyday with at least 15 minutes of each, by the time I’m done with all of this it’s usually time to do e-learning. This takes up a large portion of my day, and honestly, I’m grateful for it. The new e-learning is very strange to be starting out. The rigid structure is now gone and we have more time per class. I’m not complaining, it gives me more time to do work, it’s just a sudden and abrupt change. After school, I usually work out and play some sort of video game. Just some more stuff to take up a lot of time. I need all of these distractions to make me forget the downward slope the world has taken right outside of my window.

The world is in a bit of a mess, and not to sound ignorant, being a senior sucks just a little more than average. No going out with friends, everything you were looking forward to is now a maybe. I’m personally pretty bummed about it. Four years of hard work for this? Come on. I’m sure many of you feel the same way, but there’s nothing we can do about it now. We move on and adapt. My friends and I have adapted in an interesting way; Discord. We made a discord the day that this quarantine went into effect, we had all had it but now it was time to put it to use. We all communicate through it pretty frequently, just to keep tabs on each other and see how we’re all doing. I think that has to be my biggest change: the people I used to see daily I now only hear over Discord every so often. It’s an odd change, but we’re trying to make the best of a very bad situation. What else can I do? Well, that’s enough for today,

#Live2020 #Quarantine

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