Waiting on the World to Change

It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve had to write a blog post for class. Hopefully, my “spring break” didn’t make me feel too lazy to continue doing school work.

These past two weeks have been kind of hectic for me. I’ve had work events being cancelled, I’ve had hours cut back, I’ve had to switch over to online schooling, and now I’m having to get used to two roommates being unemployed and figuring out what they’re going to do next.

I think my biggest worry is how my hours with work are going to be affected. There’s been many of my fellow employees who have been offered furlough. This means that they can file for unemployment, but still have their jobs when the store is ready to bring back more employees.

I know almost every position in the store so I was able to keep my hours, but who knows how long I’ll even be able to work. The wedding company I work for is also kind of taking a hit. Every bride and school event have either postponed or cancelled all together, so that means that’s another job I have that I can’t get hours to help pay rent or my other bills.

This is so stressful! I feel like I’m grounded in my house and if I leave my parents are going to add another month to my grounding. I’m tired of only being allowed to go to work, home, and occasionally the store when I run out of essentials.

Also, the fact that there’s more and more positive cases being confirmed around my hometown is starting to make me feel really uneasy. I still have quite a bit of family in the Madison area and many of them are older so they are more prone to getting the coronavirus.

Anyways, I just wish we would go into a full lock down to help stop the spread of the virus so I might be able to walk at my college graduation. I just want to be able to have a nice and fun summer. I don’t want to be on lockdown anymore. I just want things to go back to normal. Hopefully, soon it will.