STACIA LAVALLIE
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So when is this done? I am so ready to return to normal life like everyone else. I am very tired of just hearing the word coronavirus on the TV. Everytime, I feel like it's becoming, "Well there's nothing to report but you all want a report so I will blabber on for a while." It gets old, and I know it will be a while until everything is done. I feel like I keep hearing that it will be a month later. I hope we all get at least some of summer. Everyone says July recently, but I am thinking even then is a stretch. I have been passing time by working, watching shows, and going biking with Abby. As well as eating ice cream, whoops? I also cuddle with my cat, Lola. She loves sleeping and she can be very comforting. Abby has been getting me to go bike, even when it is six miles. I like to spend time with her, 'cause she brings me water and is patient. I am not the most in shape, but it is getting better and I feel great. We went out to Trollwood, and even walked by the river. I like to walk there since I have never been able to do that before. I also have started climbing trees with her, which is also something I haven't really done much before. I am loving to be able to get out, it breaks up the inside time. Besides that, sixty and above is so awesome. It tans the very pale skin I have gained from winter. Speaking of snow, it is mostly gone so I hope it is done. It has been six months of snow, so I think Minnesota is tired of it. The sun shines, I go biking and everything feels so great. I also discovered how much I love Calypso lemonades. So, Summer is rolling in and I am loving it.
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There really hasn't been much change recently. I am here at the hotel with my cat and still working when I am not at school. Well, there was an addition of bike riding with Abby. Which has been so nice, having somebody my age to talk to rather than adults older than 20. I climbed a tree this week! I am so happy about that for some reason, although my forearms were SORE for a couple days. Abby and I bike wherever she has planned that day, even when I feel very sweaty and out of breath. I am not used to biking so far, so it is new. I have started tuning into 2 Broke Girls reruns, that show is very entertaining and I have been enjoying it. At the hotel, we are just deep cleaning rooms so that they are in better shape than when we got here. We bought it as a Super 8, so that says a lot about the quality. Well. there has also been the county here too. I have continued to go to drive-thrus from lack of adventure. Whoops? It makes me happy so that is fine. Now the weather is gorgeous and we can go outside and have s'mores (we did last Sunday) and have a couple meals out there since it is sunny and usually 60 and above. I am loving it, it has helped so much with my mood. I am not depressed and lacking sunshine. I am feeling so good! We might be going home soon, which would be interesting. I am kind of liking having my own space and no chores assigned to me on top of working. I do miss my brother, dad and stepmom and the break was needed. I am feeling more independent, which is nice. I also have had time to think about what I want to do as a job, and I am torn on psychiatrist and pediatrician. I need to look into what colleges want and what I would need to do in college. This is definitely a lot of time to think, and I suppose I have more time. I am hoping this will all blow over soon, because it can get kind of old but I am trying to stay positive.
A small break from health topics. We all aware of the current situation but there are definitely differences. I stay in a hotel that my family owns, and I have been for four weeks now. It's crazy and I definitely miss my family and animals. I have a dog, Lena, she is a Border Collie mix with Alaskan Malamute. She is so cute, energetic and just very affectionate. I have a cat, Lola, she is a tortoiseshell cat and she also is very chubby. She is a good sixteen pounds, and loves snacks (Temptations preferred.) She is my personal favorite. Since I am stuck in the hotel, my family runs us dinner most times. We make do with our pizza oven, microwave, griddle and crockpot. We usually have some burgers or even the other night, meat loaf. I have cut down on hours, since school has been a lot lately. It’s not necessarily the hardest it’s been, it has just been a lot of busy work. Which takes time, on top of having a job. Honors Biology sends out checklists on what needs to get done, by midnight on Friday. Honors English also has a meet every single day and then assignments. It’s been okay, we are working on debate which I have liked in the past. I like to prove people wrong. It’s just been kind of boring lately with what’s going on. I want to go play basketball but I can’t. I want to see my friends but nope. I want to see my family for longer than 30 minutes. This is good, keeping me from eating at sit down restaurants. I love my stepmom’s home cooking, so it has been so amazing having that more often. I do miss baking, that was always a blast. I was just getting chocolate chip cookies down. They were soooo good. Positive aspects, having my cat now. Also, only having to work for a couple hours and making money. I’m apparently getting eight hundred dollars in a check here pretty soon. Which sounds like a great time to me, considering I had some maintenance on my car and I need to pay to go to Florida next year. I am so excited and that trip is my motivation. Orchestra is going to Florida with band for five days next year. I get to spend three days at Disneyworld with some of my friends. Back on topic, I heard this will probably end by June or July which I’m hoping sooner than that so we have summer break to enjoy and I can return to my house sometime soon. I am enjoying no dishes, chores and having my own room and bathroom but I do miss normal. This has been really hard but no mental breakdown yet! Even one of my coaches said she has been struggling, and has been doing a lot of thinking. I am in track and was looking forward to that, but I suppose some sacrifices are made for safety and health. I am upset but it is what it is. Anyways, this has been a whirlwind of a time and I am kinda glad we are journaling about it. I think I’d forget so much of this. Like going to get ice cream with Cody, playing cards with Cody and even listening to Cathy yelling at Paul. I’d forget so much of this. I know it sucks but I am creating so many memories I will never forget. My sophomore year, the last few months online because of coronavirus. This is crazy but I guess it’s just settling in now. We will make it through together.
So everyone knows about the Coronavirus, and that social distancing needs to happen. I made a whole blog about what it is, so it's definitely been spreading around. On top of that, we had just stocked up on disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer so that was very convenient. So now we wash our hands often and use sanitizer way more. The place it effected us the most though is our hotel, Bison Plains Lodge. We had just started picking up more business, so we were thrilled when that happened and then the quarantines started happening, That's when we needed to start wiping everything down at least once an hour, and make sure that we got the state's demands for businesses. I also had a job at Hawthorn Suites in Fargo, so that dropped a TON too. Hours got cut and people needed to get laid off. I was cut until everything picks back up, so now I mainly work at Bison Plains Lodge and help my family out because cuts were made here as well. It’s been crazy, working mostly every day at my family’s hotel. On top of school, it can be a lot. I am, like everyone, missing my friends like crazy. It does get old sitting at the hotel and the cycle of school, work, sleep. I go for drives, just to get out of the same space for days at a time. I also go to get food randomly with my cousin in drive-thrus. I know it’s not recommended but it’s something I do I guess. Also, just for future note, my parents are at my house, separate from me. Along with my cat. On the bright side, I do get a hotel room to myself. It has been nice, only having to pick up after myself rather than seven people in a house. School has been okay, distance learning isn’t terrible. I try to get things done ahead of time, and sometimes that works out. I watch the front desk and do homework most days. It’s been working out fine. Overall, I think I should be just fine for a little bit.
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