HOW I COPED WITH LOCKDOWN
Hi, my name is Ethan and this is my story of Covid-19.
When I was 12 years old, my country went into lockdown due to a very bad and tragic disease.
My mother actually put my family in lockdown a day before the entire country got put in lockdown, which I thought was a pretty funny coincidence. I felt kind of happy about all this because I thought it was for the best and I never really thought about what was happening so I wouldn’t panic.
When I wasn’t doing school work I started to crave peanut butter on toast and lollies and I also binged watched my favourite shows like the Simpsons and stuff like that.
This became a habit and I kept on doing it. I had a daily routine.
- Wake up
- Eat breakfast
- Go on my phone
- Go on my swing
- Repeat number 3 and 4 for the rest of the day
- Go to bed.
It was pretty unhealthy but me doing this was the only way that would clear my mind about everything that is happening.
I started getting very territorial with my room. When my sister would come in, I would think about her breaking all my stuff and I would block my door with a bed so she wouldn’t get in. Luckily this stopped halfway through the lockdown.
I also started counting the days when I was in lockdown but I gave up after week 3.
When we actually started getting normal school work from our teacher it made me happy because I had something to keep me busy! And with all this time I had at home, I started to have really vivid dreams. I found out that most people were having dreams like mine! If I wanted to describe my dreams it would be like, I was trapped in my mind and I felt as if I had nobody… I almost felt like a ghost. I couldn’t decide if I was dreaming or if I was in real life. I got my answer when I would wake up.
I started to play games with friends and keep in touch with them on my phone so it made me happy that I had somebody to talk to!
My routine started to get better as I no longer craved peanut butter but I think the lollie craving was just normal as I was a child. I started to wake up and go on hangouts with my class and it would always make me happy that I was having social events!
It made me glad when we started to move down to level two! My mum has a boyfriend and he has two kids Ry and Lily and they are like family to me! When we were in lockdown, I couldn’t see them so I was really happy when I finally got to see them again! My life got much better after we started moving down levels because I could spend the nights at my grandparents again and see Ry and Lily again! I never thought that I would be so affected by all of this, it was a crazy adventure! I am writing this while I am in lockdown and I hope to be at school next week!
Ethan this is AMAZING WORK I read it out on the hangout this morning. (I was hoping you would come on to read it as its a very good example. You need to fix this blog I will send you some instructions to sort it out so that it doesn't run over.
ReplyDeleteWell done Ethan , this was really interesting to read about what you have been doing during lock down.
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