Goodbye Knox

I am a little behind this week on writing. I really don't have much of an excuse, except I just forgot. We got news this week that we will not be going back to school for the rest of the year (or school year). I am not sure how this makes me feel exactly. It was my last year at Knox but all my friends will be still going to College Park with me so that makes it a little easier. I don't feel like I am missing out on anything big like high school seniors or anything, but I still actually miss being in class and my friends. Also, I didn't get to play my last season of tennis at Knox which I was looking a bit forward to playing again. I will be trying out for the tennis team at College Park next year but was hoping for the practice this season.
I haven't been doing much at the house other than our normal walks and games. My mom let me go for a bike ride with my friend Matthew for a little bit this week. It was nice to see someone else. We kept our distance and stayed on our bikes. This weekend it rained a lot so we didn't get out much. My mom did tell me the governor put out a plan to start getting back to life. I am ready to get back to normal (whatever that looks like now).

Easter!!

This is was a bit different but I actually really enjoyed how not busy it was. We usually have a super busy day of going to church and then usually out to my Aunts lake house and sometimes we even take the boat out if it is nice outside. My mom made us cinnamon rolls, ordered scones from a bakery and we had coffee/tea before church on tv. Even though we weren't going anywhere, she still made us all get dressed up. She also made us a big lunch of ham, brussel sprouts, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and rolls. We did a zoom call with all my family! That was crazy and fun to see every one. We all went swimming afterwards and then my sister, brother and I all went on an egg hunt. It was a pretty relaxing day.

Easter Eve - April 11, 2020

My little brother has been waiting for the new Trolls movie to come out forever. It was supposed to be released yesterday at the movie theater, but since...everything is closed, they released it on demand at home. My mom found some trolls cookies to make and bought us some more movie candy and popcorn! The movie was pretty good. Today is Saturday, the day before Easter. My mom and sister are making deserts for tomorrow. They made a bunny cake and chocolate pie. Yum! Easter will be weird. We have a really big family and usually all get together for every holiday. It will be kind of strange to not be with them. We warmed the pool up again today to swim, so I am sure it will be swimming again tomorrow as well. 

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Birthday Celebrations! - April 10, 2020

This week was my girlfriends and my grandpa's birthday. Since we are supposed to be social distancing, we had to get a bit creative. My family met Zoe and her mom at the park for a picnic. We all just made sure to sit 6 ft apart. It is just so weird right now. At least I was able to see her and give her a birthday present.

For my grandpa's birthday, we made him some posters and did a drive by blaring the Birthday song by the Beatles. It was good to get to see some people this week, from a distance!

Since this weekend is Easter, I am sure I will have some stuff to post about!

The Weekend - April 5, 2020

The weekend, was not very busy. It rained a lot, so we couldn't even go swimming. Saturday, I think we were all ready to just get out of the house, so we drove to Katy to go to In N Out. It was a bit of a drive (about an hour each way), but what else did we have to do? The line was really long, as it usually is at In N Out, and we waited about an hour to order! Since all the insides of restaurants are closed except for takeout and delivery, we just had to eat in our car. This was probably the most exciting thing we did all weekend. It was also my first time in the car/away from my house, besides walks, in about 4 weeks. Sunday, we watched church online and watched tv and played games (the usual). I did play on my computer for a bit so that I could talk to my friends. I know...real exciting. I will attach a funny meme I found. It is the truth. Especially since I don't think we will probably be going back to school this year (or at least that is what I hear my mom saying).

Life As We Know It - April 3, 2020

It has been a few days since I have written. We had a movie night Friday. Since all the movie theaters are closed, you can rent the newly released movies on Video On Demand to watch at home. My mom bought a bunch of movie candy and popcorn and rented the movie "I Still Believe". It was a really sad movie, I was not expecting that. It had a good message though. I kind of felt that the message of the movie could kind of relate to what we are going through right now. Just because we are in an unknown time does not mean that God still isn't present. Saturday we had a game night and played Ticket to Ride. I think I should have won, and I think the rest of my family was not playing correctly. We have been watching church on Sunday mornings on tv. It is just not the same. My little brother has a hard time sitting through it and can be a bit distracting. This week they announced we would not be going back to school now until May 4 at the soonest. I did not like this news. I never thought I would be ready to go back to school, but I am. I miss my friends.

It's FRIYAY! - March 28, 2020

We made it another week in quarantine. Friday looks a little different than it used to, I am just glad I don't have to do school work for 2 days. School from home has been a little weird, I am not sure how I feel about mixing the 2. I know I have homework to do at home, but that is still different from doing all of your school at home. I do like the freedom of being able to sleep in and doing the work when I want to. My parents ordered me a new desk this week since I have been sitting in my bed all week on the laptop doing work. My computer is kept in our study, but since my dad is working from home, he has taken over the study. Here is a picture of my new workspace setup.

I am not sure what we will be doing this weekend, since there is not really anywhere we can go. We will probably just watch movies, swim and maybe order some mexican takeout. Not much different from our other weekends.

Quarantined - March 26, 2020

FYI...I started this blog on another website, but it won't let me share the blog unless I pay $, so I am having to move it all over to here. That is why all the dates are the same day. 

Everyone in our area (pretty much everyone in Texas and a lot of the US) are quarantined to their homes right now due to the coronavirus and to keep it from spreading. School has been cancelled and we have been schooling from home. We have been quarantined now for about 2 weeks and this is my first week of having to do online schooling (although, my mom did make me do some schoolwork and chores last week also). It has not been too bad yet. I have watched a lot of movies and tv shows, play ping pong, go swimming, and walks with the family (even though sometimes I am forced to). I have a little brother, Bryce, who is 7 and a little sister, Addie, who is 12 and they both love to annoy me. That has been fun! I eat and snack a lot. My mom tells me that she is going to put pantry rules in place one day. She sent me this meme the other day.

Ms. Williams, my history teachers sent us a social distancing bingo to fill out. Here are my results:

I am sure I will have plenty of time to cross of the items I have not been able to in the coming days and weeks of quarantine. Until next time....