All I have been doing today is homework and getting my schedule on track. I've also been focusing on survival tips as well making sure my family and I have all the things we need. I went on Zoom earlier today for English and History. I did my assignments for one class and then moved on to the next one. I made some free time for myself to watch Danny Duncan on Youtube and laugh. But after enjoying my time watching videos, I went back to sitting in my bed for hours doing Edgenuity. Doing school work at home by myself makes me feel pretty lonely. So a solution I made was to Facetime my friends.

Going to the store was pretty hectic. My mother, father, and I wore masks and a hoodie over our heads for extra safety. People had shopping carts full of food and paper towels. We got food such as Top Ramen, vegetables, fruits, rice, and other necessities. When we got home, we had to take showers and put our clothes in the wash so that we were clean. We later went out to get some more food and supplies for the house. But it is pretty scary because some people are really crazy so we have to be very careful. When we got home, we wiped down our supplies and put them away. I went to take a shower again and got ready for bed and went to sleep.

So today, I decided to work on some of my homework and projects. But first, I woke up and went to take a shower. I have a chemistry project due soon so I worked on that and went back onto Edgenuity after. I was on Edgenuity for Spanish for a while and I had a problem with one of the assessments. I wasn't able to finish the goal I was suppose to reach so then I emailed my teacher notifying her. The whole Coronavirus pandemic really messed up a lot of things. But it is what it is and we are all going to get through it. Hopefully everything will go back to normal and scientist and/or doctors will have a vaccine to prevent more people from getting infected.

I have been spending a lot of my time with my family and I love it! I get to be with them and enjoy our time together. I've been trying to do my part at home by helping in the ways that I can such as cleaning. I've been hanging out and trying to keep myself busy/entertained. I still talk to some of my friends but sometimes I get bored. I've been trying to get ahead of some things such as my priorities and my schoolwork. When I go to do some work, sometimes there are things that don't allow me to continue such as an error but I'll get through it and find a way around it. After that, I have finished. But overall, I'm really happy and I'm feeling great. I recently have gotten into contact with someone I haven't talked to in a long time and we are still catching up but it's going good.

So during my Spring break, I have been going to sleep at times when people are supposed to go to work. I have been waking up at 3 in the afternoon but I sometimes get up earlier. I did some homework during the break but I've also been watching Netflix. I watched some movies about World War 1&2, a show called All American, and history of LA. I still haven't finished watching All American but I'm almost done with it. I took a geometry test on Edgenuity and I didn't pass it. It's very difficult trying to comprehend and fully understand what they are trying to teach us. If I had a teacher in front of me explaining, that would be so much more helpful. But I will get through it.

So I cut off all of my hair. My hair is like one millimeter long. I was going to give myself a normal haircut but I was thinking that I should just cut it all off. I've been wanting to do it for a while and I finally did. I thought to myself, "It's not like anyone is going to see me." So I used a razor and cut of all of my hair. My hair grows back fast. My hair will be so beautiful and healthy when it comes back. I made a tik tok of doing a fade and ended up with a full shaved head. I showed my friends and they were so shocked. Some of my friends were like, "Why would you do that?" I honestly love it and I don't have a problem with it. I'm so glad I did it. When I go back to school, I will have less acne, a better body, and even nicer hair.

Distance learning is ok. I can do it but it's very time consuming. I want to listen to music and have something on my mind other than school. I get on my classes when I wake up and after, I go and start doing schoolwork. My sleep schedule wasn't working for the past week. I've been sleeping after 2 in the morning and waking up about the same time my first class starts. But I am getting up ready for my classes. I need to do more reading for the book "Lord of the Flies" but I will catch up eventually. I'm still doing work so I can improve my grades because I'm aiming to get at least a 3.5 GPA.

I was cleaning the kitchen and while I was washing dishes, my doorbell rang three times. I looked at my dad confused and he went downstairs to see who was there. I went looking around my house to see if anyone was around but I didn't see anything. I went on my balcony to see if anyone was in the area and there still wasn't anyone. My dad went to the car and drove around our complex trying to find someone while I stayed on a lookout. He came back and didn't find anyone. My dad went to walk our dog and my brother joined him. They came back and I went back inside. But it could have been kids trying to mess with us.

I went onto my balcony to get some fresh air. It was so beautiful and nice outside I decided to sit down. It was kind of windy but I enjoyed it. I went back inside my house and I started sneezing. My allergies started acting up really bad. It was really hard for me to focus and I used nasal spray to see if it would reduce my allergies. I've been waking up kind of stuffy and I wasn't feeling good but I am feeling way better now. I've been trying to catch up on my school work and my reading especially for English. I need to organize my notebook for the upcoming notebook check for English as well.

So today, I decided I was going to make dinner for my family. I made spicy tuna and crab rolls. I think that I make very delicious sushi. I make the rice perfect and all of the ingredients proportional. Sometimes I would call my friends and they would see my sushi and would say they wanted some so bad. I told them that I would make them some when we hang out. I miss my friends a lot but I try to talk to them as much as I can. There's a girl that's like a sister to me and her name is Jackie. I talked to her a lot because she's very close to me.

I've been trying to keep myself in shape so I work out at night and during the day, I run around my complex sometimes. But when I run, it's kind of hard to breathe because I have a mask on. I would have to pull my mask down so I can get some air. Sometimes I skate because I don't know what else to do and because it's an extracurricular activity. After I'm done, I go home, drink a lot of water, put my clothes in the hamper, and then I go and take a shower. I should have taken advantage of using the gym I have at my complex. But now, that is not open, so I will have to be exercising at home.

So today, I FaceTimed one of my friends and she showed me a video that she took of me when I went over to her house around two months ago. I apparently knocked out and she was messing with me opening my eyelids and putting her finger in my ear. I did not wake up to it but when I saw the video, I started laughing a lot. I had no idea that she was messing with me while I was sleeping. I later called my other friend asking her how everything's going and I was just catching up with her.

Today, I woke up at around noon and I went to get myself ready for the day even though I didn’t go anywhere. For some reason, I was really sleepy. I ate lunch and did some homework throughout the day and around 5 p.m., I went to take a couple naps. But when I take naps, it is very difficult for me to go back to sleep. I didn't go back to sleep until the next day at 10 in the morning. My sleeping schedule is off at the moment but I will get it back on track. I'm going to try to sleep earlier.

It was a very beautiful day today, so I decided I was going to put a chair outside and sit in the sun. I'm trying to get a little tan because I think I’ll look better in the summer. I was on a call with my friend and she thought it was so funny that I was outside sitting in a chair in the “street” more like a road though. I felt kind of awkward because some cars would pass and people would just look at me. I would tell my friend “Oh my God, there is a car coming. Here we go again.”

It was a pretty chill day today. I stayed home, did homework, ate, and caught up on some work I needed to finish. I need to catch up in chemistry and also in English. But I've also been helping clean the house as well. I wash the dishes, I clean the counters, I put the dishes away, etc. I try to help in every way that I can. I need to manage my time more because I'm feeling really overwhelmed with the work that I have. I’m going to keep trying so I can keep pushing myself because we have to do that in life.

Today, my brother Harlow made cookies! They were so delicious! There are still some more downstairs but I think it's better if we save them. My mom said that we should make it from scratch and they taste way better than store-bought cookies or the ones you can make with the mix. To be honest, it is pretty easy just to make cookie dough. After, you just put it on the pan and then bake it. Then, you have cookies! I hope that we can make them more often because I really enjoy eating them but I should not be eating so many sweets.

I almost lost my retainers today. We were in the process of changing and moving stuff around in my room and my retainers were in a paper towel and they got put in the trash. I was up all night wondering where they were. When my parents woke up, I asked them where they were and then we went and took a look at the trash. They were in this box still in the paper towel. I was so happy that we found them because I didn't want to pay a couple hundred dollars for new ones. I disinfected my retainers because I did not want dirty retainers in my mouth. But I need to learn to put them back in my retainer box.

Today, I went to the beach to see the “red waves”. I have never seen anything like it in reality, only movies. It was so amazing to see because you do not get to see that everyday. The water looked so nice and I wanted to go jump in and swim. There were a few people who went boogie-boarding and just jumped into the water. I had my swim trunks on but I didn't go in sadly. But the drive there was really nice and peaceful, same as going home. I hope that I can see it again soon. I saw a video on Instagram that showed that the sand was also bioluminescent.

So today, we went to Costco. I am feeling good today. It wasn't as crowded as I anticipated. I expected there to not be a lot of food but everything looked like it was stocked up. There were a few people who were rushing to get some things but in my opinion there was no need to rush. Everyone inside was wearing a mask but I still tried to keep my distance. We got the groceries that we needed and we went to the food court. We had to stay six feet away from everyone and order one at a time. I got a hot dog and an iced mocha which was really good. After, we went back home. When I got home, we unloaded everything and I went to do some homework.

For Mother's Day, I planned to make my mom some breakfast. I was kind of tired but I was happy. I went to the grocery store a few days before and bought some food. I wanted to make her day great. I had some help from my brother and my dad with some things that I needed help with such as taking me to the store and plating the food. Harlow contributed $10. I was up until 5:15 but went to sleep. I woke up at 7:30 to make her breakfast. I got fruits and made a smoothie with no added sugars. I did that so it was pure natural. I made an omelet, some toast, and put some fruits on the side. We also got her an orchid. She loved it!

Today was a great day. My family and I went and got sushi! I got a baked scallop roll which was so delicious. We went to drop some off at my best friend's house. Afterwards, we stopped to get some water. Then, we went to Playa del Rey. I was enjoying the air even with the mask on and me and my family took some pictures. We did our best to stay away from other people. I wanted to go touch the water but it was too far. When I was on the beach, I had a clear mind and I was just thinking about all the things going on in life.

My mom, my brother, and I went on a walk at about 11 pm. We went around our complex and then down a hill. When we were coming back, we were passing the trash can and a raccoon jumped out and growled at us. My mom was in front of me and I told her to go run. I was quite frightened because it was really close to us. I'm always keeping a lookout for animals that might be around. I've had a couple encounters with raccoons and other animals but I try my best to keep my distance. Sometimes I go up to them just to look at them. But overall, I was okay and I was happy.

I'm not going to lie, I've been falling off track with my assignments. But I am trying to get all my work that was due up to date. Today, I tried logging into Edgenuity but it said that there was a 502 error. I need to finish my checkpoints for chemistry and Spanish as well. I caught up on my article of the weeks for English so that’s good. Well hopefully Edgenuity can come back online and I can finish my assignments. I'm almost at a 3.5 GPA so I'm excited about that. I'm a little stressed that I'm going to have to catch up on the work that I have not finished yet.

Tonight, I went on the run with my brother in our complex. We stretched for about 5 minutes and then we did a light jog. My brother was recording on his phone while we were running. We decided that we're going to walk down the hill because it would be good for our legs. No one was really out, there weren't a lot of people driving and it was pretty peaceful. When we were coming up, we stayed to the right of the road so that we did not get hit by a car. As we were on our way home, we looked at the trashcan and then there were two huge raccoons that were looking at us. Harlow was still recording. We went back home and we were really tired. I ate and went to take a shower.

Today, I watched a lot of movies. I watched “Drive Angry” with Nicolas Cage in it and watched “The Expendables” again. I watched all three of the Expendable movies. I was really bored and I didn't feel like doing work at the moment. I've been feeling pretty good actually. I've been more happy and calmer with myself. I've been trying to exercise everyday and eat good portions because I need to control that. But something that was really cool was that I reconnected with one of my friends from a long time ago. I haven't talked to him in about over a year. It was really good catching up with him. But something even better was that I've been with my family more and I love that.