The topic I will be discussing for my blog is how my life was impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Let me just say that before the pandemic, in terms of what I did outside of school and work, was not much. So my life currently has not deviated from my usual. I am what
Read MoreIt’s hard to swing a pickaxe with acrylic nails. Or at least, I would think that it is, I’ve never been in a situation where I was on a dig, and my pickaxing skills and my fondness for claws came into contact. The fact of the matter though, is that the pandemic has simultaneously facilitated
Read MoreSince last March, almost a year later, the world is still learning how to cope with the ever-changing rules and regulations that the pandemic gave. In the beginning, there was a time when masks were not a required piece of foreign fabric that we were mandated to wear, having portable hand sanitizer and even
Read MoreA to-do list in my phone, on my desk, on my wall, on the refrigerator—all of these to-do lists, yet I cannot bring myself to complete any of the tasks. When the pandemic began in the United States a year ago, my working and schooling shifted from being in the city to being in my
Read MoreI recall clearly the day that I knew the pandemic had taken a turn and things were about to get worse. It was Tuesday, March 10, 2020 and I was sitting in a meeting when an email from the university’s president came through notifying students, faculty, and staff that the campus would be closing and
Read MoreAt the start of the Covid-19 pandemic there were massive shutdowns and heavy restrictions on public movement as America scrambled to slow the spread of the virus. Only essential businesses were allowed to remain open under limited operations in order to sustain the basic needs of the population. But what constitutes an essential business? Clearly
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