March 13th 2020 is now 5 years ago….

It’s official. Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the day my school closed from covid-19. That day will be burned into my brain forever.

I was in 5th period Spanish class when the principal made the announcement that we would be receiving an early spring break. Everyone was very happy with this. Unfortunately that would be the last time we would see each other and literally NOTHING has been the same since.

My perception of time is broken. It’s truly hard to believe that there are people that were born in like 2010 and are 14 now. I still grieve the senior year I never had. Never got to have senior prom, senior ditch day, or anything like that. We did have an in person graduation tho at least.

My mind is still stuck in 2020. I may be 21, but I’m still a 17 year old high school junior in my brain. I literally joined TikTok the day after my school closed and now I honestly don’t know what I would do without the app.

The covid pandemic truly taught me to appreciate the things I have in life. In my opinion, nostalgia only hurts because we all know we will never go back to those simpler times ever again. I may be an adult, but I’m still a kid at heart. I’m still a child that wants to live the life that was stolen from me. If I could just turn back the clock, I would go back to 2014 and start over 6th grade middle school by avoiding being the cringey kid and get involved with school events. I would actually plan out my future in high school so I wouldn’t be so lost afterwards. Most importantly I would build memories with my classmates by asking my dad to buy a camera and just take random photos of things and people so I could have something to look back on.

Beginning next year, we will officially be closer to 2050 than 2000 which is just insane. All those years never thinking about that, and now we are here. In conclusion, we should treasure the memories we build with people because It really won’t be long before you’re 50 sitting in a chair thinking about the “good ol days”.

Time truly stops for no man…