Riding Through These Times

March 27, 2020 Today we took the Bus out to pick up supplies at Target. I may have mentioned that we have a1966 VW bus in class—my father’s bus—but here’s a picture for the visual folks out there.  It felt strange riding in the Bus again, so familiar, as this is the Bus of my…

Don’t know what to do

it’s been several days since I’ve been outside. Since Friday 3-20-20, the first few days of staying inside were okay until today. I had several distractions through the first few days but now I’m just kind of over it. My outer shell of being okay is cracking and I feel the inside collapsing. There’s no…

Trust the Journey

Written by an anonymous student, posted by Jenny. If you want to share your experience as this was, just send your thoughts/images to Jenny I don’t really know in what sequence I’m suppose to be writing this but I figured I’d vent a little as well since many are doing that on social media anyways….

What's Going On?

What’s going on?There is no traffic on the 5 freewayinstead, there is traffic in front of Costco.There is no more traffic on the streetsinstead, traffic is in aisles 1 and 2, and 3… Long lines of people pushing empty cartswaiting to stock and unnecessarily hoard,waiting to get necessities only to end up with none. There…

Is This Really Happening?

The picture is looking out to the 626 in honor of Mike Sonksen…more views from Debs park. March 22, 2020 An uneasy feeling has been following me around as I navigate this new life: is this real? One student even e-mailed that very question to me, and I replied that as far as I can…

The Reason Why I Am 1SadGrad

I’m sure many people have experienced The Quarantine in many ways. In the beginning, some looked at it with denial – especially the young ones who think they’re immune to everything but an STD. Others took it so seriously that they went and bought every pack of toilet paper and non-perishable foods that they could…

Safer At Home

March 19, 2020 So, I was driving home tonight from my mom’s house and I heard the mayor on the radio. He was saying we are a city of love and we would be safer at home. I had a strange moment there because I know that is true, but I am so scared for…

The First Day

Today was the first day that felt real, even though I had been washing my hands and using hand sanitizer and social distancing and trying to do my best to focus on the now. We walked Harold the puppy-brained , impulse control challenged, pit lab rescue in Debs park today, and as I saw the…