This week was rather uneventful for me. I had gotten more results from my CT scan from last week and learned that I had another bulging disk in my neck, although I would have never noticed had I not been told about since like my back I have had slight pain and discomfort in my […]
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Week Three of Quarantine
This week has been slightly eventful for me. I spent most of the week working on an essay for my English class, a literary analysis of Rikki Tikki Tavi, in which I attempted to discuss the subtext of British Imperialism that is the central theme of the short story. Besides this, I had to get […]
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Appreciating the Overlooked
Every day, the black, wavy, coiled curls luxuriously returned to their original form. With every passing week, each strand of hair was only spiraling tighter in a uniform ringlet. The mirror usually reflected someone with straight black locks. Every day at seven in the morning, the same routine repeated. “Sit and straighten your hair.” However, […]
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Overwhelmed
I keep looking at the screen, and nothing comes to mind on what to type. The days pass so fast for me, and they always look the same, I don’t even know what today is. Every day is the same routine, nothing changes, not even my procrastination. My sleeping schedule is all over the place, […]
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Figure Skater in Quarantine
Hey, there isolated humans. How has your quarantine been? Mine has actually been pretty good, to be honest. I have been able to spend a lot of quality time with my family, and I have also had a lot of time to work on a lot of figure skating moves, jumps, and rotations. Last week […]
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And Now a Night Owl I Became
I am now fully in nocturnal mode sadly. I sleep at 7:30 in the morning and don’t wake up until 2:00 in the afternoon. I have noticed that my productivity and my creativity has increased astonishingly. However, the con is that I have to force my sleep schedule back to usual school timing since I […]
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See you soon
Hello again, I honestly like how comfortable it’s starting to feel to just write and let my emotions and feelings out with it not having a purpose. Did that make sense? You see, that’s the thing for my blog entry I mostly have to understand myself and not focus so much on your understanding of […]
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Missed Opportunities
I don’t mean to sound irrational, but I sometimes wish our regular life would just go as is despite the pandemic. I wish I could just hold my baby nephew and hug my little cousins, especially right now. However, what’s most difficult is the feeling of being stuck at home. Sure I’ve been keeping myself […]
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📢⚠️Distance Learning to Continue‼️✏️
Following the directives from our governor, The La Joya ISD will close school buildings for the remainder of the school year. However, online instruction and distance learning will continue. Classes are ongoing and will follow the district calendar. “Following on Governor Abbott’s Executive Order on schools issued this afternoon, it is important to note that […]
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⚠️Important Information ⚠️
La Joya ISD has taken immediate proactive measures, to align them to those issued by Gov. Greg Abbott on April 17, 2020, in an Executive Order to keep ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED for the remainder of the 2019 – 2020 academic school year.