Calm Before the Storm (of Classes)

Even though I’m not studying ‘abroad’ anymore, it doesn’t mean that I’m no longer studying. It also means you aren’t done reading about my life just yet. Muahahahaha

Honestly, I have no idea where time has gone since I’ve been home. I know I’m not the only one out there feeling this way, but I’ve been extremely bored while at the same time being unmotivated to do anything. On the bright side, I exercised today for the first time since being home since I was procrastinating on my assignments that are about to begin.

Even once my 14 days of quarantine are done, I don’t even know what I would be doing differently. All I know is that I want Starbucks once my quarantine is over because I miss my Pink Drinks (I’ll be going through the drive thru, of course). Additionally, I will be donating blood since I want to help with the current situation in any way that I can – apart from just staying at home.

I would like to get a job to do something with my time and to even earn a little bit of money, but obviously jobs are scarce during these unprecedented times. It would also be nice to explore the outdoors, but Florida is just so dreadfully hot that it’s pretty miserable to be outside for long with the blazing sun. Gotta love the Sunshine State.

Anyway, my program is moving to online classes beginning tomorrow, meaning that my stress levels will also be coming back. Instead of having the appreciated distraction of being in a beautiful city to balance out the stress of academics, I have walls to stare at all. day. long.

I think I’ve perfected the art of wall staring, which can be seen in one of my upcoming assignments. My photography teacher is having us do a self-portrait while at home since we’re all practically in quarantine. The photo pretty much sums up what the past week has been like.

Take care, and until next time.

P.S. I will say that that above photo is not my best work but it captures how I feel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Below are photos from when my teacher gave us the same assignment while in Stockholm. There’s definitely a difference in how I approached my self-portraits the first time around.