There’s not much you can do when your brother tests positive for Covid-19, other than lock yourself in your room and hope for the best of course.
When we found out my brother was positive, our initial reactions were ‘Shit, seriously?’ It seemed kinda unreal that my brother had covid, and although we were scared, my mum seemed somewhat positive and eager that we were going to all be stuck at home isolating together. “Family time” I suppose.
While I kept testing negative, my parents eventually caught covid as well, meaning that they had to isolate for yet another week. By this time, I had only completed 2 official days of school, and I felt really annoyed that I would miss out on classes and seeing my friends, especially since I had literally just met my core class, and hadn’t even gone to all of my classes or met all my teachers.
Online school when isolating is lonely, to say the least. Not only was I avoiding my family, I had no one else to talk to since everyone else was at school and actually learning and having fun. I on the other hand, was stuck at home by myself, trying to figure out what the heck ‘mitosis and meiosis’ was. It was also difficult to maintain a routine and keep up with my school work, as most of my teachers didn’t post the work we had been doing in class on google classroom, and I had to resort asking different people to send me the work for all my classes.
By the end of the day, I felt unaccomplished and fed up, and I just missed seeing my friends. I also missed out on some things I had been looking forward to, including my jujitsu training weekend and catching the train with my friends.
Thankfully, I only have one day of isolating left, and then I can go back to school! I already know that my classes and routines are going to be challenging, but I’m excited to surround myself with people again and not go crazy from loneliness.