It’s been over a month since lockdown began and it was announced today we’re gonna go for another month, so for April and May all of Honolulu is barely awake. Waikiki is a ghost town. I’ve heard the Strip in Vegas is dark and empty; Times Square in NYC is silent. It’s still very surreal - the entire world has shut down. As of today, there are 2.6 million coronavirus cases, 185,000 deaths, and 730k recovered.
Staying at home isn’t something I’m new to. I spent over a year in a single room, afraid to go outside, playing video games, Redditing, and watching television with Turtle. At the time, I resented being forced to leave the house to go eat. I now understand what a waste that was. After joining Iruka and freediving in the ocean with wild sea turtles every day, I discovered that I want to get out of bed in the morning. I loved stretching my muscles, challenging myself physically, interacting with people, the sunshine and my coworkers. I fell back in love with being alive.
Being at home for so long has been making me a little depressed. Initially, I was unproductive. I watched TV all day and ate junk food. Today I realized my depression was coming from being an unproductive shit. No, I’m lying, I had realized it days ago but did nothing to change. So today I got out of bed, dyed my hair, vacuumed my room, took the Turtle for a run, journaled and worked on my website. I’m reading The Defining Decade currently and just finished the Hunger Games series for the first time. I’ve been studying for the Real Estate exam, but I have no idea when I’ll be able to take it. I need to remember that it’s important to exercise mentally in addition to physically.
I really want to get a Switch to stream with! I’ve been playing Sims on stream but it’s not a very popular game on Twitch. I FOMO so much over everyone’s Animal Crossing screenshots. I wish that I could be like the cool kids, man. People are selling them online used for $500. Nintendo is planning on releasing a lot more, so I’ll wait. If you know of anyone selling a switch for like 350 please let me know!!
I tripped with my two best friends last weekend. We watched Phantom of the Opera and saw the most beautiful sunset. Turtle and I went into the water and I savored being in the ocean again. Turtle does not like the ocean. Lucy told me to treasure Turtle, as he is the bestest boi. Love Rinderful and Becca and Chris and life. I am so grateful to be here.
If you’re reading this, thank you for doing so!! Best wishes to you.
<3 chaneru
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