Category: COVID-19 Diary

I reported to the school campus this morning per the instructions of our school district. To be honest, I was a little nervous about how the process was going to happen. Upon my arrival, I met up with several colleagues in the first-floor hallway and we engaged in small talk. I noticed everyone appeared uncomfortable, …

On St. Patrick’s Day, the world is clamping down. Governments are sinking their teeth into the coronavirus and methodically removing individual freedoms. Each step takes us closer to a world that was only conceivable in science fiction or post-apocalyptic stories. France and Italy require their citizens to fill out a form explaining why they are …

I didn’t wake up until 11:00am. The sounds of rain outside my bedroom window lulled me into a hypnotic state-peaceful, calm, and “quarantined” from the rising specter of the pandemic. Now I know something is definitely wrong in the world if I sleep in that late and am not sick or hungover. The rain could …

On Friday (March 13, 2020), Fresno County Schools closed down until April 14th, 2020. All events were cancelled and parents were left to figure out how to care for their children full-time. On a global scale, Italy locked their country down calling it a national quarantine and there seems to be more European countries looking …

March 12, 2020 was a marker, a bright line drawn in the sand of history, the culmination of the world coming together and yet simultaneously separated by borders and fear. As a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections spreading across the world [approximately 140,000 infected and over 5,000 dead], all major sports (NBA, PGA, NCAA, MLB, …