Blogs: Messages from the Arrow staff

Friday, May 8, 2020 Rise and grind, it's time to do schoolwork for the whole day. And by schoolwork, I mean prepping for the final issue of the Arrow. It's super bittersweet that this is going to be my last issue. This paper has given me so much more than an opportunity to share my voice with the world. It has become one of my passions as well. There is nothing like the feeling of when an issue...

Thursday, May 28, 2020 Last day ever. Thank god. I don't think I could've done this, any of this, anymore. I had my last zoom of high school ever today with my math class, and this will be my last assignment for high school. Once I'm done with this, it's all over. This was definitely not the last day I was expecting, but it's okay. I think I'll always be a little bitter about this whole situation,...

Thursday, May 21, 2020 I woke up today and drove with my dad to Redford to pick up a play set for my sister. I then went inside for a little bit, came back out to pull weeds, and the I helped my neighbors put a TV into their car. Then I had pizza for dinner played some baseball with my brothers and dad. ONE MORE WEEK, I've been waiting and waiting and high school is finally almost over. I bet I wi...

Sunday, May 24, 2020 Yeah, this weekend wasn't really that busy. My boss said it would be crazy, with it being Memorial weekend and everything. I gues the whole lockdown thing has people acting cautious, which I think is a good thing. I know it sucks that we can't all just hang out together, but social distancing is the right call right now. Soon enough though, we'll be back to normal which ...

Thursday, May 28, 2020 Day 73 in the trenches, Well, the time has finally come. The end of an era, the end of my blogging for the school year has finally came upon us. Really, I did not know when or how this day would have ever came, but it did. I am so happy that it did. It still feels surreal that I am saying that. That the end of the school year is finally upon us, for seniors that is. Where d...

Thursday, May 28, 2020 Here we are folks, the conclusion of my senior year and my last blog. When Governor Whitmer announced on March 12, 2020 (my, that feels like ages ago), I had originally guessed it would just be four weeks of school off and we would all return later in April. Boy were we wrong. After having a wrench thrown into 2020 for everyone, we can now only hope things will get better ...

Monday, June 1,  2020 Well, school is coming to an end, social distancing is practically a forgotten rule now, and a long needed discussion about ending racism and police brutality has erupted. 2020 is definitely going to go down as one of the craziest years ever. I'm very glad school is coming to an end because that's one last thing I am going to stress about. I hope corona cases do not spike, an...

Thursday, 28 may, 2020 Okay. Now I am really rushing to get all my homework done. I literally have to write a 1200 word essay by tomorrow morning. Its already Friday 12:11 A.M. I may be very stressed out right now but that is okay we cruisin'. Just enjoying life one more day left I can do this and get everything done. No way I won't. I always get everything done. Anyways I can not believe High...

Friday, May 29, 2020 Woke up at 6:00 A.M. on the dot this morning, with no alarm. So I think that's some progress. Took a shower and now I'm going to do my workout. I'll write more later on in the day! Thursday, May 28, 2020 I was supposed to start my workout and diet plan today... but I literally have no control over myself when it comes to food. My friends will say "lets get something to e...

Friday, June 5th, 2020  With that is going on with the world it's crazy to think this is all just happening. In the last week alone we had so many more COVID cases and there are protesters marching the streets across not only the US but in other countries too. This has been a very boring quarantine and I am excited to finally go outside and enjoy summer. What I have learned from this quaran...

Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Severe tornado warnings and pouring rain have lit up the charts over here in Oscoda. Streets within 15 minutes of the rain have flooded. Legit even driving a 6-inch-lifted diesel off-roading truck is hard to do through some streets, and that is CRAZY. This rain better end soon or I might lose my mind because I have stuff to take care of today and I can't exactly get it don...

Tuesday, June 2- Thursday June 4, 2020 This whole week has been pretty uneventful. I worked on a lot of homework and wrapping things up because next week is the last week of school. I’ve been keeping up on the Black Lives Matter protest and movement and I think that it is really cool and special that so many people are getting involved and trying to make a difference in the world. Tuesda...

Thursday, May 28, 2020 Today I got to pick up my yearbook and two t-shirts. Since I was in yearbook, I knew what most of it already looked like. I think it turned out good, but it feel that it kinda looks like last years. A lot of yearbook are similar to the years before. I think for the year of 2021 they should change it up and go outside of the box. But I mean what do I know. Well I'm pretty much ...

Tuesday, May 26 The countdown to the last day of school for seniors is only 3 days away. It’s hard to believe that we only have 3 full days left. I’m so excited to be done and move on to the next chapter of my life. However, I am upset that our senior year was cut so short. I wish we were still having a normal graduation but instead it will only be virtual. The only thing I’m really looking f...

Wednesday, May 20 Wednesday was pretty boring. Since all my stuff was taken away I didn't have much fun. I was bored all day and could do pretty much nothing. The only thing I really did was go to work and stay there for a couple hours. It's good to have a job but I cant really use anything so its kinda tough right now to be honest. Other than that I've done pretty much nothing and I cant do an...

Thursday, June 4, 2020 This week was filled with me getting a bunch of Amazon packages. Yes, it’s come to that point where Tik Tok has made me buy a bunch of things. I actually recently got these light strips that you put under your dash and under your back seats in your car so you have like club lights in your car. If you play music the lights change to the beat of the song. When we got them...

Sunday June 7th, 2020 Yesterday I dyed my hair in my basement with my friend Brooklyn and it turned out a mess. I was trying to do mine pastel purple but it just ended up an ugly blonde tone. I guess that's my luck. We had been planning it for a day and a half and were finally ready. We spent all night watching tutorial videos and videos of successes and fails on YouTube so we would know what ...

Wednesday May 27 2020 Today is Wednesday. Another day at work. Same old stuff and I don’t have much to blog about today. I am planning on buying tickets to a concert that is more than a year away. Tuesday May 26 2020 Today is Tuesday and I don’t have to work finally. I will probably be swimming a lot and will be playing MLB the show 20. I will probably have subway for lunch. Monday ...

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Things are finally calming down. It definitely took quite a while, but things are becoming normal again. Of course, COVID isn't completely gone and I predict it will take quite a while to reach a normal point again, but the cases are slowing down. It's funny how they slow down as Junior year wraps up too. Junior year has been quite a ride, definitely threw a few curve ...

Sunday, May 17, 2020 I spent a lot of the day playing stellaris and doing math stuff again. I had a pretty boring yet relaxing weekend. Tomorrow I am going to do as much work as I can so I don't have to worry that much about school for the week. If I can get it done early I will do it. Some of my teachers give work for the entire week on monday so being able to get a jump start on it is very us...

May 20, 2020 Work another closing shift today but tomorrow ill be going to my grandpas to clean out my new room. May 18, 2020 Packing things today and getting ready for work tomorrow. May 11, 2020 I got to see my grandpa today and we started to arrange things for me moving in after graduation. May 6, 2020 Catching up on all my homework today. Hopefully i can sleep because i feel s...

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 I woke up today not feeling great, but I ended up getting out of bed and calling out of work. I went with my dad to the lake to see how much it had flooded with the rain, and drove around for a while. We went to the Custard Spot after dinner, which had a very long line. I've been catching up on a lot of sleep lately. I slept for 13 hours Monday night, and 10 on Tuesda...

Wednesday, June 3 It's kind of ironic how everyone jokes around about how 2020 is only going to get worse, and here we are every month something worse happens. the good news is the stay at home order is being lifted, but then again I'm not sure I'd like to go out anymore. It hard to believe that it's already June and school is just days from ending. It feels like just last week we were all over...