I don’t know about you guys, but lately I’ve been feeling bored out of my mind. Struggling to find ways to entertain myself, I keep going back to sleep. About two weeks ago, I really felt the hit of feeling bored with nothing to do to the point where I began exercising to entertain myself. And guess what! It actually felt kind of good (it shames me to say that). So for all of y’all feeling bored like I do, I compiled a list of activities you can do while you are living your quaranteenage life

Make food: 

While going on a grocery shopping trip to Target the other day, I was appalled at how little food there was available. Fortunately for me, the candy aisle was basically stocked. I bought a pack of Haribo gummy bears and a pack of Nerds so I can make nerd ropes. I am planning on making M&M cookies later in the week. Some more sustainable meals I made include shrimp carbonara, shrimp spring rolls, stuffed peppers, chocolate strawberries, banana ice cream, and spaghetti and meatballs.

Other edible things you can make include banana bread, three ingredient peanut butter cookies (highly recommend), and baked mac and cheese. My friend Stephanie is a beast at baking. Follow her @stepani_bakes on Instagram for more inspiration. Be careful though, making food can be dangerous. At times of boredom like now, many of us eat food to entertain and we can easily go over limits. Trust me, I know. 

Shoot your shot:

You might as well shoot your shot now. I mean, what is the person going to do? Come and see you? Plus, you never know what will happen out of it. I mean, I shot my shot with a guy a couple weeks ago. Becky helped me give him my number and later that day he hit me up. But, he stopped responding to my snaps so there’s that. So if I can shoot my shot and somewhat make it, who is to say that you can’t do the same? Do it, I urge you. 

Exercise:

Ugh, it pains me so much to say this, but exercising is lowkey entertaining. I’ve been following these exercise youtube videos. Hey, why not use your time to get a glow up? Or get that summer body you’ve been craving? Imagine if we actually go back to school and you get a massive glow up that no one was expecting! Personally, my glow up is looking more like a glow down right now as I am eating way too much junk food and my skin is breaking out. I’m still working on that. Here are one workout video I like to follow to keep me motivated!

Create new Spotify playlists:

Recently I’ve been discovering some new artists and new songs that I really liked, which reminded me of how old and outdated some of my playlists were. Therefore, I decided to go through my playlists, delete some songs that didn’t belong there anymore, add new songs, and create a few more new playlists to vibe to! With your new Spotify playlists, you can dance your heart out on the streets! 

Hopefully these activities that I suggested will help you with your boredom as they did with mine! Happy quaran-teen-ing and stay safe kiddos! We’ll get through this together 🙂

Sorry guys, but here’s the cold fact: people come and go. Whether you like hearing this or not, it’s the truth. As you might know already, NNHS is my eighth school and I lived in five different places. The first actual move I remember (because I was old enough to understand what was going on) is from North Carolina to Colorado. I remember being curled up in my bed, tears dotting my pillows, shaking back and forth, hyperventilating for practically the whole night until my body wore out and I fell asleep. After that, each move and switches to different schools and states became much easier. I learned to develop a hard wall around myself as more people entered my life and I left theirs quite shortly after.

My First Best Friend: 

Her name was Erica, but I’m not quite what her last name was. Our friendship developed at either my first or second elementary school. We would hang out at the playground a lot. She would convince me that she had a pet cat that I couldn’t see and that this cat would follow her around everywhere. She even invited me to my first ever birthday party at the local pottery place. In her honor, I chose to paint a gray cat with light blue eyes. I don’t remember how, but somehow I got her address when I moved to Colorado. We kept in touch for a few months by sending letters back and forth and leaving a small present in each envelope. But then life caught up to us and we couldn’t be bothered to send letters to each other anymore. 

Middle School:

Ah yes, middle school–some of our finest years in life… and some of our worst. I’m just going to gloss over this part of my life because a lot of it is personal to me and truth be told, I don’t particularly want some of this type of information to be spread around school. You would understand, right?  I mean, our school always spreads around the worst rumors about you. But I will tell you this, I met some of the best people ever in middle school. My friends were amazing! We would always hang out, go to Target, and wild out at each other’s houses. But alas, all good things must come to an end. Bad news came and before I knew it, I was moving again. This time is to Naperville, Illinois.

My First Best Friend in Naperville: 

His name must not be said but a lot of you might know who I’m talking about. I’m going to gloss over these details too. We would hang out all the time. And when I say all the time, I mean all the time. We would go to Target, and hang out at his house, my house, or another friend’s house. We had our ups and downs but we always made up after. In sophomore year, this friend grew distant with me, but I couldn’t fathom why. He started becoming the meanest person I have ever met and it was like a mask had been formed over his face because I knew deep down the person he was. But that’s the way life is: people come and go. 

My Current Best Friend:

I guess this kinda serves as an appreciation paragraph for the one of the most amazing people I have ever met. We bonded senior year and grew closer and closer together. I could allow myself to be vulnerable around her and she could do the same around me. Every Friday night, we would hang out and call it a girls’ night. During girls’ night, we’d talk about our week and our day and let our thoughts loose. It’s actually quite therapeutic. She was there for me through thick and thin and she stood by my side through my hard times. @TZ, this one’s for you 😉 But like I said, people come and go. College will most likely be the result of us growing apart, even if we try to not let it happen.

Honestly, people come and go. Speaking from my experience, this is most definitely true. But, you might as well enjoy the ride while it lasts and hold on to those good ol’ memories before they all become distant memories. 

Lol, sorry for the lowkey sad post y’all. Next blog will be more happy, I promise. 🙂