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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham acted fast to slow the spread of Covid-19 in March 2020. Among other venues, hair salons closed for several weeks. My partner and I usually get our hair cut together every five weeks. I wasn't sure when we were going to be able to get a trim again. It was one of the stressors of the early stay-at-home pandemic period. I watched some Brad Mondo videos on how to cut hair, and tried trimming my bangs with kitchen scissors. The last time I cut my own bangs was when I was in second grade. How'd I do? Check out my yearbook photo where the results were immortalized. This time my haircut went better, but I thought "If I'm going to be doing this more, I better get the right tools." So I added a pair of hair cutting scissors to my next Amazon order. I was surprised by how much of a difference it made. The hair salons are back open now a year later, but if we have to return to do-it-yourself haircuts, I'm prepared.
March 19, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I haven't written anything in a while because I don't know how I feel or what I think. I've been alright, I've been happy by myself which has been really freeing. But I'm also going slightly insane because my mom and stepdad are the only people I see. My stepdad has cancer and its pretty bad. There's just so much death everywhere. It's too much. I'm more scared of getting covid now than I've been at any other point in the last year. I think it is because the restrictions are being lifted, and it just feels like too much too fast. We can gather 50 people outside now, yesterday we could only be 5 people together. There's going to be a party outside at my university housing complex. I'm so terrified. I'm obviously not going. It can't possibly be safe. In two weeks a bunch of exchange students are moving in. That scared me so much too. I didn't used to be this scared or feel so overwhelmed so quickly. But I do now. Things are happening too fast. One of my jobs has reopened and I'm going back to work. But customer service just seems so unsafe too. I just feel like there is danger everywhere and I'm not sure how to deal with it. I'm tired of uni. I think about dropping out at least once a day.
April 22, 2021