A letter from May 26th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, I am a student in high school going through a global pandemic called the Corona Virus (aka Covid-19). I missed out on the rest of my junior year since March 13th. This pandemic made my experience different than I had originally planned because I couldn't see my friends, I had to stay home for a couple months, and I did school work online for the first time. I did enjoy the sleeping in and not waking up at 5:30 every morning and I enjoyed the online school a little bit. The public surprised me with the response to this pandemic because we had to all wear masks, we had to stay inside for a couple months, and just the whole experience with living with a pandemic as a whole. Wearing face masks in public and staying inside has helped slow this pandemic down across the entire country and also the world. There was suggestion at the beginning of the corona virus, some doctors thought about the public to wear gloves. A lot of people heard this and realized that gloves don't exactly work because the virus would spread on them and it would be easily passed around to person to person. What I wish we did differently was act on it a little bit sooner, so it wouldn't last and get as bad as it did and still currently is. I filled my time listening to new music, getting a new job, watching a lot of YouTube, and seeing and face timing my friends and my girlfriend, Josie. I have grown emotionally through this, at first I had doubts about this being over and was always sad and depressed, because I couldn't see the people I love other than my family in my house. After a bit, I realized that this will end and things will go back to normal, and after this is over, everyone will be in paradise, because the virus is finally over. If this pandemic would go on for another year, I would try to mentally prepare myself for it and think positively about the ending of it, so I don't get depressed and stressed out. I see myself having a good paying job that is going into the IT field, preferably IT security or cyber security. I want to be out of my parents house and living with my girlfriend Josie in an apartment or house. I hope to be the same person I am today, but better. I hope to face my demons and just continue to live life happy as I see it. I hope the corona virus ends soon! Sincerely, Dylan (Date: 5/26/2020)