my life during the pandemic

 I still remember when in January 2020 I heard the news, still distant, of a virus that had been unleashed in a city, whose name I had never heard, in China. It seemed to be another chapter in a story that, I thought, I would know about only through the news or social networks.


It is incredible to think that we have already been stuck in a pandemic for more than a year that has had such a reach throughout the world. At the beginning of the quarantine, everything was very new. I remember I had a class stoppage for almost a month and a half at the beginning of the year. During that time I took advantage of doing many things: I dedicated myself to cooking at home, reading books, walking my dog ​​every day. I think he has been the happiest with the quarantines, because I spent a lot of time with him and I walk him every day sacredly.


I believe that with the pandemic many doors and paths are opened. Some were already being developed and now they have finished consolidating, such as remote activities through online platforms. The first year of the pandemic, the online university did not bother me. In fact, it was quite comfortable for me not to have to get up early and to waste so much time on public transport. Also, I felt like I spent more time with my family. But now I'm tired of having to be on the computer every day. My eyes feel tired and my body too. I also feel that the days go by faster and the time, curiously, is not enough for me to do the activities that I have to do, which are less than when there was no pandemic.


In fact, I am optimistic about  thinking that the pandemic will be something that in a couple of years we will remember from a distance; but I am not optimistic about the future of the planet. Actually, I have a lot to wish for from the future that I think about 50 years from now.

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