On Tuesday of this week Governor Baker ordered Massachusetts schools to close for the remainder of the school year instead of the expected May 4th reopening date due to the surge of coronavirus cases in the state. The peak has not hit yet, and in that moment my senior year and high school career came to a very unexpected ending. It is reassuring the district has opted for an in person ceremony either in the summer or perhaps over thanksgiving break, it is still unknown. Everything nowadays is an unknown. I still don’t know where I’ll be going next year (hopefully I will have a decision by the end of the week) as financial aide has been finicky, and I’ve been backed in to an uncomfortable and panic inducing corner as sadly I was not accepted to my top choices and my best option from a financial standpoint is my brothers school...If you know anything about my family dynamic, this is not exactly good for me in any way shape or form, but I don’t have much choice anymore, especially if my other two options do not up the scholarship significantly. I have been writing more during this quarantine, and doing a bit of reflecting in between silly things I write mainly for fun. My high school career was a rather bumpy ride on many fronts, but it also had some very good aspects, and the lack of closure makes it difficult to potentially say goodbye for ever. I miss my friends quite a lot, I miss my teachers, and above it all I just miss being out of the house and being somewhere I can be authentic and am wanted. It really is a very unexpected goodbye indeed.
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
-A.A. Milne (Winnie The Pooh)
Until next time,
Max
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