Term 4 Week 2
My recount.
My fun and boring lockdown.
On 17th August 2021, delta hit New Zealand like how lightning hits a rod, and that's when it all started. The case numbers started increasing, the hospitals started filling up, and then that's when the most horrible thing happened, level four lockdown had begun! I was petrified by the news, in my head I was thinking, "this is horrible, no terrible, no that's not what it is, it's dreadful!" I was tremulous and confused inside, but outside I was just a normal kid, with a normal face. "This is alright", I said , "this is alright, it can't be that bad, can it?" Each night I said to myself "see this isn't so bad." And I was right it wasn't that bad, it was actually quite fun. I got to cook with my mum, play soccer with my family every single day, read more books, watch more tv, and best of all, have movie nights everyday, if I wanted to. Everyday lockdown started to get more, and more fun. I couldn't resist telling myself that lockdown, which at first seemed tedious and dreadful, was now very fun and exciting. That excitement didn't last very long, after a couple of weeks it was back to square one. The only difference is this time I wasn't terrified, bewildered or bored, I was angry and wanted to be with my friends. But on 21 September everything changed, Auckland moved to alert level 3, I started having more hope and getting less angry, the best thing was that case numbers were decreasing. I knew that it was still lockdown, but I didn't actually care anymore, because now I have more hope. Now, instead of feeling sorry for myself, I actually look forward to the next day, hoping that lockdown will end.
