Quarantine birthday part 1

June had always been special to me because it is my birthday month. In 2020, I had a quarantine birthday. Usually, I would study for about 1 hour each day. But on my birthday week, I had 1 and a half weeks off from studying! However, things seem to twist around on the weekend before my birthday...

My friend, Sally, stayed with us on  Friday just a few days before my birthday. My other very close friend, Amy, was coming to Gainesville with her family from Lousiana they were supposed to come tonight. I was already planning how much I would play, and teach how to make friendship bracelets to Amy. In other words, I couldn't WAIT. When Sally's mom came to pick up Sally, she got a text, that would change my life forever....

Okay, I know what you are thinking, I am just a tad too overdramatic. Anyways, what that text said is that the babysitter that had to sit for Sally had tested positive for COVID 19. My mom read an article that said that people with COVID start spreading the virus 2 days before they get their symptoms. Sally's babysitter got symptoms on Wednesday and sat for Sally two days before....

 

Then my mom made some calls. First, she called our neighbor who specialized in COVID. He said that it was very unlikely that we caught the virus since we were third in the chain. 

Then my mom called Amy's family. Her family had just left New Orleans three hours ago. My mom called her and said that "this-this-this" had happened and it was quite unlikely that we caught COVID and so she would leave it up to them if they still wished to come here. Finally, the grown-ups decided it was safer for Amy's family to turn back and head back to New Orleans. I cried a little bit because I was really looking forward to them coming. I thought that everything was ruined and we had COVID and all those bad things. Then  3 days later my mom tested negative for COVID. And it was hard not to be excited even though Amy was not coming. I mean come on, it's my tenth birthday, DOUBLE DIGITS!!! 

The day after my mom got her test results back, It was my birthday eve. Sally and her sister, Cally were having a sleepover with us. Cally was doing my hair and Sally was helping my parents make the "surprise" party. Every half an hour or so, they would switch places and someone would accompany me while I was locked in my bedroom. After my hair was done, we would just watch 5-minute craft videos on my bed. Finally, it was 11: 50, 10 minutes until my birthday. I walked outside of my bedroom. It blew me away....