It was alright for a few weeks, collecting unemployment and all but it got old QUICK. About 2-3 months in my high school crush hit me up. I turned her down cause I was at home with my elderly parents and didn’t want to risk transmitting the disease. let me tell you, I fumbled my share of baddies but this is my Seahawks vs Patriots

it was goated

Sometimes yes
Cause it was absolutely till that point in life the best time of my life lmfao

I was 23, I had suffered an immense football injury so I was for da first time in my life free of commitment having played it a prof high lvl

I ventured into other passions and paths in life

I got my very first relationship right before da lockdown happened
My music got appreciated on a national level too

So yeah heading into the lockdown, I was on cloud 9, spending basically 24/7 with the then (first) love of my life, on da empty streets in da blazing hot
Total freedom, felt like a GTA game we were in, and she was also from this very rich family so obv the environment I was was too idealistic too

Exploring the country, being the hottest dressed couple every street, playing music, smoking some making love near everywhere cause none was outside anyways

To me the lockdown, was a very f***in great era

Even tho none of it or it's people that I knew then are still relevant in my life today
It's crazy how significant they were then and how they were part of the greatest era up until then in my life

I do not wish to go back tho cause I do remember getting sick and tired of the fact that everything was closed and s*** and the paranoid fools trynna infect u with their thoughts and s***

Like one the most beautiful things I'd ever seen was Ghent by night with ma ex

Like Ghent is a very known tourist city,known for its medieval/ancient decor
And during the lockdown with curfew none was allowed so late on da streets, we obv were on da streets anyways, stoned too 🤣

And it was a misty night, walking through da city, empty af, only my ex and me
It looked like we were walking through a fairytale, it was majestically beautiful
Like we were Prince and Princess, through the must and shimmering lights

Nowadays that's impossible cause tourism and in general ppl crowding the scene
But walking alone, with ur girl, through a big city center all alone,that was special

We need a 2 week lock down once a year

No cause I was working at a grocery store the entire time making $12.50

nothing stops you from staying inside without a chance of dying from flu

That was a failure on the government. Not the people (who most weren't even privileged to miss it. the only reason I got to "relax" was because I got laid off my food service job which I found out 2 years later, bro was gonna fire us all and close the restaurant down that same year) themselves.

Even with all the s*** we did, America dropped the ball so heavily on lockdown and how we handled it as a government.

I miss them $900 checks every week I was eating healthy let me tell you

Yes it was amazing

Except the no live music part

it was fun for like a month, by winter it was awful

I miss the shared sense of comradery that was had between different people, especially when it came to mass movements and organizations. As someone living in NYC it was definitely my 1st time since college (a disappointing situation kinda disillusioned me for a long time) participating in some of the protests that was going on and going to vigils. Most of us masked up cause we understood some of our peoples had conditions.

THAT part was beautiful.

I think it gave people time to think about how unsustainable this system really is.

that being said,

that winter I damn near had a mental breakdown lol.

History books will talk about how royally bad America handled the COVID lockdown.

It was nice lil switch up to our otherwise routine lives.

There was a lot of gloomy uncertainty for me with my family’s health and my own job. other than that it was great but I was always nervous and paranoid. I look back fondly but then I remember how uncertain I was about those things and how it was always eating at me

All the time dog.
Still do.

Yes

Oh trust me, I know how the government failed us as a society as a whole, I was never blaming the people. It’s just slick annoying to hear “I miss the lockdown” and remembering just how bad that s*** got for me and many people I know, mostly due to government failure.

Some of the stories my doctor friend would tell me were crazy. Said she had to completely wash down before leaving work and had to carry like 2 outfits every day. Had to live separately from her husband and kid for a while. Watched people say goodbye to their families thru iPad screens while she’s wearing a hazmat suit. Then she leaves work and across the street are people in packed bars just living like everything’s okay

Those type of realities are what makes me not miss that s*** at all lmao

Yes, was the last time I was TRULY HAPPY

It was nice because I had just got out of college so I was just collecting unemployment and playing Warzone
I don't miss the fear of bringing home the virus whenever I did something though, because I was living home at the time. That paranoia f***ing sucked

for sure

I meant my degree lol. Started it in 2021

This

Only thing I missed from that time is her