Day 79:

    I feel so helpless.  There's so much going on and so much injustice and so much oppression and there's nothing I can do about it.  I've signed the petitions (as should you all) but other than that, I'm just a teenager.  I can't vote, can't chose who governs me and my fellow citizens.

    I've felt the worst mentally these past few days than I probably have almost my entire life.  The worst part is, I can't really talk to my friends about it.  Sure, we FaceTime and zoom, but it's not the same.  We can't hug each other or laugh with each other or playfully hit each other when we're stupid.

    I just want everything to go back to normal.  We were hoping things would start to go back to normal on the 31st, but then it was 'indefinitely extended.'  Then the riots hit and the curfew with it.  Now my friend and I can't even take our socially-distant sunset hikes together, because it's after 8pm.

     Once this is over, I refuse to FaceTime or zoom ever again (I know I probably will, but I don't wanna).  If I want to talk to my friend, I'll just bike to their house.  The furthest they can possibly be is like 5 miles, which is only like a half hour bike ride, which is definitely worth it to see someone in person when it's not illegal.