An Unimaginable Season

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on march 19th

when we were sent home from school for a

long spring break

no one expected that this whole

coronavirus thing would last

this long but here we are

as my mom was in the middle of an

unimaginable year

in the middle of an unimaginable season

in the middle of an unimaginable

you get it right this year

has been hard we have all missed out on

important and super fun things

just requirements and zoos parties with

friends and family

happy meals like claim jumper

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that’s delicious i really really miss

those

and for me missing out on first grade in

the classroom

it’s been hard but we all had to do our

part in stopping this crowd of cloven

protective people are sicker than us but

how do we do this without losing our

minds

when you get creative so i thought to

myself

what makes me feel better when i’m sad

or sick

and then i remembered when i was little

and i would get sick

my mom would always build a new fort in

the living room and blow up an air

mattress move but cuddle and watch

movies until i felt better

and then i got an idea

what if i could help people when they’re

sadder sick but teach them how to have

their own viewing parties

so here’s what you need one

pick a showroom movie i would pick

pokemon

two make a plan with the grown-ups like

time and place and not just that you

could even

pick a theme planting snacks and drinks

big characters or costumes

come up with trivia questions get prizes

and gifts for trivia contest

winners and give you a projector screen

and other fun ideas

three invite people you can invite the

people you live with

or your small quarantine pod you can

even invite the people that

aren’t in your home or pod to join the

zoom viewing party

trust me you can

not have a blast

and do you know what the best part is

you can’t do it wrong

we had such a fun time we had a cringe

viewing party that lasted three days

and we watched all the grinch movies

we had a cloudy with a chance to meet

balls party where we eat spaghetti

tornadoes and meatball boulders and end

with ice cream snow for dessert

for my little sister marigold’s third

birthday we watched trolls world tour at

my auntie toy and uncle markie’s house

on their huge projector screen

and spooky halloween decoration to the

christmas tree

i know that makes no sense but i don’t

have time to explain it now

you can make it as big or as simple as

you want

sometimes we just blow up an air

mattress in the living room and cuddle

and sometimes we go all out but either

way

time together with my pupil makes me

happy it makes us all happy right

my hope for this project is that it will

bring people together

people in the same home and families and

friends that are so far away from each

other

because even when i’m with my people

sometimes i feel alone

so together let’s escape to pallet town

and canta with action and pokemon

or travel to the serengeti can’t walk

throw me the sand dunes

or have an adventure in vast amazon

rainforest

and see all the colorful parrots and you

might even see some tree lizards

we’re spending time with our good friend

charlie brown in the whole

peanuts game for thanksgiving and

christmas

whether it’s together in the same house

they are or on zoom or face time

we can still go places and do things

together even when you’re not going

anywhere at all

and wouldn’t it be cool if this became a

way we could

all continue to spend time together even

after the pandemic ends so try something

new

our creative ideas can last beyond the

pandemic

maybe we all need to cuddle and watch

movies together until the pandemic is

over

or at least until we feel a little bit

better

you