Before Spring Break started I was so excited to go to the beach because I had been super pale for what felt like months. Soon, it was the Friday before Spring Break, and my 2:30 PM class was about to end. I couldn’t help but think about how I was going to spend the next seven days in the sand while watching the sunset from Clearwater Beach.
Two days into vacation everything changed
Sadly, two days into my vacation, my dreams of a fresh tan and beautiful sunsets were crushed due to the global pandemic.
Once the news broke that all college campuses would close and classes would be moved online for the remainder of the semester, I quickly cancelled the rest of my planned beach days and began to worry about how I was going to pay my credit card bills. I currently work on campus as a student assistant, and it’s my…