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Collected Item: “A Month at my Grandparents”

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A Month at my Grandparents

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Text Story

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I was stuck at my grandparents for a month with my two brothers, sister, cousin, and my grandparents during the start of the first wave of COVID-19. We didn't really do anything but stay inside. When we first got there, we had to wipe off my PlayStation 4, PlayStation controller, Headset, and all of my PlayStation games. When we got groceries, we would wipe them off and let them dry overnight. The worst part about the entire thing was that I had to shut my PlayStation off a lot and had to be off at a certain time. It was upstairs so I couldn't try and play on it at night but I also got up at 8:00am or 9:00am for online classes that didn't even count as a grade.

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#Didn'tReturnFromSpringbreak, #HouseFullOfPeople, #Stressed, #PlayStationVibin

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Ryan Minsky

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2020-05
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