Everthing Falls Apart in January- Liesl

You know that saying, “Everything falls apart in January”? I believe it now. More than ever. First everyone got sick, cold, fever, flu, and the student body at Holderness Central School was reduced by a third, all at once. Then, when everyone was starting to trickle back in, some still with runny noses, or a hacking cough that never seemed to go away, Wham. The teachers got hit (or at least I think they did), with the same cold or fever or flu that kept the students crippled for a week. Half your classes you would have a sub, and it would be total pandemonium. A week later, when it seemed like everything would calm down, and people would recover, the world collapsed again.

Not so widespread this time, but I definitely noticed it. All around me, people were breaking bones, losing pets, hurting their backs, moving to a faraway place, getting bad grades, losing bets or who knows what else, and nothing was just the calm, boring, everyday routine that I have come to expect. All I can say after this chaotic month? T.G.I.F. Thank God It’s February.