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Prompt: What was the best thing you ate today? Are you and your family eating different kinds of food? Are you purposely eating “old favorites”? The best thing I ate today was an omelette. Breakfast is one of my favorite meals to cook and typically I like to make omelettes. To start, I took two eggs and separated the whites from the yolks and placed them in two different bowls. Then, I took my hand mixer and whipped my egg whites until stiff peaks formed—this makes the omelet super light and fluffy. Then I took my separate yolks and beat them, with my hand mixer, until they were smooth. I poured my yolk mixture into my egg whites and gently folded the egg whites over the yolks until combined. I put my stove on low heat and put half a tablespoon of butter in a pan. Once the butter melted, I put a handle full of bacon bits into the pan and cooked them until they were crispy. When finished, I added my bacon to the bowl and folded them into my egg mixture. Then, I put another half tabl...

Prompt: What did you do for fun today? Today I read a book. Usually, I would not have thought to read on a long break like this, but I found myself really interested in books a few weeks into quarantine. It all started when my brother walked into the kitchen one morning three weeks ago. He put down a copy of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone . He told me it was a really quick read and that I should read it as well. So, after my brother finished the book, I picked it up and sat down in the living room and started to read it. I remembered once trying to read the book in third grade and not being able to finish the first page, but this time I found extraordinary interesting. I quickly zoomed through the book in two days and asked my brother if I could read the second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Of course he was still in the middle of it, but once he finished he passed the book down to me so I could read it. Again, I read it in two ...

Prompt: What does your neighborhood look like? Are people walking around? My neighborhood has always been quiet. There aren’t many families with young children, most of them are grown. I never usually see children running around the cul de sac on Saturday afternoons or selling lemonade on the side of the sidewalk, instead people walk their dogs and park their cars on the side of the road. But in these few days, my neighborhood has been completely bare. I haven’t seen a single dog walker, jogger, or occasional biker. When I went out to help my mom bring in groceries, I didn't see a single car on the street. It’s so quiet. I haven’t left my house since Sunday when my brother and I went to get ice cream at the ice cream shop across the street from my house. Nobody was sitting in the ice cream shop, the only person there was the manager and all the chairs were stacked in the corner. When we got our ice cream we had to walk home before we could enjoy our desserts. I had plans...