New meals

 When Covid hit hard and officially shut everything down, Grocery stores stayed open while restaurants closed down. Our food consumption then began to rely heavily on my mom's cooking, from which I decided I wanted to start cooking. With the exception of occasional fried food, I'd say I eat pretty healthy. And coming from my mom, home cooked meals are usually healthy for our household. 

Me and my girlfriend, Madison, at
the Houston zoo lights during Christmas

On the right is a picture of me and my girlfriend. During the pandemic shutdown, we only traveled between our houses to restrict contact with other people. With the help of my mom, we started cooking dinner with her and eventually getting to the point when we would make our own meals for our families. I have to say that all of our dishes were top notch, 10/10. Since we were constantly cooking, our diets gradually became better and better, especially since neither one of us ever eat snacks or sweets.

From a financial standpoint, I'd say the pandemic contributed positively. Buying ingredients from the grocery store then cooking meals at home is cheaper. And since we never went out to eat anymore or got fast food, as a family, we saved quite a bit of money. Now obviously we were at home the entire time, so the electricity bill and water bill and other utilities went up but that's not what we're here to talk about. Food consumption and it's relationship to our family during the pandemic went very well. We were very fortunate, all things considering. Not only did it save us a little bit of money, it also improved our diets and contributed to learning how to cook with my girlfriend whom I love dearly.

The complete shutdown has ended, but the world is definitely not back to 100%. While in school, I try to continue to eat healthy in the cafeteria as best as I can and make the most out of these circumstances at school.