A reflective interview from a young person exploring their experience of COVID-19 as part of the CONTINUE Project 

OK, so how did you feel when lockdown was announced? Chilling. Chilling. So that's it. So, um So what was it? Was there something that you enjoyed about lockdown? You know, not well, not going to school

Didn't like school. Didn't like school. So how did you feel your time instead of going to school? I I didn't really do anything do anything at all

So how did that make you feel? Sorry. Um, yeah, I definitely really. It was like it got really long looking like I not even important than that

I don't know. Yeah. Was, um I think question was there was there anything you were worried about? When when will it start? Like, when would we get everything going to be normal again? Yeah

So then when it when it all sort of lifted. And when restrictions kind of went, um, when restrictions lifted, Um, how did you feel then? It felt better. Like knowing that it was, like, sort of getting better

Yeah, and then doing things like the sort The sort of school, I guess, and doing things like, um, lessons and programmes that again. How did that feel? Um, I don't really do anything too far. So how how did it feel being able to go to places like here? I think I think sky are like, I don't know What sky

Yeah. So what? What was the first thing you felt confident to do when the restrictions lifted? Uh, eat food, like, go out to eat food? Food? How was there something particularly you felt about that? Just I don't know. I just thought it was better cos you like you weren't allowed to restaurants or anything once you so Yeah, I'm just I literally it was my birthday, Literally

Like on my birthday night at 12 o'clock, we went back into lockdown, so I started a party anyway, so it was just It was. So how did that feel going back in? It was It was It was weird because I had my party plan for ages because we weren't in lockdown like we just came out of it. But then on my birthday, like the the day, some people's parents will worry about it so some people couldn't come, but it still it was still like still All right, So then, um, now we're kind of out of it

What are you looking forward to? Right? And you know what? That's actually my my birthday, like, next month. And then it's just That's why I Oh, I don't I didn't have much of that one. Are you saying this to anyone? No

Um, well, it's gonna go. It might go on to like, um, a community reporters website, but it's only accessed by people who do community reporters. And it is quite difficult to find other people, unless you specifically search for it

I found. So I guess one last question, like obviously with your friend. How did you find, um, staying in touch with your friend? And like, was there anything difficult about that? Was there anything that you found That kind of maybe made it a bit rocky? Sometimes

Is there anything like that? Got it. Cos the girls. That's one thing

And then we want food a lot of time, and then it's just we can't get food. And it's just What do you mean when you say you, What's that like? I don't know. I just feel like if it was like, it's like sisters in it

But like a friend, it's like you're arguing every things like your hair brochure, your makeup. Whereas if it was a boy, it wouldn't it wouldn't have been as bad cos he's not gonna take your clothes or your jeans or like, cos you couldn't be a bit interesting most of the time. So it'd be like, Why are you wearing my t-shirt? Or like, make up? But other than that, it was all like, do you think it like? Do you think there was ways in which that made your friendship stronger? Yeah

Like, made you realise we were like because most people couldn't see their friends and stuff or family and to like to be able to it was just there on your So if you could speak to yourself back then and give yourself one piece of advice or tell yourself something, what would you say? Um, but it was not bad after, but in the end,.

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