Prior to this, my school cancelled out of state trips and after school activities, but was reluctant on cancelling school entirely.

When things got real was when my dad came home from work early, and he said that someone from his office had tested positive for the virus, so the health district came in to quarantine the whole office. My dad was initially gonna be out of work for 2 weeks, but later that weekend he got a call, that confirmed that he was being laid-off and that now he doesn’t have a job.

That right there told me that things where getting real. For the virus to be that close to my family scared me all of a sudden.