Maitland A&H Summer Blog Entry 8

 This week was sadly another let down on my end. Due to having Covid-19, I was still not able to attend to complete my internship. The good news is that as I’m writing about my blog post  I have now tested negative. As mentioned before Covid is no joke and we should all do our part to stay safe even if that means not attending events. One person sacrifice by staying home and being bored is much better then spreading a disease that could potentially harm others. It took me 10 days to recover. However, I will be reaching out to Katie to see if there are days in which I can make up over the next few weeks.

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