My second semester was supposed to be even better than first if that was even possible. It was a long winter break between the two, nearly two months. I wasn’t nervous coming back to campus in February like I was in August. I was eager to branch out my social life on campus. I started to join clubs and look into picking my major with Career Services. Unfortunately, it was cut short.
While taking classes at home and dealing with my family all of the time, I’ve learned a lot. While finishing work for the day, it is necessary to have a mental break. My go-to is a walk to get some fresh air. If it is raining, Netflix and Hulu are my best friends. I have never truly appreciated how beautiful nature is, but I can’t get enough now. I stalk UD’s Instagram because the flowers blooming around campus are gorgeous. I have become obsessed with hiking around my county. We have so many trails around, and now I am considering taking on the challenge of Appalachian Trail with my dad. I have also found a new routine for my days. I wake up around 8:30 to start homework and make breakfast, go exercise for an hour or so, eat lunch. I attend all of my classes for the day, have a mental break, and then finish up school work for the day before dinner. I have learned that being in a daily routine is the key to this quarantine. It helps me navigate through my day easier and take care of all of the things I have to get done. The most important thing I discovered is the meaning of friendship. I live in Westchester, NY, and I haven’t seen my hometown friends since they left for college in January. It has been a long time, but we act as if we haven’t left each others’ sides. We are each other’s support group through all of our anxiety and sadness. We are always there for one another, when our families are driving us crazy, or when we need a therapy session. That is true friendship. My friends are the sole reason I have been doing well in this quarantine. This quarantine has been hell, but I am learning how to make my day busy enough to not think about it too much.
English 110 Spring 2020 10:10-11:00 
Hi Molly! I really liked reading your piece. One thing that stood out to me was the idea how you made a schedule for yourself with a set time to get up and do work and etc. I love that! I feel like the adjustment to having our average lifes, minus the idea of quarentine, from before the college experience is hard. Even when you talked about seeing your home friends and how the connection is still there, thats amazing! I love how even during times like this we all have our college friends and home friends to talk to. I hope all is well with you!
Alexis Lichten
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Molly, I really appreciated your writing, as it was to the point but also showed creativity. As you said in your first paragraph, and this is something I along with many others I’m sure can relate to, is we were finally getting acclimated to college and how to do things for our success and overall efficiency. Our current situation is of course not ideal, but I know we have all made our greatest efforts to figure out how to make it work.
The area around you seems beautiful, and it is nice to hear that you have taken of advantage enjoying it. I really appreciated how you shard your daily routine with us, it sounds a lot like mine so I definitely agree that a daily routine, now more than ever, is essential for our sanity. For some this may not be the case, but I know that without my routine, similarly to yours, is wake up, complete notes or eat breakfast, workout, take a break, and finish my work for the da, I would me a mess.
Thank you for your sharing your experience during this quarantine, and I hope you are staying healthy and safe! Great writing.
-Toni Abdy
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Molly, I really enjoyed reading your piece and seeing how productive you’ve been! I can’t say that my quarantine has been the same by any means lol. I think it’s important that you’re keeping yourself occupied and having a good mental state about everything. I couldn’t be further from that just because I feel like my procrastination has been upped so much. I think it’s cool that you’ve found a hobby in hiking around your county and setting goals for yourself through that because I think now more than ever is the best time to pursue a hobby and explore new things. I’ve got to say I’m a little jealous you’ve got hiking trails around you because around me the closest thing I have is like a hill or something. (I live close to the beach) Anyways, I hope you’re doing well and that you do well on all of your finals! Miss you!!
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