Kloey Smith - Class of 2021
- Peyton Goddard
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min read
"I love my friends and know how important they are to me. These strange times have for sure made me realize that you never know when it's going to be the last time you see your friend."
What/How has COVID-19 affected your life or routine?
Covid-19 has greatly affected my life. I went from waking up at 6am every weekday then heading to school then coming home to do homework and then going to bed around 10pm and the cycle repeats. Now, I wake up between 10am-noon, hang out, start my school work around 3pm and go to bed around midnight. It definitely has messed up my sleeping schedule and my productivity with having nowhere to go and seeing only the people you live with has caused for my motivation to decrease. Despite all of the negative effects of Covid-19, I for sure have it way better compared to other families and I am so thankful for that. I have become a better baker, and I'm trying out new recipes that I didn't have the time to do before and I'm able to do the activities that I always said "oh I'll do it later" and then later never happened.
How is your family handling the outbreak?
My family has been handling the outbreak quite well or as well as you can for a situation like this. We're all 100% a bit stir crazy and get on each other's nerves easier than we did before. It's been hard on everyone's mental health with feeling lonely and the mindset that we're trapped at home. The hardest part about all of this is not knowing when this will all end and being stuck with the desire for life to go back to normal. But my family and I have grown closer together through this and are starting to find joy in the little things now whether it be waving to a friend from your window or to watching a movie with your family.
What is something you may have taken for granted?
When life was normal, there were two things I took for granted. They were school and hanging out with my friends. I personally have never really liked school due to having to wake up early and being stressed about tests and quizzes but this time has made me realize that school is honestly really special. School allows for us to create a relationship with our teachers and our classmates and while we still can see our teachers and a few of our classmates during office hours, it's not the same as it would be if we were at school. Secondly, there were times when my friends would ask me to hang out and to be honest I would make up an excuse on why I can't just because I didn't feel like hanging out. I am pretty introverted. At first I didn't mind quarantine since I could just be at home and relax. Once I started to miss my friends, that is when I started to regret the times where I chose to not hang out with my friends for no good Kloey and her friends (Before quarantine or course) reason. I love my friends and know how important they are to me. These strange times have for sure made me realize that you never know when it's going to be the last time you see your friend for a while. We should treat everyday like it's our last and make sure to spend quality time with our friends instead of just blowing them off.
What are you doing to entertain yourself or keep yourself busy in the meantime?
To keep myself busy during this wild time I have been listening to music, watching tv and youtube, sleeping, doing homework, and I go drive around with no actual destination. It's nice.
Have you noticed a difference in human interaction?
I have noticed a huge difference in human interaction. Before all of this, when I saw my friends, I would give them a hug or a handshake. Now when I see my friends in person I talk to them from my window and give them air hugs but most of my interactions now with my friends are over text or Facetime.
What are you worried about? Why?
I'm personally worried about what life will look like once this is all over. I've heard news that once we do go back to school we'll still have to practice social distancing. I'm scared that life will never really return back to what we considered "normal" before the Covid-19 outbreak. The future has always been something that no one knows. Now it's difficult to even have plans for the future since this is an always changing situation.
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