{"id":318,"date":"2020-04-27T18:14:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T18:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/?p=318"},"modified":"2020-05-11T02:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T02:17:10","slug":"my-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/2020\/04\/27\/my-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experience in Quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"318\" class=\"elementor elementor-318\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-636334d elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"636334d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My Experience in Quarantine<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c23258d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c23258d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By: Kenna McCarthy <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf04f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf04f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Editors\u2019 Note<\/strong>:<em> Kenna McCarthy is a senior majoring in PR\/MarComm. She has completed two internships in addition to her coursework. She lives on Long Island.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa8e5fd elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa8e5fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I never thought this would be how my education ended. Locked in my room, away from my friends and paying for an apartment I\u2019m not living in. I went home because it made sense. To spend time with my family and hope no one gets sick and that this virus doesn\u2019t affect my life the way it could seriously affect others.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I spent my first few days doing absolutely nothing but watching <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger King<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Netflix and mourning the fact that my last semester of college was over. Quickly realizing that I was falling into the oblivion of nameless days and numberless months, I decided to make a schedule for each day. That failed when I came down with a cold, and my dad sent me to my room &#8212; where I have been quarantined since.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-060bfc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"060bfc8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6b3ef6\" data-id=\"a6b3ef6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b12999 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b12999\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-147767b\" data-id=\"147767b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-962119d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"962119d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kenna-Quarantine-Reflection-Photo-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-340\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kenna-Quarantine-Reflection-Photo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kenna-Quarantine-Reflection-Photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kenna-Quarantine-Reflection-Photo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kenna-Quarantine-Reflection-Photo-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kenna-Quarantine-Reflection-Photo-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aae642\" data-id=\"6aae642\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b000fac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b000fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t think I have coronavirus because my symptoms are not severe, yet my parents who are in their 60s have the right to be scared of how this virus could affect them. They have decided my fate for the next two weeks, which means living in my bedroom. Now, there is no lack of alone-time, which is nice, and no one barges in on me because they don\u2019t want to get \u201cinfected.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27775ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27775ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7529c6\" data-id=\"d7529c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da3bb1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da3bb1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, I am completely and utterly bored. I do my schoolwork but lack all motivation to work on anything that isn\u2019t necessary. I seem to have no hobbies and caved in to downloading TikTok.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My screen time yesterday was eight hours, and I am disturbed. Never in my life would I have thought at age 22, I would be sitting in my room having no plans. I am a planner; I like thinking forward and looking towards the next exciting thing I have going on in my life. This is no longer the case. My internship was terminated, college canceled and all upcoming events I was looking forward to eliminated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know I am complaining, I know everyone&#8217;s situation is different and people have it worse, but everyone has the right to feel these things. I feel sad. This pandemic has caused everyone to put their life on hold. I am angry at but also envy those in our country who don\u2019t care about how this pandemic is affecting people. I am angry because their careless actions are why more and more people are dying each day. I envy them because they are going on with their days as usual and haven\u2019t put their lives on hold. This has affected the graduating class of 2020 more than some think, and it has really put life into perspective. It has made me realize that truly nothing is certain and you have to enjoy every day because life is unknown. 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