Seniors Enjoy Downtime

Seniors Share Activities to Enjoy During the Pandemic

I’ve finished like 8 TV shows – Aaliyah Brown

I have been Facetiming my friends and watching a lot of Disney movies!! – Aaliyah Pooran

Catching up on sleep and making final decisions about my plans for next year.  – Adam Jensen

On TikTok – Adya Kumar

Studying and working – Alek Lossev

Reading and writing books, completing puzzles, and surfing YouTube. That, and chores. Lots of chores! – Alex Ingwalson

Watching TV and working – Alexis Baron

Relaxing  – Alexis Kantner

Running a lot!! – Allie Kiefer

I have been watching a lot of Netflix and working out. I have realized a lot during this time: it’s how much I miss PR and all my friends. – Alyssa Meade 

I’ve been painting a lot and trying my best to work out even though my motivation is quite low  – Alyssa Rzany

I have been chilling and watching a ton of Netflix. I finished All American in 5 days, and I need Season 3 to come sooner than October. – Amanda Heimos

I have been filling time with sleeping, eating, reading, and calling my closest friends! – Amelia Jensen

Doing E-learning and catching up with my friends on Zoom!! – Amy Glenn

Games with the boys and just been spending a lot of time in my thoughts. – Andrew Khoury

I’ve been working pretty much full time and I’ve been playing a lot of Animal Crossing.  – Angie Marquette

Working out, playing video games, socializing with friends and family to make sure they’re safe. – Anthony Pizzo

Sleeping, binge watching shows, and getting frustrated with e-learning. – Bree Wright

I have been watching a lot of TV and movies! I think I’ve completed Netflix … – Brett Nygren

It’s been hard, but I’ve been trying to do the things that make me happy. This is a hard time. And I don’t think anyone can forget that. – Britney Martinez

Painting a lot and spending lots of time outside with my family – Caitlyn Shore

Getting caught up on old tv shows, taking my dog on walks and writing a fictional story called Little Things.  – Cameron Gablenz

Doing only half of my homework and watching a bunch of Netflix – Cameron Suerth

Getting outside when it’s nice out and playing way too much Call Of Duty – Carson Veath

Watching movies with family and spending hours playing video games. – Collin Preves 

I’ve been working out, playing video games, binging TV shows, and talking with friends. – Connor Hamilton

Started investing into the stock market – Connor Lydon

I’m taking the opportunity (where no one will see me) to dye my hair back to its natural color. Fun fact: my hair is dark brown. – Elise Gregory

I have been going to work most days, sitting in my room talking to my friends, and baking a lot of cakes – Eliza Dzurisin

I have been taking time to myself and learning new skills like calligraphy and sewing – Emily Golbeck

Sleeping, e-learning, and spending time with the family. – Emily McKnight 

Classified information.  – George Concialdi

I’ve been re-watching the Marvel movies and working on plans for next year.  – Grant Klepitsch

I have been going on walks and bike rides when the weather is nice! My dad and I have also been building a 3D printer, so that has been keeping me busy as well. – Greta Heinz

Sleeping, eating, and watching Netflix – Haley Mari

I have been spending lots of time with my family and playing games with them. I’ve also been cooking and taking my dog for walks. – Haley Wegener

I’ve been spending time with my family and talking to friends, as well as drawing and tidying up my room. – Heidi Goodale

I have been spending lots of time with my family and started watching New Girl on Netflix with my sisters. – Hope Emricson

Working and doing school work. – Jacob Munter

I’ve been creating music that I hope to show people this summer! – Jake Koffer

Playing ukulele, hammocking, and drawing. – Joie Gindorf

Sending it – Josh Crandall

Learning ukulele and playing Just Dance! – Joshua Scherrer

Working and I haven’t had WiFi – Karen Ferral 

A lotttttt of Netflix. – Kendal Skiermanski 

I have been spending time with my mom… maybe a little too much. But I have also invested my time in creating art, cooking/baking, and preparing for college in the fall (hopefully)  – Kenzi Iddings 

Spending time with my family, walking my dog, working on projects, watching TV and movies, playing video games, and preparing for college. – Kevin Akerberg

Playing Playstation – Kyle Koelblinger

Working out, eating, and binge watching Netflix.  – Leah Hanacek

E-learning and working because That’s Amore Pizza considers me essential.  – Lily Alcazar

Watching the Harry Potter series on loop.  – Macy Biggam

While spending my time at home the past few weeks I have been enjoying not having to wake up so early to go to school, doing my school work, and creating more art.  – Maddie Schwantz

Sleeping, homework, and video games  – Madison Brockman

Lots of bike rides and coloring books – Maiyah Devenport

Video games – Matthew Loucks

Catching up on sleep – Megan Zang

Painting, drawing, sleeping – Mia Coliflores

I have been tutoring kids in D47 – Molly Sullivan 

I have been watching a lot of Netflix and Disney+, helping around the house, baking brownies and cake, attempting to make pizza, eating lots of ramen, doing e-learning with ap studying, and catching up with friends and family online! – Neha Konjeti

Doing schoolwork of course  – Niall Brady

Painting, working, sleeping, and being mad because we won’t have the memories we wished we had 🙁 – Nicole Hernandez 

Watching LOTS of Spanish television! It’s better than American TV and nobody can change my mind! – Nina Gregory

Getting outside as much as possible, and watching Netflix. – Payton Andrlik

Working out a lot, playing sports with my brother and sister, and spending a lot of time with family and friends through Zoom calls and Facetime. – Peyton Richardson

Lots of work at Starbucks  – Rebekah Piotrowski 

I’ve been spending lots of time with my family and working on things that I normally wouldn’t have time to do during the school year. – Ryan Fist

The last few weeks have been a blessing. I have been able to spend quality time with my family, work out every day, and focus on my diet. I have also picked up a couple of new hobbies in cooking and baking (I made banana bread and chocolate chip cookies) and have been playing a lot of Minecraft and Modern Warfare. – Ryan Goudschaal

Literally nothing – Ryan Kuhn

Going for long walks outside – Sabrina Vlk

E-learning, watching tiktoks, walking my dog every day, just stuff around the house – Samantha Loudon

I’ve been cleaning a lot of junk out of my room and the basement. I’ve also been spending a lot of time with my family. We sometimes have quarantine events during the day and then we always watch movies together at night. Well, I shouldn’t say “always.” Some nights, my sisters and I sit at the same table with our laptops playing Sims 4 in silence. If you think that’s a low, I also splurged and spent $40 on some whittling knives on Amazon. I don’t really know how to whittle, but so far I’ve made an owl and a man. Call me in 3 years, and I might be able to make you some spoons! – Sarah Pollastrini

I’ve been keeping up with all of the homework and afterwards just talking with friends, starting an entirely new workout routine, and spending more time with family – Sid Lara

Binge watching tv and ordering Chipotle delivery – Sierra Siebert

I have been spending my time at home by doing homework and playing video games in my free time – Spencer Hall

Painting, spending time with my family, watching A LOT of movies and shows, going to work, online shopping  – Tia Adams

A lot of sleeping – Tighe Vrbancic

Watching Netflix, making costumes, and finding stuff that I had no idea I’d ever like. – Torie Mertens

Getting ready for college! – Tristan Viegas

Laying in bed and eating a lot of food followed by watching movies and tv shows and hanging out with my family.  – Victoria Fisher

I have been pushing myself to do all my schoolwork, but in between schoolwork I’ve been spending family time, taking walks outside, baking, and Facetiming my friends to make time pass.  – Victoria Wojcik

Catching up with family members and old friends, and playing a lot of video games.  – Zoe Riordan