I'm having a fun time home with my family, it's nice to be able to spend time together without having too many other things going on.
- Title
- I'm having a fun time home with my family, it's nice to be able to spend time together without having too many other things going on.
- First Name
- Tiffany
- Last Name
- Vembenil
- Current location
- White Plains, NY
- Relationship to Union
- Student
- Minerva House
- Breazzano
- When this took place
- March-June
- My Experience
- COVID-19 Pandemic has brought major changes to all our lives. It has brought me mixed blessings and I remain determined to focus on the good among them. I am having a fun time home with my family. It is nice to be able to spend time together without the usual disruptions from other commitments. I love baking with my sister, cooking my favorite foods and binge-watching TV with my family. I was really sad about missing spring term on campus with friends! I miss all the activities we would have had face to face, in-person. I prefer the real classrooms over virtual ones. We had made so many great plans to celebrate the graduation of our seniors. I miss not being able to work at the hospital even though I’m at home. The upside to learning online from home is that I had honestly felt very overworked this academic year and being able to study from home helped me to be able to relax more. I had time for things I would’ve never had time for on campus. I started editing the draft of a book I wrote in the senior year of high school. I’ve also had more time to hang out with my siblings, go for runs, and have a relatively normal sleep schedule. Of course, I miss my friends and being on campus to do things together. But we frequently FaceTime and do activities together online so that we don’t feel the disconnect. I feel as though this experience has helped us all to take the time to pause, for self-reflection, practice life on the slow lane for a change and really work on ourselves. I feel that this will enable us to get back to campus more refreshed, ready to go, as strong as ever!
- Location - URL
- vembenit@union.edu
- Item sets
- Social Distancing Stories
