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So, we are recording.

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My name is Mary Rubin and today is 
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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and I am interviewing Victoria.

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My name is Victoria Medeiros.

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My age is 23 years old and I'm a 
second-year grad student and

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my major is higher education in student 
personnel.

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Great.

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Thank you so much.

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Can you tell me about your spring semester
before COVID-19 became very prevalent?

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Yeah, so last spring semester, it started 
off where I had three classes.

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I was in three-night classes and then hit 
spring break.

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I went on a cruise actually for spring 
break and it was kind of like-

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my boss-

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because I also work for housing on 
campus.

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My boss was like, “Oh, like do you know 
about COVID-19 ,like it starting”.

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I think at the time, there were like three
cases in the U.S.,

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and it was on the West Coast, though.

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So, we were like, “Oh okay like will be 
safe”.

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We got on the cruise.

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They checked our temperature, and we
were like,

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“Okay, so like this is actually a thing”.

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When we got back to school-

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because it was obviously a cruise during 
spring break there's a bunch of

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people from different colleges and they 
were all like

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“Oh, is your college making you quarantine
when you get back?” and we were like,

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“What quarantining? Why would we have to 
quarantine?”.

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Then we got back, and I think we didn't 
even have any classes,

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if I remember correctly, we didn't even 
have any classes.

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I remember one of my classes I was 
super excited because the professor

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takes us all out for dinner and drinks 
after we completed everything.

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It was my finance class, and I was like 
“Wow”- I don't know why that's like

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the most thing that I remember.

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I was really upset about it and that we 
weren't able to do that because

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it's like normally a really hard class.

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That's the celebration afterwards.

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It was kind of one class, we didn't even 
have any Zoom.

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The professor was like, “I don't really 
know this online thing so

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here's-

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just turn in this one assignment and then 
you're good to go”.

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I remember finance, he tried one Zoom
class and then it just didn't go

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as he planned.

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Then we didn't have any after that.

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But one of my classes we continued with
Zoom because

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we had presentations every class.

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We had a presentation and I remember 
everybody just trying to navigate Zoom

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and being like, “What does a presentation
even look like on Zoom with

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participation?”, because there was a 
participation aspect to the presentation.

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I remember they have to be like an hour 
and a half long.

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It was kind of weird because it was just 
all of a sudden spring break hit,

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we come back, and I had to quarantine.

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Because the university, I think, said,

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“Anybody who went out of the country 
had to quarantine when they came back.”

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Since I was on a cruise and we went to 
the Bahamas,

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I had to quarantine for two weeks when I 
came back.

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But it wasn't like, I don't know, we
didn't have a lot of

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specifications like now.

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There's a lot more specifications of 
quarantine.

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They were just like “quarantine”.

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Who even knew what that was like?

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What goes with quarantine?

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Yeah, I don't know if that answer your
question,

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I kind of went on a tangent there.

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No worries.

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So, you mentioned you went to the Bahamas.

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Was there any-

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did you run into anyone there that was 
wearing a mask or talking

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about COVID there?

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No, we-

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it really wasn't that big of a thing.

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I remember we went to this resort.

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There's an excursion resort that you could
go to and there was barely anybody there.

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We were like, “Why is no one here?”.

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This is normally.

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It was Atlantis Bahamas.

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It's normally like a happening place and
they were like, “Oh well of COVID.

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A lot of people aren't coming here 
because of COVID”.

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We were like "oh".

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Then our boat-

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we were supposed to also go to the 
Dominican Republic.

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The Dominican Republic was stopping 
cruise ships from coming in

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and everybody was just like “What, why 
would they stop us from coming in?”.

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Then we found out it was COVID,

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and we were like the last cruise ship 
to ever sail.

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That was the last cruise because there 
was this Princess cruise next to us

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that there was rumors on the ship that 
they were-

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that everybody on that ship had to 
quarantine and stay on the boat

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and they were like, “they're not going to
let us off”.

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Getting off the cruise ship was delayed 
because they apparently,

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they had to see if anybody tested positive
on the ship.

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Because when we were going, they had 
said three Fort Lauderdale cruise-

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people who checked you in for the cruise 
had tested positive.

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That was on our sail date and it was for 
our cruise.

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They were checking to see if anybody was 
sick on the cruise or anything like that.

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So, it was definitely a big delay.

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We were delayed from going and

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then I just happened to be flying to 
Massachusetts

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because I'm from Massachusetts.

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And that was when I started seeing a lot 
of the COVID stuff.

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I forgot that I flew to Massachusetts and
that was another reason I had quarantine.

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Because Boston-

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I flew into Boston I guess during that 
time,

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they found a big conference that people 
got COVID in Boston, so they were like,

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“Okay, you have to quarantine because 
you were one, out of the country and two,

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you flew in where everybody in that 
conference in Boston was at that airport”.

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I think it was 20 people from the 
conference caught COVID,

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so that was another thing.

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But that's when I really felt the 
pandemic hit was

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when I got to the airport and I was 
like-

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you saw some people with masks and then
some people not and then,

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I think, it was two days in 
Massachusetts, Massachusetts shut down.

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You couldn't go to a restaurant, 
anything.

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Then when I was flying out like my flight 
was empty, everybody had masks.

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My flight there, no one really had a mask,

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you had one or two people but it was 
super full.

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On my flight coming back to Orlando, 
everybody had masks.

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Everybody was kind of just like stay away 
from everybody.

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It was a lot different now.

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I've been to the airport since then, and 
no one cares anymore it seems,

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but then they were like, “Oh my gosh, 
everybody stay away from each other”.

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Think there's three other people on my 
flight.

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How long were you in Massachusetts for?

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Did you say two days?

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I think it was two days and then 
Massachusetts shut down.

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So, I was there for about-

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I was there from Thursday to

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Monday, Thursday to Monday morning and

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I think I flew back Monday morning.

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Was that the tail end of spring break?

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Yeah, so my cruise on that Fri-

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Saturday of spring break we went on the 
cruise.

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We got off on that Thursday of spring 
break, and then from Thursday

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I went right from the cruise terminal to 
the airport.

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I had like a weird spring break.

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I don't know why I thought I was a 
travel person,

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but it seemed like a good idea at the 
time.

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Well, it seems like a normal college 
student's spring break just happened to

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throw COVID19 in the mix.

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I know, and it was a lot of-

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my mom was like,

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“should you even be going on the plane"
like when I was in Fort Lauderdale.

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I was like well, I mean,

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“I really don't have a way back to 
Orlando” because

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my friend had already 
started going to her home in Florida.

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It was two other girls that I went with 
and we kind of separated after

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we got off the cruise ship.

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We just went our separate ways.

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I went to the airport and I was like,

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“I really don't have a way back”.

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I’m in Fort Lauderdale.

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That's four hours away from Orlando.

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I kinda don't know what else I would do.

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Were your cruise companions also UCF 
students?

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Nice.

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So, when you came back from 
Massachusetts,

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did you go straight to Orlando from there?

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Yes, yeah.

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What was your living situation like?

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Did you come back to on student-

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I’m sorry- on campus housing or were you 
off campus, what was going on there?

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Yeah, so I'm on campus housing.

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I'm in a sorority house.

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I work for housing.

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With my job, I have to work on-

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I have to live on campus.

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I live in one of the Greek houses.

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As a staff member.

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What was that like?

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So, prior to COVID.

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So, prior to that spring break.

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How many girls-

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I assume you live with-

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you said sorority house.

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How many girls live in the house and 
can you say which sorority it is?

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Yeah, I think I can.

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I don’t know.

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I mean, maybe I shouldn't. I don't
really know.

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I live in a sorority house on campus 
and I think there's about,

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I want to say, normally about 38 girls 
who live there.

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When I came back,

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it was me and somebody else who went 
on a different cruise and then, I think,

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maybe like three other girls

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from out of state and then that was 
about it.

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So, 38 down to five.

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Yeah, it was very

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empty.

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I remember it being very creepy.

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Because if you're in a dorm, you have 
thousands, well not thousands,

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but a lot of rooms in a dorm.

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In the house, you're just like “Oh, this 
is creepy”.

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You normally hear girls laughing, running 
down the halls, and in the living room.

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Nothing. It was just, I was like, “Whoa, 
this is weird” and campus was empty.

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I remember-

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because everything was remote.

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They were saying, “Stay away from 
people”.

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The gym was closed, not that I go to the 
gym, but I was like,

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“Hey, it's a pandemic, why don't I go 
to the gym?”.

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Found out it’s closed the one time I would
go to the gym.

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Gym closed.

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Because no one could go to the gym, Greek 
Park right next to that Lake Claire area.

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In the Lake Clair area, everybody was 
there. Playing ball.

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Even I played volleyball, like who am I?

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I don't play volleyball.

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I went and played volleyball.

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People were working out.

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It was the poppin place, because 
everybody's just stuck indoors.

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That was the one place that was open on 
campus that people could hang out.

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But then once school started, I think 
they nipped that in the bud because

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there's now recreation people who work 
there,

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that sit there and I think if you have
your mask off, they come up to you.

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They're making every-

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even the volleyball nets are gone.

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That was very interesting.

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The volleyball nets and tennis courts.

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I think somebody had pried the gate open.

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I really don't know.

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But the gate was open.

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I don't know if it was supposed to be 
open,

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but you had to really fight for a 
volleyball court there.

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Where normally it's always open.

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No one's ever in the volleyball area or 
the tennis area.

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I remember it was poppin because that's 
like the only thing that there was to do

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on campus.

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Were people wearing masks, 


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since it was outside or were people 
social distancing?

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No, no one was wearing masks.

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For the most-

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actually, no, I don't think anybody was 
social distancing.

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Everybody stayed with their group, though,
but no.

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I wouldn't say people were social 
distancing.

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From spring semester into summer, 
people started I think social distancing

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once all those signs came up on UCF campus
of like wear a mask and people were

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actually mandating it in the Lake Claire 
area.

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Then it was you kind of have to wear a 
mask because you get kicked out.

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You mentioned that you work for housing.

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How did your work situation change? 


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Oh, it changed a lot.

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We just went all remote.

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I worked in the office, sometimes, but it 
could only be, think,

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two people in office at every time.

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I know we were one of the only offices 
though on campus that was actually

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still operating with people in.

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Which was kind of annoying because I 
was like,

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“Wow, I was really hoping for some 
remote”.

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But then, afterwards, a few weeks after 
I was like,

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“wow, the hype like ran off basically- 
wore off”.

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Because I was like, “Wow, I really don't
like staying in my apartment

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with the same four walls every day”.

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So, it was nice to actually be able to get
out and sit in an office.

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But yeah, it definitely, everything turned
Zoom.

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Everything Zoom.

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-What about
-Then like…

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Sorry go ahead.

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I think the halls closed at one point or 
we had to have people

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who are just in the halls, just to be in 
the halls, we asked them to leave for the

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summer if they weren't staying.

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And they needed I think a reason for 
staying for the summer semester.

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So that's when the halls really and campus
really got quiet

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was in

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summer semester.

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You told me before the interview started 
about the noise in the background.

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Would you mind just explaining on camera
what's going on because I can hear it now.

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I can hear them like right above me and 
I'm like,” Oh, no”.

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What are they doing?

00:13:05.697 --> 00:13:08.140
They're putting on the new shingles 
on the roof.

00:13:08.140 --> 00:13:08.850
Okay.

00:13:09.754 --> 00:13:14.464
Every like few- I guess it's our time for 
our roof to be done.

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Yeah.

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How did your social life change?

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It definitely changed.

00:13:23.010 --> 00:13:27.586
I felt because on campus you really can't 
go anywhere, so I started going

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to my friend, who lives with his parents 
in the Villages.

00:13:31.658 --> 00:13:34.628
I started going there because the 
Villages, for some reason,

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no one social distance in the villages 
and everything was open.

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So, like, I'm like-

00:13:39.777 --> 00:13:41.797
not that I'm not a social distance person.

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I'm like mask on everywhere and I 
social distance.

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But the big thing was the pool because 
the pool on campus isn't open-

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wasn't open.

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I don't even think it still isn’t open.

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That was my main thing last summer,

00:13:55.617 --> 00:13:58.647
I would always go to the leisure pool at 
the rec center.

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That's what I was really missing.

00:14:00.847 --> 00:14:04.037
Then I used to go to Disney's water parks.

00:14:04.037 --> 00:14:06.197
I used to have a pass, so I use to go 
there.

00:14:06.197 --> 00:14:07.947
I'm like,” it's summer, it's hot.

00:14:07.947 --> 00:14:12.857
I want to get out of my space”, so I ended
up spending a lot of time with my friend.

00:14:13.575 --> 00:14:16.021
That was really nice, and it got me off 
campus.

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And I really got to know his parents 
because I'm away from home.

00:14:20.443 --> 00:14:24.813
So, it gave me some sort of home in the
pandemic.

00:14:24.813 --> 00:14:28.193
Because that's definitely one thing, 
when I was in quarantine in

00:14:28.193 --> 00:14:31.873
the beginning after my cruise, I was like,
“wow, I just came from home and

00:14:31.873 --> 00:14:33.363
I feel like I need home now”.

00:14:33.363 --> 00:14:34.933
Because it-

00:14:34.933 --> 00:14:38.730
not seeing anybody, not being able to 
leave, having to have all your groceries

00:14:38.730 --> 00:14:41.760
delivered to you, it was like “I need 
people interaction”.

00:14:42.118 --> 00:14:45.858
That was the most interaction, and then
the Villages’ pools were open.

00:14:46.213 --> 00:14:46.973
That's-

00:14:47.550 --> 00:14:51.060
I was really shocked, but at least they 
were managing how many people

00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:52.760
could go into the pool area.

00:14:54.429 --> 00:14:56.244
But yeah, that definitely changed.

00:14:56.244 --> 00:14:59.894
I got closer to my friend, but I 
definitely drifted apart from

00:14:59.894 --> 00:15:06.295
my friends at school, the people I work 
with, and then I also wasn't close

00:15:06.295 --> 00:15:09.755
with my cohort for classes and everything.

00:15:10.747 --> 00:15:14.187
Everybody was like, “Oh, like, even 
though you're not that close with

00:15:14.187 --> 00:15:17.507
your cohort, you'll definitely become 
close in the summer semester”.

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And I was like, “Oh, okay, yeah” .

00:15:20.852 --> 00:15:25.208
Yeah definitely hurt because my fall 
semester I was back and forth in

00:15:25.208 --> 00:15:28.638
Massachusetts all the time because my 
mom was sick.

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Every two weeks, I had to fly to 
Massachusetts,

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so I couldn't get close to my cohort 
members.

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So, I really thought spring semester 
and summer;

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that's when I will become friends and 
then COVID happened.

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I think I had like two months to try to 
build friendships and then COVID

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happened and everything.

00:15:48.637 --> 00:15:49.897
I think that definitely-

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I never really thought of it that way.

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Now that I'm like saying it out loud.

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I'm like, “Wow, that really affected why 
I don't have many friends in my cohort”.

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Do you take classes over summer?

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Yes. Yeah, I took three classes over the 
summer.

00:16:04.116 --> 00:16:04.836
Okay.

00:16:04.836 --> 00:16:09.186
Was that the original plan or did you 
have other plans for summer that changed?

00:16:09.814 --> 00:16:13.104
No, taking three classes was like the 
original plan.

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I had an internship and then I had-.

00:16:16.806 --> 00:16:20.036
I had an internship class and then two 
classes.

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My internship definitely shifted.

00:16:22.683 --> 00:16:26.323
I did Fraternity and Sorority Life for my 
internship and

00:16:27.504 --> 00:16:28.714
it was definitely-

00:16:28.714 --> 00:16:32.494
because normally we would be working
on panhellenic recruitment and everything,

00:16:32.651 --> 00:16:34.781
but this time it was really remote.

00:16:35.701 --> 00:16:36.891
So, it was funky.

00:16:38.375 --> 00:16:39.745
Was it successful?

00:16:40.646 --> 00:16:44.646
It was a successful internship and 
panhellenic recruitment was successful.

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It was just like, not the experience I 
wanted.

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I wanted that hustle and bustle.

00:16:51.317 --> 00:16:58.387
Whole week of recruitment outside in the
heat from morning till night and

00:16:58.387 --> 00:16:59.287
I got

00:17:00.794 --> 00:17:02.604
nothing because I was an intern.

00:17:02.604 --> 00:17:05.744
They were like, “There's nothing really an
intern can do on Zoom”

00:17:05.744 --> 00:17:09.074
because it's all one person had to do the 
Zoom.

00:17:09.074 --> 00:17:12.012
Because you can only have really one
host to do everything.

00:17:12.025 --> 00:17:12.765
So

00:17:13.471 --> 00:17:16.701
yeah, I didn't get the experience that 
I was hoping for.

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Because that was my dream internship 
for the summer was that,

00:17:19.945 --> 00:17:22.785
and that's what I wanted to do, and 
it just didn't happen.

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Is there a chance to retake it or redo it 
once things-

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once COVID is no longer as prevalent?

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I hope so.

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I mean I graduate in May.

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So,

00:17:35.591 --> 00:17:36.401
we'll see.

00:17:36.401 --> 00:17:39.881
Maybe I'll work for a fraternity and 
sorority life one day and get that

00:17:39.881 --> 00:17:42.091
experience, but yeah.

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Sorry, what were you gonna say.

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That was sad. That was about it.

00:17:49.726 --> 00:17:54.213
We're your professors different over 
summer versus spring like how

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they handled zoom and classes?

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Oh yeah, I had one professor, she's a, 
she's in the older range and

00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:07.999
so she had no clue how to work 
Webcourses, or zoom,

00:18:07.999 --> 00:18:09.499
how to share a screen.

00:18:09.499 --> 00:18:12.139
It took 30 minutes for that girl to figure
it out.

00:18:13.231 --> 00:18:15.072
She was so sweet.

00:18:15.072 --> 00:18:18.582
You can't even get mad at her because 
she was trying like you could tell

00:18:18.582 --> 00:18:20.664
she was trying her best in that she-

00:18:20.664 --> 00:18:24.489
because I've had her in other semesters 
like fall and spring semester

00:18:24.489 --> 00:18:27.489
where all of her assignments you turn 
in paper,

00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:30.119
and she didn't even know-

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.669
I remember one point she was like, 
“okay, I put the assignment up I think

00:18:33.669 --> 00:18:35.989
where you can send it in”, and it was a

00:18:36.925 --> 00:18:40.585
15-page paper and she put it where
it was a text box.

00:18:41.292 --> 00:18:43.832
That's the only way you could submit 
the assignment.

00:18:44.474 --> 00:18:47.474
It was definitely a learning curve and I 
felt so bad for her.

00:18:48.075 --> 00:18:49.585
That woman was so sweet.

00:18:51.037 --> 00:18:53.937
I did feel bad, that was definitely hard 
for her.

00:18:54.767 --> 00:18:57.202
And her zoom lectures were hard.

00:18:57.202 --> 00:19:01.218
I remember one of my professors was like, 
“I'm normally like-

00:19:01.218 --> 00:19:02.128
I can't tell-

00:19:02.364 --> 00:19:05.484
I normally like to feel off of you all, 
what you're-

00:19:05.484 --> 00:19:08.554
how you're feeling” and she's like, “I 
don't know how to feel”.

00:19:08.554 --> 00:19:13.109
She cut down her class size or time 
because it was supposed to be a

00:19:13.109 --> 00:19:14.919
three-hour class.

00:19:15.250 --> 00:19:18.370
She cut it down to an hour and a half, 
because she said she read

00:19:18.370 --> 00:19:21.220
something about Zoom fatigue and 
I was like, “Thank you”.

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.760
And then one girl is like-

00:19:22.760 --> 00:19:26.640
one of my professors, she just didn't like
the Zoom.

00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.737
She was like, “I wish this was in person.

00:19:28.737 --> 00:19:32.737
This is not ideal” but she got over it 
eventually.

00:19:32.737 --> 00:19:33.907
She was good.

00:19:34.031 --> 00:19:37.901
That class was good, but she went to 
three hours and woo, that was a lot.

00:19:38.648 --> 00:19:42.568
Because I was doing like Zoom work 
from eight to five and then

00:19:42.568 --> 00:19:46.448
from 5:30 to 8:30 I was in Zoom class.

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:49.239
I just remember, and they cut-

00:19:50.467 --> 00:19:54.617
during the summer they cut cable on all 
campus housing.

00:19:54.996 --> 00:19:56.356
That was my outlet-

00:19:56.356 --> 00:20:00.036
was cable TV because I'm not staring 
at a freaking little,

00:20:00.036 --> 00:20:05.108
tiny screen and so then it ended up 
being work,

00:20:05.108 --> 00:20:09.108
class and my leisure time all on the 
computer.

00:20:09.364 --> 00:20:10.324
Oh, wow.

00:20:10.507 --> 00:20:11.247
That is-

00:20:11.247 --> 00:20:12.992
I'm still struggling with that now.

00:20:12.992 --> 00:20:15.162
It’s like, how do I balance like...

00:20:16.841 --> 00:20:21.228
Because my leisure is Netflix, like I love
just watching Netflix and

00:20:21.228 --> 00:20:22.528
having that outlet.

00:20:23.147 --> 00:20:25.467
My computers always charged because-

00:20:25.467 --> 00:20:28.517
On a charger because it doesn't shut off.

00:20:28.517 --> 00:20:31.727
It turns on at 8 AM and it doesn't shut 
off till 2 AM.

00:20:32.583 --> 00:20:35.233
What shows were you watching during 
quarantine?

00:20:35.963 --> 00:20:41.129
I watched “Schitt’s Creek”, I tried to 
watch “Vampire Diaries”.

00:20:41.649 --> 00:20:43.059
I got through; I think-

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:45.582
because I've seen “Vampire Diaries”
already,

00:20:45.888 --> 00:20:47.978
but so I tried it again and I got through

00:20:48.775 --> 00:20:50.905
maybe four seasons and then quit.

00:20:51.936 --> 00:20:56.806
I got through “Outer Banks”; I did those 
like quarantine shows that were one week.

00:20:57.164 --> 00:21:02.154
I did “Hollywood”, “In Hollywood’, or 
something like that.

00:21:04.136 --> 00:21:07.130
So, I did those like one week, like the 
one seasoners,

00:21:07.130 --> 00:21:09.230
but my big one was “Schitt’s Creek”.

00:21:10.398 --> 00:21:12.088
What was that other one?

00:21:12.088 --> 00:21:15.558
I watched, I finished “New Girl” and,
oh, “Scandal”.

00:21:15.558 --> 00:21:18.328
I knew there was a big one that took me
awhile.

00:21:18.743 --> 00:21:21.893
“Scandal”, I started and finished that 
during summer.

00:21:22.146 --> 00:21:27.686
Nice. Were you on board with the “Tiger 
King” week, which was very early on?

00:21:27.947 --> 00:21:29.447
I was not.

00:21:29.630 --> 00:21:32.582
Somebody told me about it and then 
they said it was animals,

00:21:32.582 --> 00:21:33.627
and I love animals.

00:21:33.627 --> 00:21:38.420
And someone told me, “Victoria do not
watch it, you will cry your eyes out”.

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:40.530
And I was like, “Ok, enough said”.

00:21:40.530 --> 00:21:43.110
So, I think that's when I moved on to 
“Outer Banks”.

00:21:43.110 --> 00:21:43.840
Okay.

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:48.989
That's a pretty common one that I've 
heard in these interviews so far.

00:21:48.989 --> 00:21:50.969
“Outer Banks” was a quarantine watch.

00:21:51.911 --> 00:21:55.101
Oh, and “All American”. That one too, that
was a good one.

00:21:57.346 --> 00:22:01.256
Getting back to classes, you're in higher
education and a master's degree.

00:22:01.256 --> 00:22:08.486
Are you guys having relevant conversations
around being digital online and education?

00:22:09.035 --> 00:22:13.035
Yeah, I remember Finance, the professor
was basically like

00:22:13.035 --> 00:22:15.938
“Well I mean I can teach you about
finance,

00:22:15.938 --> 00:22:19.369
but after this COVID everything I'm 
going to teach is probably going

00:22:19.369 --> 00:22:20.888
to go out the window”.

00:22:21.212 --> 00:22:21.972
Oh wow.

00:22:22.012 --> 00:22:26.993
Budgets and universities closing because 
of budgets and everything like that.

00:22:26.993 --> 00:22:29.533
So that was kind of interesting.

00:22:29.631 --> 00:22:32.731
And then I know even for

00:22:34.203 --> 00:22:37.323
tests and quizzes it was like the main
thing is-

00:22:37.646 --> 00:22:40.424
question was, how is this going to be 
changed by COVID or

00:22:40.424 --> 00:22:43.665
how does COVID gonna have an effect.

00:22:44.061 --> 00:22:46.712
That's been the main question on every 
test I've had is

00:22:46.712 --> 00:22:51.671
"How’s COVID going to factor in", so yeah 
definitely a lot of stuff,

00:22:51.671 --> 00:22:53.551
a lot of articles about COVID.

00:22:55.144 --> 00:22:58.724
Last one very similar, you mentioned 
that you're graduating in spring.

00:22:59.057 --> 00:23:02.817
How has COVID impacted your academic 
endeavors?

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:05.180
Definitely

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:10.462
a lot because, well, I mean, I was hoping 
it was gonna be.

00:23:10.462 --> 00:23:11.831
I mean- we all thought-

00:23:11.831 --> 00:23:15.411
I remember one class we had, they 
were like, my professor was like,

00:23:15.411 --> 00:23:17.851
“Oh, this will probably last, like, a few 
months”.

00:23:18.394 --> 00:23:21.615
There was, I think one professor even 
asked, “How long do you think

00:23:21.615 --> 00:23:22.778
this is going to last?”

00:23:22.778 --> 00:23:25.695
and people are like “A couple months,
till December,

00:23:27.512 --> 00:23:31.442
maybe, spring, summer semester but 
fall semester will be good”.

00:23:31.870 --> 00:23:34.310
Now we're in December and I'm 
like, “oh my gosh”.

00:23:34.310 --> 00:23:38.310
I think the one thing that's really 
hitting me is the job search because

00:23:38.310 --> 00:23:42.310
obviously I lose my housing and I would 
love to stay in Florida.

00:23:42.310 --> 00:23:46.140
If I can't get a job, then I'm flying back
to Boston.

00:23:47.366 --> 00:23:50.966
That's been my hardest struggle, is just 
because the

00:23:51.562 --> 00:23:53.395
recommendations and everything.

00:23:53.395 --> 00:23:57.275
It's hard to connect with other faculty 
members and staff members

00:23:57.275 --> 00:24:01.005
and professionals in this remote setting.

00:24:01.005 --> 00:24:04.216
Because I mean my first semester I was in 
and out of Florida.

00:24:04.216 --> 00:24:06.301
So that was, I think-

00:24:06.301 --> 00:24:10.881
it was definitely hard for me just 
because I only had those few months

00:24:11.222 --> 00:24:15.392
of actually in Florida until this remote 
thing happened.

00:24:16.501 --> 00:24:17.691
I had-

00:24:18.021 --> 00:24:23.026
my mom always says, “I was never, like I 
was always in like the fight mode”,

00:24:23.026 --> 00:24:24.866
you know, you're-

00:24:24.866 --> 00:24:28.196
I don't know what the thing is that she
would say it was like

00:24:28.577 --> 00:24:32.417
“I was always in that stress mode” 
because my mom was so sick that

00:24:33.056 --> 00:24:34.441
it was always that stress.

00:24:34.441 --> 00:24:38.441
Then when my mom finally, got out of 
the hospital after months and

00:24:38.441 --> 00:24:42.241
off life support, it was then boom COVID.

00:24:42.241 --> 00:24:46.555
I've been always in just that heightened 
state of “oh my gosh what's happening”.

00:24:48.305 --> 00:24:52.135
Yeah, I just felt like I haven't had a 
break, since I've started grad school.

00:24:52.558 --> 00:24:55.358
It's definitely took a toll because I 
have-

00:24:55.358 --> 00:24:57.969
I'm like, who do I even get for 
recommendations,

00:24:57.969 --> 00:25:02.890
I haven't made a big connection with 
anybody except for my boss,

00:25:02.890 --> 00:25:06.710
but all jobs need at least three 
recommendations.

00:25:06.710 --> 00:25:10.260
That’s where I'm having a struggle with 
right now and

00:25:11.009 --> 00:25:12.479
just trying to figure out,

00:25:12.479 --> 00:25:15.639
what it looks like to have a job interview
on zoom and everything.

00:25:18.624 --> 00:25:22.544
Have you been able to get any help from
say UCF Career Services?

00:25:22.544 --> 00:25:25.454
Have you seen anything along those lines, 
pop up?

00:25:26.221 --> 00:25:27.166
I have not.

00:25:27.166 --> 00:25:29.106
But I also haven't seek it out.

00:25:29.106 --> 00:25:31.306
So, I have to seek it out. Definitely.

00:25:34.732 --> 00:25:39.452
Did you face any of these shortages that 
happened early on in the pandemic

00:25:39.452 --> 00:25:41.662
and which are happening now again?

00:25:42.758 --> 00:25:48.268
Toilet paper, no, because thankfully I
live in housing,

00:25:48.268 --> 00:25:50.038
so they provide toilet paper.

00:25:50.038 --> 00:25:51.408
I was a little nervous.

00:25:51.492 --> 00:25:56.799
There was one time I remember 
housekeeping was stopping for a few weeks.

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:59.102
They were like, “Okay, this pandemics
really-

00:25:59.102 --> 00:26:02.812
like we're going to continue housekeeping 
after everything settled down”.

00:26:03.688 --> 00:26:07.118
It really didn't, but they just brought 
back housekeeping.

00:26:07.527 --> 00:26:12.139
They just put a box in the center of the 
house, and I was like,

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:17.376
“I literally grab as many as I could. I 
was like, I don't know if this is the

00:26:17.376 --> 00:26:19.696
last box I'm gonna see”.

00:26:20.871 --> 00:26:24.261
But luckily, another box ended up popping 
up again and I was like,

00:26:24.261 --> 00:26:28.131
“Oh, oh, okay. They got toilet paper, 
they got toilet paper”.

00:26:29.108 --> 00:26:33.256
I never really had to fear for toilet 
paper, I guess.

00:26:33.256 --> 00:26:38.263
But Lysol wipes, I definitely, anytime I 
saw Lysol wipes, I grabbed it.

00:26:40.690 --> 00:26:44.390
Yeah, I haven't really seen any 
shortages.

00:26:45.031 --> 00:26:45.961
I mean meat.

00:26:45.961 --> 00:26:48.891
For a while I was eating a lot of pasta 
because meat wasn't-

00:26:48.891 --> 00:26:50.441
you couldn't really get meat.

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:56.433
Target had you can only buy one 
packet of meat I remember per person.

00:26:56.433 --> 00:27:00.233
So, there was a lot of pasta because I 
couldn't find meat,

00:27:02.823 --> 00:27:05.153
or you could only grab one package of 
meat.

00:27:05.153 --> 00:27:08.703
So that was a struggle because I also am 
allergic to chicken and turkey.

00:27:08.703 --> 00:27:09.983
So, I'm only-

00:27:10.162 --> 00:27:12.792
I can only buy pork or

00:27:14.151 --> 00:27:14.911
beef.

00:27:14.911 --> 00:27:16.067
So that was a lot.

00:27:16.067 --> 00:27:20.590
That was hard because it seemed like 
poultry was stocked but beef was not.

00:27:21.350 --> 00:27:23.050
I'm not a big pork fan.

00:27:24.274 --> 00:27:25.544
So that was hard.

00:27:26.370 --> 00:27:28.250
Oh, Chef Boyardee.

00:27:29.110 --> 00:27:35.040
Who knew that was a hot commodity, 
because that was wiped out,

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:37.835
and I do not like cooking at all.

00:27:37.835 --> 00:27:39.995
So that's something easy from-

00:27:39.995 --> 00:27:43.805
I still love from my childhood, but that 
was wiped out.

00:27:43.805 --> 00:27:48.289
I remember my mom when I was leaving 
Massachusetts after my cruise coming back,

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:53.929
she stocked me up because we went 
to this little store in the city that

00:27:53.929 --> 00:27:58.199
we live in and they had Chef Boyardee and 
they had

00:27:59.222 --> 00:28:01.942
like just instant stuff that you could 
make.

00:28:01.942 --> 00:28:05.042
My mom just packed my suitcase with, 
because she's like,

00:28:05.042 --> 00:28:09.641
“Who knows how long this will last so
just put it all in your suitcase”,

00:28:09.641 --> 00:28:13.041
and I'm like, “Wow, the TSA agent
probably thought I was crazy”.

00:28:14.008 --> 00:28:16.308
With all the Chef Boyardee in my 
suitcase.

00:28:17.674 --> 00:28:21.194
That was a new one for me, but you're 
not the first person during these

00:28:21.194 --> 00:28:23.064
interviews to mentioned Chef Boyardee.

00:28:23.653 --> 00:28:25.853
That was always out.

00:28:25.853 --> 00:28:27.973
Especially the spaghetti and meatball 
ones.

00:28:27.973 --> 00:28:32.837
You could find Beefaroni, you couldn't 
find spaghetti and meatballs or ravioli.

00:28:35.257 --> 00:28:37.847
Mac and Cheese also was out for a while.

00:28:38.633 --> 00:28:40.403
Kraft mac and cheese, that was out.

00:28:41.071 --> 00:28:44.561
Trying to think if there's any other food 
that was out, that I was like,

00:28:44.561 --> 00:28:46.791
“Wow, why is this out and why can I 
buy it?”.

00:28:46.970 --> 00:28:49.200
It was mostly the meat and the Chef 
Boyardee.

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:52.910
That's what I mainly eat, and so that's 
what I found that was out.

00:28:52.910 --> 00:28:56.590
So, a lot of frozen pizza and pasta at the
time.

00:29:00.611 --> 00:29:03.901
Sorry, I was just thinking about the pasta
and “Outer Banks”.

00:29:05.507 --> 00:29:07.047
Quarantine staples.

00:29:07.102 --> 00:29:07.872
Yeah.

00:29:09.825 --> 00:29:12.405
How are your classes going this semester?

00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:17.348
This semester I actually am enjoying the 
online just because

00:29:17.348 --> 00:29:23.302
I can shut off my camera and be doing 
laundry or doing something else

00:29:23.302 --> 00:29:26.842
while a tangent is happening.

00:29:27.216 --> 00:29:28.566
So that's kind of-

00:29:28.729 --> 00:29:30.239
I'm like getting used to that.

00:29:31.245 --> 00:29:33.534
I don't know what next semester is gonna 
hold.

00:29:33.534 --> 00:29:35.644
If we're gonna have online or in person.

00:29:36.805 --> 00:29:39.185
Are all of your classes online this 
semester?

00:29:39.598 --> 00:29:40.718
This semester. Yeah.

00:29:40.718 --> 00:29:46.951
Well, I have one on online and then two 
Zoom classes.

00:29:49.271 --> 00:29:52.521
What is the difference between an online 
class and on Zoom class?

00:29:53.010 --> 00:29:55.890
So, the online is what you would 
normally,

00:29:55.890 --> 00:29:59.250
like just everything you're submitting 
online.

00:29:59.250 --> 00:30:03.850
You don't have an actual time where 
you're going to a Zoom class or

00:30:03.850 --> 00:30:04.869
something like that.

00:30:04.869 --> 00:30:07.579
Where my zoom classes every day.

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:13.759
On Monday at 5:30, I had to sign in/ 
login to zoom and sit there for three

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:16.319
hours online.

00:30:17.256 --> 00:30:22.648
And I love being able to cook and then 
eat because grad classes are-

00:30:22.934 --> 00:30:27.574
I have to work prime dinner times 5:30 to
eight.

00:30:27.692 --> 00:30:31.642
And I'm just like, “What is up? That is 
prime eating time”.

00:30:32.722 --> 00:30:36.932
Professors would not let you eat in their 
classrooms, because you have to be

00:30:36.932 --> 00:30:38.482
professional in grad school.

00:30:39.088 --> 00:30:43.758
I really am enjoying being able to cook 
and then eat

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:46.549
all during class, so yeah.

00:30:47.311 --> 00:30:51.051
When I was in grad school, I remember
going to the Wawa on university to grab

00:30:51.051 --> 00:30:54.841
something real quick and then go back
to grad school and then eat it real quick

00:30:54.841 --> 00:30:57.281
and then sit through those three-hour 
classes.

00:30:57.344 --> 00:30:58.094
Yes.

00:31:02.023 --> 00:31:06.803
How about your professors handling Zoom 
this semester, better? Worse?

00:31:06.906 --> 00:31:11.896
Yeah, so that one professor who was just 
like, “Whoa. She could not do anything”.

00:31:11.896 --> 00:31:13.521
She's gotten so much better.

00:31:13.521 --> 00:31:15.351
She's actually my online class.

00:31:15.351 --> 00:31:18.731
So, there's no text box for a 15-page 
paper anymore.

00:31:18.731 --> 00:31:24.119
She's got that button for ‘Attach here’ so
that's good.

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.689
She's gotten a lot better.

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.786
One of my professors, she wishes we were 
in person, but she's just like

00:31:30.786 --> 00:31:31.976
“This will work out”

00:31:32.808 --> 00:31:34.788
and she's really the one that was like

00:31:35.344 --> 00:31:38.504
“Oh, I will only have you for like an 
hour and a half, because the

00:31:38.504 --> 00:31:39.334
Zoom fatigue”.

00:31:39.334 --> 00:31:42.140
I really appreciate her cause she's doing-

00:31:42.398 --> 00:31:46.278
she's modified her class where she'll do
a lecture on zoom but then there'll be

00:31:46.278 --> 00:31:47.648
discussion boards.

00:31:47.648 --> 00:31:51.358
Where before she said they would be a 
discussion in class and her lecture.

00:31:51.358 --> 00:31:54.980
Where now she put it so we're not on 
zoom as much.

00:31:54.342 --> 00:31:58.122
So, I really liked how she's been handling
the Zoom.

00:32:00.148 --> 00:32:01.640
What's another?

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:03.551
Oh my other class, she goes on forever.

00:32:03.687 --> 00:32:04.527
That one's a-

00:32:05.397 --> 00:32:08.937
I don't like it, but she brings a lot of

00:32:09.727 --> 00:32:11.937
presenters, because it's a capstone class.

00:32:11.937 --> 00:32:13.597
She brings in a lot of presenters.

00:32:13.597 --> 00:32:16.297
The one thing I was bummed about that she 
says we-

00:32:16.342 --> 00:32:20.186
that she normally did like a field trip, 
which I haven't had a field trip since

00:32:20.186 --> 00:32:21.986
elementary school.

00:32:22.690 --> 00:32:23.449
Well, no, junior high.

00:32:24.138 --> 00:32:25.108
She was like-

00:32:25.108 --> 00:32:29.539
she brings her students on a field
trip to Rollins college to see how a

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:34.352
private small school operates and 
normally like we would have dinner there,

00:32:34.352 --> 00:32:37.992
then we get a tour and then we'd hear 
some neat speakers.

00:32:37.992 --> 00:32:40.873
That I was kind of bummed about 
because she's like,

00:32:40.873 --> 00:32:42.883
“We're going to try it on Zoom”.

00:32:42.903 --> 00:32:44.823
It was just this man speaking.

00:32:45.450 --> 00:32:50.200
So that was really sad because she was 
hyping it all up and I'm like

00:32:50.326 --> 00:32:53.926
“Why are you telling me this just to 
break me down?”.

00:32:54.918 --> 00:32:58.238
So yeah, that's one thing. I was like, 
“Wow, okay”.

00:32:58.757 --> 00:33:02.337
Have you had any opportunities this
semester to get together with any people

00:33:02.337 --> 00:33:03.427
in your cohort?

00:33:04.752 --> 00:33:05.482
Yeah.

00:33:05.671 --> 00:33:06.647
We've had some-

00:33:06.647 --> 00:33:11.299
One of our cohort members is engaged and 
was supposed to get married, but-

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:15.319
we had a bachelorette party, but it was 
social distance.

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.419
It was really cute.

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.139
They...

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:21.993
When you walked in, they had matching 
masks for everybody and

00:33:21.993 --> 00:33:23.983
it was just in someone's backyard.

00:33:24.613 --> 00:33:27.823
You have to keep the same cup you were 
using,

00:33:27.823 --> 00:33:32.143
and you have to bring your own alcohol
and everything so that no one is touching

00:33:32.239 --> 00:33:34.549
the alcohol bottles and everything like 
that.

00:33:34.549 --> 00:33:36.429
So, it was really good.

00:33:38.331 --> 00:33:41.611
So, stuff like that, but not all together,
no.

00:33:41.611 --> 00:33:46.410
We were trying to make a secret Santa
swap type thing,

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:49.549
but then people were like,

00:33:49.549 --> 00:33:53.227
“Oh, we can't do it because then the 
university will find out and

00:33:53.227 --> 00:33:54.905
we'll get in trouble”.

00:33:54.905 --> 00:33:58.955
I'm like “What you're talking about? 
We’re a small cohort”.

00:34:00.327 --> 00:34:02.817
But there's always that one person in the 
crowd.

00:34:02.907 --> 00:34:04.107
So, we're gonna do-

00:34:04.107 --> 00:34:07.937
we're gonna go to, I think, it was Lake 
Nona, a big park area

00:34:07.937 --> 00:34:09.907
and like just social distance there.

00:34:09.907 --> 00:34:13.447
and put all these gifts in the middle and 
then everybody like walk to it.

00:34:13.447 --> 00:34:17.277
Which was going to be cute, but someone 
had to speak up, but-

00:34:18.655 --> 00:34:21.950
that was kind of sad that we didn't get to
do that.

00:34:21.950 --> 00:34:22.455
But there's been some zoom.

00:34:22.455 --> 00:34:25.435
There's these online zoom games like 
Pictionary.

00:34:25.435 --> 00:34:30.298
I know my friends from back home, we've 
been doing that, doing little Zoom happy

00:34:30.298 --> 00:34:36.195
hour times where we all like bring a glass
of wine and we play weird online games

00:34:36.195 --> 00:34:37.215
and stuff like that.

00:34:37.215 --> 00:34:38.251
So that's been fun.

00:34:38.251 --> 00:34:41.549
I've been still being able to get in 
contact with them.

00:34:41.549 --> 00:34:42.941
And because I'm in Boston-

00:34:42.941 --> 00:34:47.271
because they're in Boston and in Florida, 
I've been included, which is kind of cool

00:34:47.293 --> 00:34:51.373
because normally I wouldn't be included
if they're all going out after work.

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:56.860
That's really cool that I get to be 
included in those things.

00:34:57.215 --> 00:34:58.675
Definitely hard here.

00:34:58.788 --> 00:35:02.436
Sometimes, me and my like work friends 
will go out to a restaurant,

00:35:02.436 --> 00:35:04.466
but it's not the same.

00:35:06.341 --> 00:35:09.821
Do you have any feelings about the 
upcoming spring semester?

00:35:12.958 --> 00:35:19.258
No, I'm kind of over it at this point, I'm
just like, “Give me my degree, let’s go”.

00:35:20.321 --> 00:35:21.676
Even with my job.

00:35:21.676 --> 00:35:26.233
I'm, I love my job, but it's hard being 
remote and with these students

00:35:26.233 --> 00:35:27.583
in these halls.

00:35:27.583 --> 00:35:31.604
They're all cooped up feeling the Zoom
fatigue and feeling like

00:35:31.604 --> 00:35:35.344
“I just want to have fun. I want the 
normal college life”

00:35:35.344 --> 00:35:39.821
and them not being able to have that, then
they get frustrated and

00:35:39.821 --> 00:35:41.271
then I get frustrated.

00:35:42.507 --> 00:35:43.397
It's just like-

00:35:43.397 --> 00:35:46.637
I feel like that also with me is, I mean, 
I'm a grad student,

00:35:46.637 --> 00:35:49.182
so it’s not the same as undergrad,
but I'm like,

00:35:49.182 --> 00:35:52.893
“Wow, I would have loved to have 
a normal grad experience”.

00:35:52.893 --> 00:35:54.393
Like having not big co-

00:35:54.393 --> 00:35:58.793
everybody talks about their cohorts and
their friends for life and I'm like,

00:35:59.856 --> 00:36:02.666
“I don't even think I know all my cohort’s
names”.

00:36:03.435 --> 00:36:07.227
So that's, well, the one part that I'm 
bummed about is because

00:36:07.227 --> 00:36:11.437
I would have loved to have that “cohort
for life” type of mentality.

00:36:12.446 --> 00:36:17.056
I'm kind of sad about graduation, but I'm 
okay about it because my family

00:36:17.332 --> 00:36:21.862
then doesn't have to make the big hike to
Florida for graduation,

00:36:21.968 --> 00:36:24.298
because that was something, I was nervous 
about.

00:36:24.298 --> 00:36:26.548
I was like, “I don't think they can afford
it”.

00:36:26.548 --> 00:36:28.278
So, I'm happy. It's kind of remote.

00:36:28.278 --> 00:36:30.598
So, then they can still feel like they're
there.

00:36:31.696 --> 00:36:34.336
And I wasn't really going to go to 
graduation anyway

00:36:35.325 --> 00:36:37.895
since my family probably couldn't have 
made it down.

00:36:37.895 --> 00:36:41.999
So that I'm not really bummed about, but I
am bummed about the cohort thing and

00:36:41.999 --> 00:36:44.249
not being able to be close with them.

00:36:45.707 --> 00:36:47.634
Considering that graduation is remote,

00:36:47.634 --> 00:36:50.914
do you have any feelings about the 
in-person football games?

00:36:54.964 --> 00:36:56.439
I was nervous.

00:36:56.439 --> 00:36:57.899
I was like, “Oh gosh”, cause-

00:36:57.899 --> 00:37:02.960
I mean I would never go to a football game
right now, in these times.

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:07.998
I was most nervous about my residents are 
going to go and then get me sick because

00:37:07.998 --> 00:37:09.208
I'm living in the halls.

00:37:09.208 --> 00:37:13.288
Because my sorority house has been 
shut down, I think two or three times.

00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:16.974
Because once one person in the house gets 
COVID everybody in the house

00:37:16.974 --> 00:37:17.982
has to quarantine.

00:37:17.982 --> 00:37:23.547
So that was just frustrating. I'm like, 
“oh, my lanta people like let's just be

00:37:23.547 --> 00:37:28.977
safe so then we all don't suffer because 
of your one mistake”.

00:37:29.264 --> 00:37:33.844
So, I mean, it could have been their jobs 
so I don't want to say it’s their mistake.

00:37:35.824 --> 00:37:39.089
It's frustrating having to get that call 
being like

00:37:39.089 --> 00:37:42.759
“hey, so someone in your house tested 
positive, you now have to quarantine”.

00:37:42.872 --> 00:37:46.492
I just had plans to go to my friend’s 
house.

00:37:47.072 --> 00:37:49.852
That's frustrating having to put my whole 
life online-

00:37:49.856 --> 00:37:52.166
on hold because of COVID.

00:37:52.838 --> 00:37:54.318
That was frustrating.

00:37:54.318 --> 00:37:57.991
And then having to find people to cover 
me at work for shifts and everything.

00:37:57.991 --> 00:38:03.184
I'm like, “it's not my fault, I feel fine,
I'm good but I have to quarantine”.

00:38:03.184 --> 00:38:05.629
So that was definitely frustrating.

00:38:06.814 --> 00:38:08.928
But yeah, things like the football game,

00:38:08.928 --> 00:38:13.155
I was just like, “Come on, people, we 
know people are going to catch

00:38:13.155 --> 00:38:15.488
COVID from there, bring it back to the
halls”.

00:38:15.557 --> 00:38:19.977
That makes my job a lot harder and I 
don't want to get sick because of it.

00:38:20.737 --> 00:38:23.877
Because I always see those people also
at Pub,

00:38:23.877 --> 00:38:26.367
because every single time there's a 
football game.

00:38:26.367 --> 00:38:30.132
Then I know Pub, the bar down the street,
does free alcohol for a

00:38:30.132 --> 00:38:31.602
certain amount of hours.

00:38:31.602 --> 00:38:35.387
And I was like, “Oh, gosh. everybody's 
going to go there” because I know

00:38:35.387 --> 00:38:37.697
I always went there when I was an 
undergrad.

00:38:40.853 --> 00:38:42.473
Yeah, it was frustrating.

00:38:43.278 --> 00:38:48.058
How do you feel about UCF’s actions and
responses to COVID-19?

00:38:50.009 --> 00:38:52.089
I think they’ve done a good job.

00:38:52.089 --> 00:38:57.787
I do think that making facemask mandatory
everywhere is good even outside.

00:38:57.787 --> 00:39:01.949
I've seen some people talking like, hey, 
like, even with your outside you're

00:39:01.949 --> 00:39:03.207
supposed to have a mask.

00:39:03.207 --> 00:39:04.827
I think that's really good.

00:39:04.827 --> 00:39:07.461
I think going remote was a really good
idea.

00:39:07.461 --> 00:39:11.572
I don't really know how many classes are
in person.

00:39:11.572 --> 00:39:15.496
Personally, I see some of the freshmen 
that I work with going to class and

00:39:15.496 --> 00:39:17.072
they're like, “Oh, I love it”.

00:39:17.479 --> 00:39:20.042
So, but I don't have any.

00:39:20.042 --> 00:39:22.462
So, I think that was a good response to 
have.

00:39:22.693 --> 00:39:25.119
Do I wish they tested us more often?

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:30.738
Yes, my sister is a doctoral student in 
Massachusetts for a state university,

00:39:30.738 --> 00:39:35.058
and she gets tested twice a week, and she 
doesn't even live there.

00:39:35.268 --> 00:39:37.008
She's just going to class.

00:39:37.008 --> 00:39:38.278
So, to see-

00:39:38.278 --> 00:39:41.288
hear her perspective coming from, like,

00:39:42.212 --> 00:39:45.652
how Massachusetts is shut down
through the whole thing and

00:39:46.141 --> 00:39:50.274
Florida has been open and she gets tested 
all the time.

00:39:50.274 --> 00:39:52.534
I have only gotten tested once.

00:39:53.551 --> 00:39:57.201
So that is definitely one thing I wish UCF
did.

00:39:57.844 --> 00:40:02.346
I don't know if it's money wise because 
I'm like size wise and money wise,

00:40:02.346 --> 00:40:06.086
both of me and my sister schools are kind 
of similar.

00:40:06.222 --> 00:40:12.937
And so, I'm like, where's the disconnect, 
is it the state government system that's

00:40:12.937 --> 00:40:16.937
giving Massachusetts money to test and
Florida is not giving their

00:40:16.937 --> 00:40:18.467
schools money to test.

00:40:18.467 --> 00:40:19.297
I don't know.

00:40:19.297 --> 00:40:23.407
But that's probably like my most
frustrating thing with UCF is just not

00:40:23.407 --> 00:40:28.727
testing because a lot of times I've had to
quarantine because somebody near me

00:40:28.727 --> 00:40:32.487
didn't know they had COVID and that could
have been nipped in the bud because

00:40:32.487 --> 00:40:36.984
they would have known ahead, like earlier.

00:40:36.984 --> 00:40:38.404
So that I wish

00:40:39.497 --> 00:40:40.239
they did.

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:43.481
But even like housing, I think UCF is 
doing a good job when someone

00:40:43.481 --> 00:40:46.051
does test positive, they isolate them 
right away,

00:40:46.051 --> 00:40:49.926
so in ways I think they're doing a really
good job in other ways,

00:40:49.926 --> 00:40:54.356
I think they could be more proactive, and 
they could really be like testing us.

00:40:54.356 --> 00:40:56.446
That's my one main thing I wish they did.

00:40:56.838 --> 00:41:00.358
I think you have a very unique 
perspective, since you were on campus

00:41:01.225 --> 00:41:05.225
after March and during summer and now 
during fall.

00:41:05.967 --> 00:41:09.730
Can you compare after March to summer to 
fall, what it's been like

00:41:09.730 --> 00:41:11.560
with students on campus?

00:41:12.183 --> 00:41:16.743
Yeah, so March, people were away, after 
like everything.

00:41:17.531 --> 00:41:20.099
A lot of people started testing positive
in Florida.

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:23.222
Like when I came off the plane, people 
started really being like,

00:41:23.222 --> 00:41:25.602
“Oh my gosh, wash your hands, do this, 
do that”.

00:41:25.602 --> 00:41:29.122
Summer, everybody was just kind of 
like “We just want to be outside” and

00:41:30.362 --> 00:41:33.378
people were kind of social distance, but 
within their groups.

00:41:33.378 --> 00:41:35.431
Everybody had groups that they just-

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:37.128
it was their quarantining groups.

00:41:37.128 --> 00:41:39.598
People were like, started calling on 
social media.

00:41:39.598 --> 00:41:41.568
They were like “this is my quaran-team”.

00:41:41.568 --> 00:41:45.498
If one person gets positive, we all get 
positive and we all quarantine together”.

00:41:45.652 --> 00:41:50.442
So that was kind of the vibe in the 
summer and then in the fall,

00:41:50.442 --> 00:41:53.942
like people are just I think over it and 
think they can go back to their

00:41:53.942 --> 00:41:55.012
normal ways.

00:41:55.012 --> 00:41:58.132
And I'm just like, “You really can’t”.

00:41:58.132 --> 00:41:59.362
I know a lot of people.

00:41:59.362 --> 00:42:02.892
I tried to go to the bar once because of 
peer pressure and I was like,

00:42:02.892 --> 00:42:05.652
“Oh, I don't like this and I'm never 
doing that again.”

00:42:05.652 --> 00:42:09.192
because no one was wearing masks, no one 
was social distancing.

00:42:10.195 --> 00:42:13.675
I felt like I was back at a bar in a 
normal day so.

00:42:15.069 --> 00:42:19.379
Definitely different vibes and people are 
pushing back now on a lot of masks

00:42:19.379 --> 00:42:20.989
and not wanting to wear a mask,

00:42:20.989 --> 00:42:23.999
not wanting to social distance and just 
wanting it to be over.

00:42:23.999 --> 00:42:25.979
So definitely different vibes.

00:42:29.382 --> 00:42:34.962
What would you say seemed normal months 
ago, but now is very strange for you?

00:42:40.689 --> 00:42:43.449
I don't know if there's anything that 
seems strange now.

00:42:43.652 --> 00:42:48.122
When I watch movies, though I'm like, 
“Oh my God, they're so close together”.

00:42:49.515 --> 00:42:53.525
I don't know why that's my first thought 
like, “why isn't anybody wearing a mask”.

00:42:53.987 --> 00:42:55.647
So that's my first thought.

00:42:55.842 --> 00:43:01.817
Something that seemed I guess normal 
before was in Disney,

00:43:02.543 --> 00:43:09.388
we would be clumped up in those lines and 
now that there's markers at Disney on

00:43:09.388 --> 00:43:11.988
where you can stand in line.

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:16.219
I'm like, “Why did we ever bunch up 
like this?”.

00:43:16.643 --> 00:43:20.503
I feel like six feet now it's an 
appropriate distance.

00:43:20.503 --> 00:43:24.103
I would like even further than six feet in
a pandemic.

00:43:24.877 --> 00:43:30.449
Six feet, when you're in a line, six feet
just seems like a normal amount of

00:43:30.449 --> 00:43:34.543
distance away and I don't know why we ever
felt like we had to be right on

00:43:34.543 --> 00:43:38.153
somebody’s back when we're in line for 
something.

00:43:38.153 --> 00:43:41.123
You're not going to get onto the ride any 
sooner,

00:43:41.323 --> 00:43:43.343
so I don't know why we're bunched up.

00:43:43.529 --> 00:43:46.387
So that is definitely something that like
before I was like

00:43:46.534 --> 00:43:50.434
“This is normal. Where now I'm like, “Why 
did we ever do that?”

00:43:52.171 --> 00:43:53.261
Have you been to….

00:43:53.937 --> 00:43:54.727
Oh, sorry.

00:43:54.828 --> 00:43:55.888
No, go ahead.

00:43:55.983 --> 00:43:57.843
Oh, I was just gonna say also with

00:43:58.899 --> 00:44:01.899
how fast-food restaurants and restaurants
are like

00:44:01.899 --> 00:44:05.619
“These are all the ways we're like being
safe, we've added this this and this”.

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:11.959
I'm like “Why haven't we been doing that 
before, changing gloves, like wiping down

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:13.439
countertops?

00:44:14.128 --> 00:44:16.088
Why weren't we sanitary before?

00:44:16.088 --> 00:44:20.628
Why wasn't this already in our daily 
routine of sanitary?”

00:44:20.801 --> 00:44:24.741
I didn't know that was something we had to
really push on people.

00:44:24.949 --> 00:44:28.739
So yeah, that's another thing that we 
thought was normal and now is not,

00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:29.959
like, what.

00:44:32.113 --> 00:44:34.433
You’ve mentioned Disney. Have you been
recently?

00:44:34.642 --> 00:44:35.503
I have.

00:44:35.503 --> 00:44:37.393
That’s been like my one outlet.

00:44:37.393 --> 00:44:39.253
I know I really shouldn't.

00:44:39.253 --> 00:44:44.275
But I feel sometimes Disney, 
surprisingly, is safer than Walmart.

00:44:44.275 --> 00:44:47.845
At least that's how I feel. Because 
Walmart, there's really no guidelines.

00:44:47.845 --> 00:44:53.515
People are like, masks like with their 
nose and Disney everybody's kind of like-

00:44:54.098 --> 00:44:58.377
A cast member will come up to you if you 
take your mask off for a point two seconds

00:44:58.377 --> 00:44:59.335
to take a drink.

00:44:59.335 --> 00:45:01.425
They'll be like “Please put your mask 
on”.

00:45:01.771 --> 00:45:03.091
So, I have been.

00:45:03.091 --> 00:45:05.301
I was in that test group.

00:45:05.301 --> 00:45:10.606
I signed up for, to go back after they 
had shut down in March and

00:45:10.606 --> 00:45:15.176
then I think they brought it back, I want
to say, in July.

00:45:15.443 --> 00:45:18.903
They brought Disney back and there were 
these two days, they were like,

00:45:18.903 --> 00:45:23.947
“Oh, if you're a pass holder. You can 
sign up for our test days.

00:45:23.947 --> 00:45:28.381
We're testing out our virtual lines like
virtual ordering for food and everything”.

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:29.920
So, I went, and

00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:33.699
it was really good, everybody was social 
distancing.

00:45:34.017 --> 00:45:40.472
Now though, Florida has no guidelines, 
because before I think Florida had said

00:45:40.832 --> 00:45:43.972
“It had to be 50% capacity in theme 
parks”

00:45:44.092 --> 00:45:47.482
and now it can be 100% capacity at theme 
parks.

00:45:47.588 --> 00:45:48.848
It has definitely-

00:45:48.848 --> 00:45:53.311
I'm very weary now because I actually 
went this weekend to Disney,

00:45:53.311 --> 00:45:56.131
and it was crazy.

00:45:57.122 --> 00:45:58.262
It was a lot.

00:45:58.348 --> 00:46:02.168
People were bunched together just with 
masks.

00:46:02.168 --> 00:46:08.354
So, it's definitely gotten a lot relaxed 
when our numbers for COVID cases are

00:46:08.354 --> 00:46:10.738
still rising and skyrocketing.

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:13.080
I don't know why it's getting more 
relaxed.

00:46:13.092 --> 00:46:19.494
But yeah, before I could be walking and
not have anybody near me in places in like

00:46:19.494 --> 00:46:22.784
Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom where
things are more spread out.

00:46:23.111 --> 00:46:24.421
Where now you're

00:46:25.575 --> 00:46:27.765
shoulder to shoulder with people 
sometimes.

00:46:28.106 --> 00:46:31.966
Definitely, got more relaxed, but still 
the same amount of people getting sick

00:46:32.871 --> 00:46:34.858
and unfortunately dying from COVID.

00:46:36.939 --> 00:46:42.467
So no longer abiding by those six feet 
dots on the floor for the lines?

00:46:43.502 --> 00:46:47.032
When you're in line for a ride, people
are mostly going.

00:46:47.032 --> 00:46:53.364
But walking, just walking, around no one 
going by the six feet and

00:46:53.364 --> 00:46:56.330
people are getting very annoyed with it.

00:46:56.330 --> 00:47:01.404
I had one girl in Epcot start drinking 
her beer and somebody came up to her

00:47:01.404 --> 00:47:04.626
and was like, “Hey, miss like you cannot
drink in line.

00:47:04.626 --> 00:47:08.426
You have to be stopped at a table or 
something to drink”,

00:47:08.720 --> 00:47:12.211
and she was just complaining and arguing 
with this man.

00:47:12.211 --> 00:47:14.791
And I'm like, “if you don't like it, just 
leave”.

00:47:15.197 --> 00:47:16.877
This is a pandemic.

00:47:16.877 --> 00:47:20.297
I know we're all in Disney, but we're 
also in Disney in a pandemic.

00:47:20.297 --> 00:47:25.077
So, let's try to be responsible.

00:47:26.024 --> 00:47:27.104
Same with the plane.

00:47:27.104 --> 00:47:29.254
I've been on the plane a couple of times.

00:47:29.254 --> 00:47:31.344
I don't know if that's the smartest 
thing.

00:47:31.344 --> 00:47:35.634
But I went on a plane in July, when we
thought, at least in Florida,

00:47:35.634 --> 00:47:39.082
how it was seeming, I should have been 
more up to date with things.

00:47:39.082 --> 00:47:43.217
But how Florida news was going, they were 
like, “Oh, it's tapering off.”,

00:47:43.217 --> 00:47:46.977
so I bought a plane ticket to go home to 
surprise my mom.

00:47:47.317 --> 00:47:52.430
And then she was just like “Massachusetts 
was just shut down totally”.

00:47:52.560 --> 00:47:55.730
It was like night and day between Florida 
and Massachusetts.

00:47:55.730 --> 00:47:57.710
And then I went home for Thanksgiving.

00:47:58.508 --> 00:48:02.038
It was its night and day with Florida and 
Massachusetts.

00:48:02.299 --> 00:48:05.841
Because Florida, everything is open, 
people are not following the rules.

00:48:05.841 --> 00:48:10.779
Where in Massachusetts, I think 
restaurants just started opening up

00:48:10.779 --> 00:48:17.984
for more capacity because before I think 
they were at a third capacity for outdoor

00:48:17.984 --> 00:48:22.953
dining and now they've decided to do 
more capacity indoor dining

00:48:22.953 --> 00:48:24.383
because it's getting cold.

00:48:24.516 --> 00:48:30.991
So, to go from somewhere that's so open
to then Massachusetts that's still

00:48:30.991 --> 00:48:35.841
under a pretty hefty lockdown is 
different.

00:48:36.458 --> 00:48:39.978
What was it like traveling during 
Thanksgiving weekend?

00:48:40.690 --> 00:48:43.800
It was crazy because you have those people
who were like-

00:48:44.475 --> 00:48:50.452
I just remember seeing these two kids,
their parent’s masks were kind of down

00:48:50.452 --> 00:48:54.202
and these two kids were jumping over 
seats putting their hands-

00:48:54.202 --> 00:48:57.712
they were still young, where they put
their like fists in their mouth and

00:48:57.712 --> 00:49:03.680
I'm like, “Oh, oh, oh, oh, why are they 
jumping everywhere and putting their hands

00:49:03.680 --> 00:49:06.170
in their mouth touching their face no 
masks on?”.

00:49:06.252 --> 00:49:11.138
Then there were those people who were in 
total, body suits.

00:49:11.138 --> 00:49:18.630
There were some people who had those 
white coats and goggles on.

00:49:18.630 --> 00:49:21.050
Where all they had exposed was their

00:49:22.230 --> 00:49:24.090
nose, not even nose.

00:49:24.090 --> 00:49:24.890
Yeah, I think-

00:49:24.890 --> 00:49:27.960
all they had to expose their nose 
because they had the goggles,

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:30.760
like scientist goggles.

00:49:30.906 --> 00:49:35.628
The masks and then like the suit that went
around your head and then zipped up

00:49:35.628 --> 00:49:42.038
to your neck and then they had even 
rubber stuff on their shoes.

00:49:42.090 --> 00:49:45.552
So, you have extreme and there was 
not just one.

00:49:45.552 --> 00:49:49.835
There were a lot of people like that and
then you had people who just didn't care

00:49:49.835 --> 00:49:53.205
and had people like touching their face 
and fingers in their mouth.

00:49:53.311 --> 00:49:57.081
So that was interesting because it was 
definitely a lot-

00:49:57.511 --> 00:50:00.211
my July flight, everybody was nervous.

00:50:00.211 --> 00:50:03.151
Everybody was Lysol-ing their seats in 
the plane.

00:50:03.262 --> 00:50:05.084
Everybody was social distancing.

00:50:05.084 --> 00:50:08.254
Even like the airplane, they kept the 
middle seats open.

00:50:09.110 --> 00:50:14.602
Where for my Thanksgiving flight, it was 
some middle seats were left open.

00:50:14.602 --> 00:50:18.381
Not all and nobody was really like 
Lysol-ing.

00:50:18.381 --> 00:50:19.166
Some people-

00:50:19.166 --> 00:50:22.746
I Lysol-ed everything like the window 
near me,

00:50:22.746 --> 00:50:25.416
the tray table and everything like that.

00:50:26.613 --> 00:50:28.453
But even in the airplane-

00:50:29.330 --> 00:50:34.190
Jet Blue, normally has food service 
and they weren't doing any alcohol.

00:50:34.190 --> 00:50:37.318
So, the crying baby, you couldn't get 
through it with alcohol.

00:50:37.318 --> 00:50:39.080
You have to get through it sober.

00:50:39.474 --> 00:50:42.164
So that was definitely a struggle.

00:50:43.993 --> 00:50:46.773
I assume you had to bring your own Lysol 
wipes.

00:50:47.485 --> 00:50:49.175
So, for my July.

00:50:49.175 --> 00:50:51.205
So, for my Marchand July flight, I did.

00:50:51.453 --> 00:50:55.702
But for Thanksgiving, Jet Blue actually 
had these little packs before you got

00:50:55.702 --> 00:50:59.212
on the plane with a mask, Lysol wipes,
and hand sanitizer.

00:50:59.212 --> 00:51:01.802
Which was kind of cool that they started 
doing that.

00:51:03.313 --> 00:51:06.957
But I've only flown JetBlue since I've 
been in the pandemic.

00:51:06.957 --> 00:51:10.037
So, I don't know what other airlines 
are doing, but yeah,

00:51:10.037 --> 00:51:11.757
I was really surprised with that.

00:51:11.757 --> 00:51:16.887
But at least in July, they weren't doing 
any drink service.

00:51:17.377 --> 00:51:19.967
You got water in a little baggie.

00:51:20.432 --> 00:51:26.760
Where this flight, at least I got to pick 
a snack and I got two choices: water-

00:51:26.760 --> 00:51:30.110
Oh no three; water coke or Diet Coke.

00:51:32.194 --> 00:51:34.335
They’re stepping up their game a little 
bit.

00:51:34.335 --> 00:51:35.144
Yeah.

00:51:36.012 --> 00:51:37.832
Well, still came in a baggie though.

00:51:39.595 --> 00:51:40.985
I was gonna ask.

00:51:41.653 --> 00:51:43.013
And they were very like- 


00:51:43.013 --> 00:51:44.633
if somebody on the plane-

00:51:44.633 --> 00:51:47.793
we couldn't leave until everybody had
their masks on the plane.

00:51:49.635 --> 00:51:52.185
They were more strict in the plane 
than the airport.

00:51:52.185 --> 00:51:53.663
The airport was very relaxed.

00:51:53.663 --> 00:51:59.143
The plane, though- those flight attendants
were doing their job with the masks.

00:51:59.968 --> 00:52:00.728
Good.

00:52:02.362 --> 00:52:06.042
Is there anything that you're doing
now, that will probably seem strange

00:52:06.042 --> 00:52:08.082
once we're out of this pandemic?

00:52:09.238 --> 00:52:11.968
Lysol-ing my phone every time I come 
home.

00:52:12.415 --> 00:52:15.975
I've gone through so many Lysol wipes 
because anytime I come back.

00:52:15.975 --> 00:52:17.315
I Lysol my phone.

00:52:18.629 --> 00:52:19.909
Wearing a mask.

00:52:20.187 --> 00:52:23.387
Now I'm just like “I'm missing something. 
Oh, my mask”.

00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:26.825
You know, you grab your keys, your phone 
and then the mask.

00:52:26.825 --> 00:52:28.935
I feel like that's the normal thing.

00:52:31.248 --> 00:52:33.108
What else would seem weird?

00:52:33.876 --> 00:52:36.426
I guess always grabbing Lysol wipes 
when I see them.

00:52:37.876 --> 00:52:41.556
When they’re for sale, I was like 
“oh Lysol wipes” grab them.

00:52:45.003 --> 00:52:49.248
Then just like my mom always says she 
can't wait till this pandemics over

00:52:49.248 --> 00:52:52.978
because she can stop saying “Don't touch 
your face. Stop touching your face”.

00:52:54.066 --> 00:52:55.626
She’s constantly saying that.

00:52:55.626 --> 00:52:59.016
Even when I'm over zoom with her, she’s 
like, “Don't touch your face”.

00:52:59.016 --> 00:53:02.786
I'm like, I never knew that was one of 
my favorite hobbies was just touching

00:53:02.786 --> 00:53:03.556
my face.

00:53:04.375 --> 00:53:07.886
So yeah, I would definitely say like the 
Lysol-ing my phone

00:53:07.886 --> 00:53:09.846
and just always hand sanitizing.

00:53:10.091 --> 00:53:14.381
I Lysol like when I go to McDonald's or 
anywhere out.

00:53:14.754 --> 00:53:20.026
I always Lysol my cup and then I take 
everything out of the bags

00:53:20.606 --> 00:53:24.346
and dump it out on a plate and then I 
Lysol my hands and then eat.

00:53:24.661 --> 00:53:25.401
Wow.

00:53:26.264 --> 00:53:27.799
I feel like I never did.

00:53:27.799 --> 00:53:29.179
Which I probably should.

00:53:29.179 --> 00:53:32.169
That's good hygiene, I guess, that we 
just never thought of.

00:53:32.476 --> 00:53:35.656
So maybe that would seem strange.

00:53:36.027 --> 00:53:36.847
The extent. 


00:53:36.847 --> 00:53:40.797
I definitely don't think I'll I Lysol my 
cup after the pandemic that just seems

00:53:40.797 --> 00:53:41.507
extreme

00:53:42.016 --> 00:53:44.616
but yeah, I still Lysol my cup.

00:53:46.379 --> 00:53:47.979
You mentioned to me earlier.

00:53:47.979 --> 00:53:51.729
Were there other things that you did to 
cope, or stay sane during quarantine?

00:53:52.762 --> 00:53:54.212
I picked up volleyball.

00:53:54.679 --> 00:53:55.459
Never-

00:53:55.459 --> 00:53:56.239
in the summer.

00:53:56.239 --> 00:54:01.597
Never thought I'd be into volleyball 
because the only thing to do in Orlando is

00:54:01.597 --> 00:54:05.747
go to Disney, go to the beach in Cocoa.

00:54:06.196 --> 00:54:07.446
I did that, though.

00:54:07.747 --> 00:54:11.111
We just started opening up and I felt 
adventurous enough.

00:54:11.111 --> 00:54:14.231
I was like “As long as there's not that
many people”.

00:54:14.231 --> 00:54:17.591
I definitely didn't go on a holiday where 
there'd be a lot of people,

00:54:17.591 --> 00:54:19.841
but on like weekdays, when I had the 
day off.

00:54:19.841 --> 00:54:22.731
I would definitely go to the beach, 
because it wasn't that

00:54:23.743 --> 00:54:26.365
busy and people were social distancing.

00:54:26.365 --> 00:54:31.497
I had one woman go “Is this far enough 
away for you? Is this okay like

00:54:31.497 --> 00:54:32.424
COVID wise?”.

00:54:32.424 --> 00:54:35.214
I was like, “oh yeah”, like she was plenty
far away.

00:54:35.214 --> 00:54:38.784
So that's something we never thought we 
would do at a beach.

00:54:38.864 --> 00:54:43.014
Is this far enough? Before we were
five inches,

00:54:43.014 --> 00:54:45.114
“Okay, we're gonna sit right here”.

00:54:46.347 --> 00:54:48.237
So that was definitely weird.

00:54:48.237 --> 00:54:50.377
I forgot the question. I don't know.

00:54:50.377 --> 00:54:51.737
I went on a tangent.

00:54:51.761 --> 00:54:52.601
Besides.

00:54:53.257 --> 00:54:54.672
What do I do to cope?

00:54:54.672 --> 00:54:55.482
Okay.

00:54:57.740 --> 00:55:00.140
I started watching TikTok.

00:55:00.140 --> 00:55:04.590
That really like, TikTok, social media, 
really-

00:55:04.590 --> 00:55:06.410
I never thought I'd be into it.

00:55:06.645 --> 00:55:09.665
But I started watching them and I started 
making my own.

00:55:09.989 --> 00:55:14.489
So, who knew I was a content creator
for TikTok?

00:55:14.713 --> 00:55:15.876
No one watches it.

00:55:15.876 --> 00:55:19.106
I think the most views I've gotten was
like 1200, but, you know,

00:55:19.106 --> 00:55:20.866
I'm still trying to go viral.

00:55:21.969 --> 00:55:23.089
So that was something.

00:55:23.089 --> 00:55:26.619
It was something fun to do with friends 
because I had my own little like

00:55:26.619 --> 00:55:29.359
quaran-team like we had our group.

00:55:29.359 --> 00:55:32.099
So, if one person caught it, we all knew 
we all had it.

00:55:34.026 --> 00:55:36.656
So, you know any of the- I'm sorry, what 
did you say?

00:55:36.970 --> 00:55:39.160
Oh, I was just saying we started doing 
that.

00:55:39.160 --> 00:55:41.320
That was our fun thing to do together.

00:55:41.509 --> 00:55:43.689
Do you know any of the Tik Tok dances?

00:55:44.107 --> 00:55:45.687
I did, I did know.

00:55:45.979 --> 00:55:47.562
We've done some of them.

00:55:47.562 --> 00:55:52.412
I don't know why, like Cardi B is really 
just hitting it out there.

00:55:52.412 --> 00:55:55.038
And so, you know, some of these dances.

00:55:55.038 --> 00:56:00.478
I'm like, “The girl Who made this dance 
is in high school. I don't know how”.

00:56:00.986 --> 00:56:04.586
But yeah, it's definitely interesting
to see.

00:56:04.839 --> 00:56:09.294
I've started watching TikTok in the 
cooking area because cooking-

00:56:09.294 --> 00:56:14.322
I hated cooking before, but because 
restaurants weren’t open for so long.

00:56:14.322 --> 00:56:18.862
I started cooking so I even went to TikTok
to figure out how to cook some things.

00:56:20.070 --> 00:56:21.640
So, started to cook.

00:56:22.651 --> 00:56:26.001
Do you have a TikTok dish that you now 
make regularly?

00:56:26.973 --> 00:56:28.163
Beef stroganoff.

00:56:28.790 --> 00:56:29.690
Very cool.

00:56:29.898 --> 00:56:31.588
Didn't think I was gonna make it.

00:56:31.588 --> 00:56:38.405
But yeah, that was one that I found and
also, beef skewers with pineapple.

00:56:39.305 --> 00:56:40.265
Really good.

00:56:40.265 --> 00:56:42.805
Yeah, those are two recipes that I found
from TikTok.

00:56:43.055 --> 00:56:47.355
Oh, and I also did online Peloton during 
the pandemic.

00:56:47.727 --> 00:56:50.356
In the summer pandemic, we're still 
in the pandemic,

00:56:50.356 --> 00:56:56.130
but during the summer had free for three 
months Peloton classes.

00:56:56.130 --> 00:57:01.123
So that was kind of cool to do some like
workout classes, while I was home.

00:57:02.123 --> 00:57:02.963
So yeah,

00:57:04.696 --> 00:57:08.117
TikTok and Netflix has been my main 
coping.

00:57:08.117 --> 00:57:11.837
Like let me relax and watch some TikToks 
until 3am.

00:57:12.549 --> 00:57:14.849
What else is there to do in a pandemic?

00:57:15.006 --> 00:57:18.180
Were you regularly reminded by that guy 
that comes on, it's like:

00:57:18.180 --> 00:57:19.960
"you’ve been scrolling for a while”.

00:57:19.960 --> 00:57:21.050
All the time.

00:57:21.050 --> 00:57:21.926
Oh my gosh.

00:57:21.926 --> 00:57:25.436
Every single time that happens and you 
know sometimes I'll turn it off.

00:57:25.436 --> 00:57:28.236
But then sometimes I'm like “Be quiet. 
Let's keep going.

00:57:29.709 --> 00:57:30.989
I know, I know”.

00:57:32.537 --> 00:57:35.237
I definitely have gotten that guy before.

00:57:35.779 --> 00:57:38.239
You mentioned that you're staying up 
until 3am.

00:57:38.239 --> 00:57:40.859
Was your sleep affected during quarantine?

00:57:41.147 --> 00:57:44.137
I never used to sleep in that much.

00:57:44.137 --> 00:57:45.280
And I've been sleeping.

00:57:45.280 --> 00:57:48.299
Sometimes I was sleeping in the summer
till noon.

00:57:48.299 --> 00:57:50.709
Now because we're working remotely,

00:57:50.775 --> 00:57:52.945
I don't have to be in the office on 
somedays,

00:57:52.945 --> 00:57:56.255
so I'll sleep until 11 and then it's 
harder to wake up at eight on

00:57:56.255 --> 00:57:57.495
those office days.

00:57:58.371 --> 00:58:02.791
So definitely, and then with just like 
watching Netflix shows;

00:58:02.791 --> 00:58:05.491
now you're just you're up till three.

00:58:06.330 --> 00:58:09.350
I would talk to people on the phone 
because you can't really-

00:58:09.350 --> 00:58:13.100
people who aren't in your quarantine
group you're kind of just like-

00:58:14.393 --> 00:58:15.520
you can't see them.

00:58:15.520 --> 00:58:20.620
So, definitely talking on the phone a lot
to people until 2am because

00:58:20.620 --> 00:58:21.869
what else is there to do.

00:58:21.869 --> 00:58:24.749
You can't go to the bar on a Friday 
night, Saturday night.

00:58:24.749 --> 00:58:28.639
So, what do you do, you go FaceTime 
people.

00:58:28.862 --> 00:58:31.102
Well, you can, but you're being safe 
about it.

00:58:31.102 --> 00:58:32.852
So, I do appreciate that.

00:58:34.060 --> 00:58:35.240
Now you can.

00:58:35.577 --> 00:58:40.462
Yes, yeah. What would you say the most 
significant impact that COVID19

00:58:40.462 --> 00:58:41.952
has had on your life?

00:58:45.303 --> 00:58:48.023
I think it would be my social life.

00:58:49.331 --> 00:58:52.591
I want to say it’s my career.

00:58:53.428 --> 00:58:56.078
It would either be my career or my social 
life because

00:58:56.078 --> 00:59:00.038
I definitely don't think I'm prepared for
my career with graduating in May.

00:59:00.038 --> 00:59:04.318
I just don't feel it's my time yet because
of everything that has been going on.

00:59:04.318 --> 00:59:06.628
Classes, I think, have definitely been 
lenient.

00:59:09.581 --> 00:59:11.811
But I would definitely say my social life.

00:59:14.709 --> 00:59:18.839
2020 was supposed to be my year to get a 
boyfriend and let me tell ya,

00:59:18.839 --> 00:59:21.849
I ended 2020 I still don't have a 
boyfriend.

00:59:23.947 --> 00:59:25.547
Definitely social life.

00:59:25.656 --> 00:59:26.966
My friends I’ve lost.

00:59:27.130 --> 00:59:29.560
Didn’t get friends in my cohort.

00:59:29.560 --> 00:59:33.071
I definitely lost friends when the 
pandemic hit.

00:59:33.071 --> 00:59:35.051
I couldn't hang out with them.

00:59:36.196 --> 00:59:37.055
My friendships-

00:59:37.055 --> 00:59:40.512
I did in my quarantine definitely grew
stronger,

00:59:41.172 --> 00:59:43.960
but definitely lost some friends.

00:59:44.885 --> 00:59:47.215
And yeah, I would just say my social life.

00:59:48.081 --> 00:59:51.551
Did you attempt dating at all during the 
pandemic?

00:59:52.122 --> 00:59:52.872
Tinder.

00:59:52.872 --> 00:59:56.572
I tried, you know, but you can't even
meet up with people.

00:59:58.004 --> 00:59:59.675
I remember my friend she did.

00:59:59.675 --> 01:00:05.336
She was like, “Yeah, I had a date, we 
just stayed in our own cars, but we ate”.

01:00:05.336 --> 01:00:09.216
I'm like, “Okay, that sounds so boring, 
but okay”.

01:00:10.666 --> 01:00:15.546
So yeah, not really. It's hard through 
online.

01:00:18.248 --> 01:00:20.998
Is there anything else that you would like
people to know?

01:00:24.625 --> 01:00:29.180
I feel like there's a lot, but I feel like
I really went on random tangents,

01:00:29.180 --> 01:00:30.470
and I'm so sorry.

01:00:30.863 --> 01:00:32.603
No. Don’t apologize.

01:00:32.634 --> 01:00:33.794
Hope it helps.

01:00:34.470 --> 01:00:39.869
No, it definitely gives insight into what 
life is like during pandemic between

01:00:39.869 --> 01:00:44.202
being a UCF students and definitely have
that unique perspective of being

01:00:44.202 --> 01:00:49.742
on campus, more than probably many 
other individuals here at UCF during 2020.

01:00:51.227 --> 01:00:53.557
Have to say summer was fun.

01:00:53.688 --> 01:00:59.568
Summer in the pandemic definitely was
fun because you really grew.

01:01:00.090 --> 01:01:02.590
People had these quaran-teams.

01:01:03.147 --> 01:01:07.730
So, it was really fun being able to hang 
out with each other every day

01:01:07.730 --> 01:01:09.540
because work, you’re remote.

01:01:09.540 --> 01:01:10.964
So, you could like-

01:01:10.964 --> 01:01:14.644
we would sleep over each other's houses 
and stuff like that.

01:01:15.203 --> 01:01:16.863
So, that was fun.

01:01:16.863 --> 01:01:21.401
And then when class and work really 
started ramping up then I was like,

01:01:21.401 --> 01:01:22.759
"Okay, I'm over this”.

01:01:22.759 --> 01:01:26.459
But the summer months was fun because 
people-

01:01:26.776 --> 01:01:30.970
I know some people on my social media 
they rented the house for

01:01:30.970 --> 01:01:34.210
the whole summer and just everybody 
worked remotely in the house,

01:01:34.210 --> 01:01:36.480
and then just had fun on the lake.

01:01:36.739 --> 01:01:40.269
And I know some of my friends did that 
back up in Massachusetts.

01:01:40.269 --> 01:01:42.679
And that just seemed like the time of 
their lives.

01:01:43.438 --> 01:01:47.298
We tried to mimic that here with just 
having the quran-teams.

01:01:47.741 --> 01:01:52.021
Not living together but summer was 
definitely fun, even though-

01:01:52.021 --> 01:01:56.221
because it was a lot of outside where 
before you are working and stuff.

01:01:56.221 --> 01:02:00.941
I could work outside and then just shut 
my laptop and I'm at the beach.

01:02:01.712 --> 01:02:06.114
So summer, I definitely would say was a 
really good summer.

01:02:06.114 --> 01:02:09.894
But fall, no. You’re inside.

01:02:11.346 --> 01:02:13.346
I'm glad you made the most of summer.

01:02:13.562 --> 01:02:14.372
Yeah.

01:02:16.390 --> 01:02:22.340
Well, if there's nothing else. I will stop
the recording. Thank you so much.

01:02:23.070 --> 01:02:24.030
Thank you.