Zarine's Blog

4/20/20 My thoughts towards school have changed immensely. Before quarantine, I realized that I didn’t appreciate the beautiful architecture of the new building because that’s one of the things I miss the most about New Trier. Every morning, my friends and I would meet up in the library commons and I never really absorbed my surroundings then but now I yearn for it. I’ve talked to a few of my friends about their feelings towards New Trier and most of them feel the same way I do except a select few who absolutely resent it. Another thing I especially miss is all my teachers. I’m glad to say that I’ve loved almost all the teachers I’ve had in my years in New Trier and they all brightened up my day so much and it’s definitely not the same through zoom. I really came to this realization when I had a zoom with my Spanish teacher and she said that she’s trying her best to be her normal, bubbly, energetic self but it’s really hard for her. I hope that in my senior year I’ll be able to reco...

4/13/20 I’ve always been into doing my nails and I’d say that I’ve gotten good at it over the years. But today, I decided to take on a nail design because I didn’t want to waste my time napping or watching Netflix and I’ve also been wanting to get in touch with my artistic side lately. It took me about 1.5 hours total but I finally achieved what I wanted to, which was a checker pattern. Keeping my left hand steady was difficult but I did it somehow. It was moments like these that I wish I was ambidextrous.  4/15/20  Something today that made me happy, hopeful and relaxed was a call I had with a college squash coach. The call was scheduled for 4 pm but when I didn’t receive a call, I started to get nervous. I waited about 30 minutes and still received no call so I decided to leave a voicemail. About 30 minutes later, my phone rang and I was so relieved. Squash is really the only thing I know for sure that I want to do in college. The rest, I have no idea about. We talke...

3/20/2020 I’ve been spending my time much more differently than I have been before Corona. Since all gyms have shut down, I can no longer play squash which I usually would do about 8-9 hours a week so to fill up that time, I’ve been revisiting video games that I used to play back when my schedule wasn’t so filled. This then led me to see conversations over text between me and some old friends. I enjoyed reading my past texts from when everything was so much more simple, less stressful and when I could afford to hang out with friends on a weekday. I also have been taking less midday naps because I don’t feel as tired and stressed as I did before. Sometimes right after school, I would just fall asleep right away and stay asleep for hours which threw off my sleep schedule completely. But now, I’ve been trying to keep myself busy during the day to avoid these midday naps. My family has been able to eat dinner together every night now because before we all had work to do but now we can al...