On March 29, President Trump extended Social Distancing and Quarantine deadlines to the end of April, meaning the nation has two more weeks than they initially thought of self isolation and staying at home. As simple and as boring of a task as this may seem, Cabin Fever and redundant daily routines can be serious challenges to face to people who are used to going to school and work five days a week. Many types of people will handle these necessary hardships differently, Holt Students included.

“I have been working more as my job has not closed down yet, I’ve been doing hobbies that I haven’t been able to put a lot of time in recently, and I have been able to do even more MMA practice during the quarantine from my home,” Ellie Meyer (’21) said.

“I have been playing more video games and hanging out with my younger brother more. Online school is keeping me distracted enough, but it’s not as time consuming as real school obviously,” Kyle Boundy (’20) said.

“Me and my family are in the middle of a move, and the place we are renting right now is 30 minutes outside of Wentzville. So the quarantine has really helped because I don’t have to drive to school everyday and spend all that money on gas, I’m mainly just driving to work, so it’s helped  me out more than anything,” Cole Ashcroft (’20) said.

Even with these coping mechanisms, some are still having some trouble dealing with the lack of social interaction.

“Quarantine is like an orange. It tastes good sometimes, when you’re in the mood for it, but if you ate the orange everyday for every meal, it’d get old really fast. Not being at school is fun when you don’t want to be, but missing months of school for a pandemic is miserable,” Clayton Reed (’20) said.