My COVID Experiences

A difficult part for this pandemic is trying to stay entertained while limiting social interaction, here were a couple ways I have succeeded in doing this so far.

Since moving back to UKY I have at least been able to hangout and do stuff with my roommates but there is even a limit to what we can do so we keep coming up with new things to do. The first thing we did to keep us occupied was actually sports based. I know nothing about basketball but we started a bracket for the NBA playoffs which was a lot of fun since there were games everyday and the winner got a jersey of the team that one. Even though I did not win this fun competition I learned I actually enjoy watching it and learned I like the Celtics and Heat. Below you can see a picture of the bracket on one of our massive white boards.

Above shows a picture of our NBA playoff bracket 

Since this ended we struggled to find what we should do next as there are only so many board and card games you can play. That's when one of my roomates and I decided to rewatch all of the marvel movies in canonical order as we are HUGE fans of the franchise. Since then we have made it through 6 movies  as we just finished Iron Man 3 and also made a plan to do it in a movie marathon once the semester is over. Below you can see a picture of each of the marvel movies to watch in cannotical order (with a switch in Thor 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy as its up for interpretation and with not all the titles fully drawn out). 

Above shows a picture of the marvel movies in cannotical order

During this time we also picked up a new videogame for us to play that I used to play a good 2 years ago. This is more for each of us when someone is not here to watch the movies as we need everyone here to watch the movies. So the game we got is Overwatch and more just gives us something to do rather than go hang out with other people because of COVID. Finally as a group we each have decided to rewatch the Mandalorian as we are also huge fans of the star wars franchise. Overall, these things we do together keep us entertained during this strange time. 

One day during this my roomates and I decided to go hiking to explore the outdoor while limiting social contact with others. Since we all had just finished the majority of our exams we sought a way to get away from the rule stricken city and drove only 30 mins to a play called pilot knob. To get there we drove on a street with plenty of houses and it seemed as if the COVID-19 virus did not exist with people playing with their pet Turkeys; yes, I said Turkeys. It seemed all so simple and fun. We had then arrived and stepped just past the entrance sign and immediately saw a rocky creek which had carved through the slate and clay mountain. We then hiked 2.50 miles and about 15,000 feet. At the top of the mountain we sat for a good 45 minutes and took in the view as we could see everything for miles, including Lexington itself. At the top of that mountain all we could think was about the beauty of nature. This small three hour escape for the real world provided us with a break from the COVID-19 outbreak and just allowed us to have fun in the great outdoors. 

Above shows a picture of the view from the peak of Pilot Knob 

Overall, this quarantine and time with reduced social interaction it is difficult to stay entertained and these are only a few ways we found to do this. I hope this shows you a few ways you can stay entertained during a global pandemic.