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Talk about how the events of recent months have affected either your work or your ability to work.

I was a remote student at my college last semester. One of the mandatory classes that all freshman have to take at my college is the Scribner Seminar. I signed up for one that was labeled as hybrid, thinking that there would be half of the students online and half of the students in person. I was the only online student in the class. Two times a week my professor would set her laptop on top of a lazy susan and I would log onto zoom. I would watch as my classmates entered the room, wiping down the chairs and getting situated for the class. Most days I was forgotten about, but when I was remembered, one of my peers would swivel the laptop around so that I could see whoever was speaking. Being online for college wasn't much of a change from finishing high school online. By then I had created a routine - run/walk three miles, make oatmeal, get ready for class, and finally attend class. I loved my routines, I was active, had time to make healthy meals, and I was exploring the town I grew up in as an adult (a much different experience then when you are little). This semester I am in person at my school. I am only close with four people on campus and I am going through the acclimation period every other freshman went though last fall. It is definitely different, however it is totally worth it whenever one of my classmates from the seminar go out of their way to say hi and seem genuinely happy to finally meet me in person.