SUMMER ACTIVITIES
While in quarantine sophomore Abbie Carpenter plays on her friends Nintendo Switch. Carpenter stayed six-feet away when she played on sophomore Macy Cronin’s gaming console. (Photo by Macy Cronin)
Although times might be a little bit different than usual, there is still plenty of safe and fun activities, especially for summer 2020 (Content by Liv Engle) Go Exploring
Set up an adventure with your family members. Find a hiking trail that has some beautiful views. Take some photo’s or challenge your self by drawing the scene. If nature is not your thing, take a walk in the city and explore with your family.
Create a Workout Routine
Quarantine definitely puts a pause on the gym, so if you’re looking to get back to working out, make a routine for yourself and have a log or schedule to follow for yourself. Excersise is proven to decrease stress and helps keep you healthy.
Try Out a New Craft
Make some clothes in different DIY ways, cut, color, sew, use patches and design clothing of your own while we are stuck at home. Another DIY activity is to learn how to make your own
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Create a Clean Environment
If you are stuck in the house, clean out your room to feel so much better and less stressed when in your room. Or if there’s a project in your house that needs to be taken care of, take a day to finish it up.
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Relax in the sun
Soak up that vitamin D. Take a blanket outside in the grass with a good book and read the day away. Some other calm activities include sketching, painting or a
GONE EVERYWHERE With the world facing a pandemic, Nintendo is facing a shortage. Nintendo’s best selling product the Nintendo Switch has become increasingly popular over quarantine. Its latest game release Animal Crossing has helped the increase of sales as well as people being stuck inside because of quarantine. “Everyone is kind of locked in their homes with nowhere to go and nothing to do and right now is an ideal time to bunker up and play with your video games,” sophomore Abbie Carpenter said. “So, you can spend most of your time Find out more about the focusing on switch here: something bit.ly/NSswitch like Animal Crossing.” COVID-19 originally comes from Wuhan, China which happens to manufacture software for the gaming company. China has shut down the country which means the manufacturing for Nintendo’s gaming consoles has had to be put on hold. “The main sources are from China and that’s shut down and so are all the other places that do make them are also shut down because of quarantine, so they stopped making them,” sophomore Pater Pae said. Retail stores across the globe are coming up empty handed when asked about this product and do not know when more consoles are coming in. This is creating a market of people buying and selling the console double or triple the price on third-party sites such as eBay or Amazon. “Honestly I’m really not [looking for a switch], I kind of accepted my fate,” Carpenter said. “If I was looking I would just go online look around at different prices and see if anyone is selling theirs, because I’m pretty sure stores don’t have them right now.”(Brief by Macy Cronin)
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