If you spend a moment listening to teens, there’s an overwhelming feeling that quarantine needs to end.

People are tired of being stuck inside their homes. They just want to go outside and feel alive.

Traveling, getting out of the house and hanging out with friends are several activities that students are looking forward to doing once Covid-19 ends.

“I look forward to being able to go wherever I want again,” sophomore Emilie Elms said.

Elms isn’t alone in her wishes. Junior Abigail Fowler longs for a senior trip to the beach. 

“I’m really looking forward to going to new places and seeing everyone again,” Fowler said. “Me and my friends really want to take a senior trip to the beach, but we can only hope that Covid is gone by the time we graduate and could do the trip.” 

A desire for life to go back to normal is a feeling that everyone can understand. 

Normal doesn’t have to be traveling across the world, but can even be the mundane, like going to the mall or attending a party, which could be an activity someone really needs right now.

Quarantine took away and restricted a variety of the usual activities, such as going out to eat, to an amusement park, having parties and hanging out with friends.

Elms was devastated when she found out that her trip to South Korea was canceled due to the coronavirus. 

“I had plans to go to this summer activity in South Korea, but since the numbers were so high, I can’t really leave my house,” Elms said.

Fowler was also homebound and had to miss the opportunity to travel to Europe.

“One big thing I was looking forward to was a Europe trip. I was really excited to go outside of the country. But sadly, I had to opt-out and not go,” Fowler said.

“When quarantine is over, I hope to be going to dances, parties, in public without a mask and life before the pandemic,” junior Emma Tanner said. “But I will still use hand sanitizer plenty.”

Simply going to the store and trying your best to not look sick can be a struggle, especially with everyone wary of any sign of illness. 

“I can’t cough in public anymore or else it feels like I’m being super judged and get weird looks,” sophomore Noah Yon said.