Since this pandemic period has started, I gained bags of time to spend on my interests that I couldn’t do while in the school year. First of all, I restarted to playing musical instruments that I learned for a while. For the piano, I had learned it for seven years when I was young, and I taught myself to play the guitar a few years ago. If it hasn’t been played for a few years, my hands got stiff. And as I expected, it was a little hard when I play them. But one interesting thing I caught was I could completely perform one song that I practiced and played the most. Anyway, I am having a fun time playing piano and guitar recently.
Also, I love and enjoy making some DIY things like nano blocks, painting by numbers, and jigsaw puzzle. Well, maybe all kinds of hobbies are so, but mainly these hobbies eliminate any trivial thoughts in my mind. When I read a book or listen to music, I sometimes come up with different ideas. However, when I do these DIY pastimes, I only concentrate and focus on them. Sometimes my brain also needs some break, and I feel my brain is not working during these hobby times.
For the last, I am really really enjoying playing Animal Crossing New Horizon edition. From March, I was craving to buy the Nintendo Switch animal crossing edition. So when I wake up in the morning, my morning routine was searching for the stocks online. And one day, I saw there are few stocks in Walmart in Santa Ana. I instantly rushed to the store, but the staff said the last one has just gone. On my way home, I was so grieved and angry that I couldn’t get it. So I thought I had to stop by all the stores even if the online said there is no stock. Luckily, I bought the last share of it in Target, and I could come back home happily. And right after this week that I bought it, everything has shut down, and we stuck at home. Since then, many people tried to buy the Nintendo Switch to play Animal Crossing, which has released at the pandemic period. Yes, I was lucky that I could get it before it runs out of stock. Anyway, I attach some photos of my lovely village and lovely villagers 🙂
Being quarantine is tragic, but it is an opportunity to enjoy the pastime at the same time. And for that, I am thankful for nowadays even there is a loss, too. Our spring quarter is running to the end! I hope everyone finishes school works well, stay healthy, and enjoy your heaps of time that will come after this!