Kylie: Hi I’m Kylie and I’m a senior at UNR. And I have majors in French, arts and anthropology. And I’m actually here with my mom today who is also a teacher at UNR.

Lynnie: Yes, I’m Lynnie Weibezahl and I’m a French lecturer in World Languages and Literatures and an undergraduate advisor. And yeah, we’ve been uh we’ve been going through some changes.

Kylie: Yeah, we’ve been both going through this new reality. This new online classes reality. So curriculums have been changing. The structure of courses have been changing. Although overall, I think they have been successful. But I will say that it has been a little harder to find motivation to go to class. It’s a little bit strange, waking up in the morning and just going right out of your bed to a desk and finally to your laptop. So, it’s a little odd but I think everyone is starting to get used to it now. And I think it’s a great thing.

Lynnie: I think the toughest thing for us was finding out that she wasn’t going to be graduating. We’ve been so looking forward to that. When I heard it, I went up and did have a good cry. And then I just bucked up and said “Ok, we’ll have a great graduation party when this is all over.”

Kylie: But overall I would say that this has its brighter sides and its darker sides. I’ve got to spend a lot more time with my family, which is really unique. Usually I don’t get to see them very much. And I think this really cool thing I’ve seen online especially is this online renaissance. And I’ve seen a lot more art, a lot more reading, people getting to practice their hobbies. And that’s something we’ve both been doing as well.

Lynnie: If there’s a Silver Lining about this because Kylie was thinking about going to Peace Corps. And I want her to have that experience, if that’s what she wants to do, but that was all cancelled too. So now, she’s here and we get to spend more time. I know she has to leave the nest at some point, but life has slowed down for us a lot and we get to see Kylie a lot more. And I’m doing more running, more hanging out in the hammock on the deck and not feeling bad about it.

Kylie: But we’re all hanging in there. We hope everyone else is too and we honestly just can’t wait to get out there and play again. So we’re looking forward to it.