Outgoing college student stays social during pandemic

Alexander Grossi has always been an extroverted person and he continued to stay in contact with his friends and family during a pandemic.

Even though Grossi was quarantined at home, he did not let that stop him from reaching out to his family and friends through social media and phone calls.

“…I’m a very social person. So, pandemic or not, I like to interact with people,” said Alexander Grossi a first-year at Muskingum University.

While following the rules of wearing a mask on campus and staying six feet apart, Grossi was able to spend more time with his friends in person rather than on social media.

Grossi considered himself to be a social butterfly which had its advantages and disadvantages.

Being around a lot of people meant a higher chance of exposure to someone with the COVID-19 virus.

At Muskingum University, if you are exposed to someone who tested positive, you have to be placed into quarantine/isolation.

“I’m a social butterfly, so, contact tracing always leads back to me somehow,” said Grossi.

Being quarantined had positive and negative impacts on the world. For Grossi, he was able to make the most out of being quarantined and he did things like hang out with his little sister and clean his room.

“I guess, being in quarantine over the summer, I got to hang out with my little sister a lot. So that was pretty cool,” said Grossi.

Being stuck in quarantine and not being able to go out in public can lead to boredom for a lot of people, but Grossi kept his mind entertained by listening to music through a speaker on the rooftop of his house.

“I’d go climb up on to my roof of my house, lay on my roof, and listen to music with the speaker…gotta keep the mind entertained,” said Grossi.

Social media was very important to Grossi during the quarantine because that is how he stayed in contact with his friends and family.

He has stayed positive throughout quarantine and made the most out of what had been thrown at him.

Even a global pandemic can’t stop someone with an outgoing personality from making friends and being social.