Free Time By Anthony Del Coro

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Lately, with less and less work being posted I have inherently gotten more and more free time. It's been harder to find new shows on Netflix lately. So at this point iv'e reverted back to watching entire seasons again. I am currently binging the office for the third time... during quarantine. On top of that I've been working on my eagle project which I just recently finished. For almost a month straight, I have spent upwards of two hours at the beach each day working on my project with the help of friends and family the project went relatively smooth. Of course there were some hiccups, but nothing that couldn't be fixed. I tried to keep an accurate hour long of the whole project, the total came to around 230 man hours. Which was almost double what I had originally expected, but oh well. Now that the project is over we have had to find new things to do. My brother has recently taken up climbing and for the last couple weeks he's been learning from one of our neighbors how to set up the ropes and different ways to climb. At this point he's confident that he can set up the ropes and belay by himself, which is neat. So we've been going climbing at allamuchy state park for the last week and it's been a lot of fun, although now I have scrapes all over my knees. Other than that it's been great but honestly I can't wait for this quarantine to end, this has been such a long journey and if this is going to carry into summer I am going to be miserable.

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  1. AnonymousMay 31, 2020 at 7:57 AM

    I agree. It will definitely be tough to have our situation last into the summer. With my time I have been able to get out kayaking, fishing, and mountain biking more which is a great switch-up from soccer and running. Nice job on your Eagle Project too.

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  2. DanielleJune 1, 2020 at 10:24 AM

    Great work on your Eagle Project -that is such an accomplishment !

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