have a meme

1. Are you an Essential Worker?

No.

2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine started?

I don’t drink.

3. If you have kids... Are they driving you nuts?

No kids.

4. What new hobby have you taken up during this?

No new hobbies, although some older ones are getting dusted off. Baking, for example: not my thing, too exact, but sometimes you just want a freshly-baked item. (I cook plenty, but that's less science and more art.)

5. How many grocery runs have you done?

I was averaging one a week but now I'm trying to make it two weeks. I have a decently-stocked pantry, so I should be able to wait a while... except that I also have garden projects that occasionally require things that I can't quite replicate at home.

6. What are you spending your stimulus check on?

Garden stuff, donations to local food bank, not sure what else yet.

7. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine?

Helping my middle brother's family to pack their belongings before they move. A trip to London--it was going to be my first time there!


8. Are you keeping your housework done?

Mount Clean Laundry never fully disappears. I'm doing better at random chores that I've been putting off--like power-washing the patio furniture. (Next up: assembling the power spray-painter thingy and trying to paint some furniture.)

9. What movie have you watched during this quarantine?

The Farwell and Jupiter Ascending.

10. What are you streaming with?

Netflix, Amazon Prime. Pulling out some old DVDs, too.

11. What's your go-to quarantine meal?

Leftovers of whatever I made the day before. I'm also still making jar salads as well, two or three at a time. (Build a salad in a mason jar, from wettest ingredients at the bottom to driest ingredients at the top. They stay good in the fridge for several days. Shake to serve, pour into a salad bowl, and voila.)

13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid?

Paranoid? No. Stressed? For sure.

14. Has your internet gone out on you during this time?

Only briefly. But per my colleagues' anecdotes, mine is by far the worst internet connection when we're having video meetings.

15. What month do you predict this all ends?

Depends on how one defines an ending. Obviously we're going to need a much greater testing capacity, which includes personnel, equipment, reliable tests, etc. It's going to be a while.

16. First thing you’re gonna do when you get off quarantine?

Go out to eat with friends. Watch a movie at the theater. Assuming we still have movie theaters at that point.

17. Where do you wish you were right now?

In Oklahoma, visiting my brother's family in their last few days in the state.

18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most?
Movies. Church. Just seeing friends.

19. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer?

No, although I'm not really a hand sanitizer person, so I didn't ever have any in stock... Also, the only reason I didn't run out of toilet paper is because my roommate has a Costco membership, and she bought some for me. I was out of luck at my usual stores.

20. Do you have enough food to last a month?

Probably so, but I wouldn't enjoy that last stretch.