COVID-19: Episode 9: Quarantmeme

[mdlbear]

Blank list copied from marahmarie: Quarantine Meme's spreading like...the plague. I apparently started working on this Wednesday and got distracted before I could post it.

1. Are you an essential worker?

I'm retired, so not even a worker.

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

Maybe 0.5/day? Would be more, but I'm out of gin.

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

I have kids, but they're adults and living with their respective partners.

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

Refreshing news sites and maps way too often.

5. How many grocery runs have you done?

One for curbside pickup, and a couple that were run for me.

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

Yes. More than one.

7. Are you keeping your housework done?

Yes.

8. What movie have you watched during this quarantine?

Haven't watched any movies. I don't think streaming filk concerts count.

9. What are you streaming with?

YouTube.

10. 9 months from now is there any chance of you having a baby?

No. For several reasons.

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

Don't really have one; we're trying to get a decent variety.

13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid?

Not about the virus. And I'm not paranoid about my country's government; they really are out to get me.

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

Thankfully, no.

15. What month do you predict this all ends?

I don't even want to predict which year.

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

Go out for dinner with as much of the family as I can collect on short notice.

17. Where do you wish you were right now?

I'm an introvert. Right here is fine.

18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most?

Somewhere between singing with my band and my weekly singing lessons.

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

Not yet. And we have plenty of soap.

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

Probably, but rice and beans gets old pretty quickly.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

I won't try to cover them all, but a few random reactions:

7. I never did before, why should I start now?

13. Agreed.

18. Cat herding at the shelter.

20. If I wanted to live on Rice a Roni, maybe.

[thnidu]

Skipping some; ""copying others with their answers; writing the rest.

""1. Are you an essential worker?
I'm retired, so not even a worker.

2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine started?
About half or a third of a 12-oz can of beer per day, currently. Since the start? About one sip.

3. If you have kids... are they driving you nuts?
I have kids, but they're adults and living away.

5. How many grocery runs have you done?
About 2-3 a week. My white hair gets me legitimately admitted as a senior.

6. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine?
Will/have, yes: fannish conventions, Seder with my friends in realspace

7. Are you keeping your housework done?
NFW. (= No way whatsoever, your Honor.) Which is only a little below my usual level.

""8. What movie have you watched during this quarantine?
Haven't watched any movies. I don't think streaming filk concerts count.

""9. What are you streaming with?
YouTube.

10. 9 months from now is there any chance of you having a baby?
No. For several reasons.
♂

""13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid?
Not about the virus. And I'm not paranoid about my country's government; they really are out to get me.

""14. Has your internet gone out on you during this time?
Thankfully, no.

15. What month do you predict this all ends?
I don't even want to predict which year. It's never going back to how it was. The virus crisis, gods willing, may be over by the end of the year, but it will leave us changed. The political situation...



18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most?
Being with my congregation in realspace.

19. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer?
Nope. But I'm down to one unopened bar of soap.

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