Quarantine Meme

Inspired by Jenett
 

1. Are you an Essential Worker? No, I am retired, and have been for a while. Since I worked for the public library, and the libraries have all been closed since March 17th, probably would not have been working.

2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine started? I don't generally count because I don't drink much anyway. I have a small amount of liqueur like Amaretto a few times a week, and maybe a glass or two of wine a week, and that hasn't changed.

3. If you have kids... Are they driving you nuts? No kids.

4. What new hobby have you taken up during this? None. I keep looking at my yarn stash, but I don't have the concentration to start a new crochet project.

5. How many grocery runs have you done? About one a week, which less than usual. I commonly go to Aldi across the street from the Y where I swim a couple times a week, then go to other stores based on specials, or things I can only get a given store.

6. What are you spending your stimulus check on? I think I will give a lot of it to various Democrat candidates like Angie Craig, AOC, Amy McGrath (who is running to unseat McConnell) and take Jenett's suggestion - from Siderea, and join a CSA. I was thinking of doing that anyway, but haven't decided on which one.

7. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine? Yes, we've missed Paganicon and Minicon. Also, we planned a trip to Chicago in June and I don't think we'll get there. There is a Monet exhibit I would dearly love to see; it goes until September so I have a faint hope of still getting there. I don't know about our camping trip in July, it's always possible.

8. Are you keeping your housework done? Yes, in fact I am keeping the place cleaner than usual

9. What movie have you watched during this quarantine? Got a trial subscription to Acorn so I could watch “Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears”, which was ok, but not as good as some to the TV episodes. Last night, we watched “Going Postal”, based on the book by Terry Pratchett. It was a hoot. Other than that, I can't think of any.

9b. What are your reading right now? Right now, an old Ngaio Marsh mystery. I have been doing a lot of re-reading, partly because I was going to go to the library the day everything closed, and partly I haven't had to concentration for new books. My best re-read was “Captain Vorpatril's Alliance” by Bujold.

10. What are you streaming with? Trial subscription to Acorn, which I will probably cancel. Netflix shared with a friend.

11. 9 months from now is there any chance of you having a baby? No

12. What's your go-to quarantine meal? I am used to cooking most nights, so this doesn't really apply.

13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid? Very, about politics rather than the pandemic itself. Our current administration in DC is literally killing us, at the very least, callously letting us die, and stripping away rights. This is not new but the pandemic has accelerated this. I have no confidence we will be able to vote in November or that if we do, it will mean anything. While the pandemic has us distracted they have been doing things like gutting the Clean Air Act, and allowing the Post Office to go bankrupt.

14. Has your internet gone out on you during this time? Intermittently, for a few minutes or slightly longer. It's also slower than usual probably because there is more traffic than usual.

15 What month do you predict this all ends? When what all ends? I just hope that by January 20, 2021, the current administration is in the dustbin of history and many of the people in it are headed for jail, or at least, huge fines for things like corruption and malfeasance of office.

16. First thing you're gonna do when you get off quarantine? I will know it has ended when I can go back to swimming and water exercise at the YWCA. I am really looking forward to it. Then the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and a few places like that. I am hoping there are garage sales by the middle of summer.

17. Where do you wish you were right now? Minicon – I kept thinking about it over the weekend

18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most? Getting together with my coven, water exercise, going to the library, going to the OTO Lodge.

19. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer? No and no. I don't normally use hand sanitizer, and have been using it rarely now. I wash my hands a lot more than I did a couple of months ago.

20. Do you have enough food to last a month? Yes, because I usually do. I live in Minnesota, land of blizzards, and it was a mild winter, so I went into this well stocked up on most things.