My Day in Quarantine: March 20, 2020 (Tell us About it)

[JCMach1]

Tell everyone something you did today to keep sane!

Day 4 of homeschool and we danced the Conga for about 10m around the kitchen island to the funky music on a customer service hold.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Working from home, emails, phone calls, paperwork, etc.

Doing some laundry when I need to stretch my legs.

Been raining all day, restaurants close to dine in customers at midnight tonight.

[hlthe2b]

2. Long walk in our latest "spring" snowfall with the pup. She was thrilled to see her corgi buddy

I, on the other hand, was happy to have "wet snow" rather than the weeks of icy refreeze of sidewalks and parking lots that we faced most of this winter.

Spring will get here. I'm not so sad to have a little "winter" remain. And nothing pleases me more than happy pups playing in the snow!

[jpak]

3. Forcing myself to eat and stay hydrated

No appetite at all.

Cats still have theirs though!

Meow meow meow!

[Siwsan]

6. Lost my appetite, too!

It's my normal reaction to stress so I'm not worried. I'm just really being careful to stay hydrated.

[Siwsan]

4. Took a nice walk around my yards and gardens and watched videos of my grandniece, on FB

Seeing that the trees are coming into bud is somehow very calming. Especially one particular flowering bush that I thought had died, last year. It didn't! Lots of buds are forming. I lost part of a plum tree, last year, and worried I'd lose the rest, this year. Nope! Lots of buds.

My little grandniece is 4 and her mother is doing a stellar job of keeping her entertained and educated, all at the same time.

[klook]

5. Took a shower, took a walk,

talked to an out-of-town friend on the phone. Played iPad sudoku and chess. Getting ready to take another walk. Beautiful spring weather in Ga. today — cognitive dissonance.

[Fla Dem]

7. OK, got a jump on spring cleaning. Cleaned all my windows inside and out.

Also hosed down the patio as it was covered in pollen. Cat goes out there (It's screened) and brings the pollen in. I sneeze uncontrollably.

[Phentex]

8. The neighborhood is starting to bloom...

walked the dogs and noticed the azaleas and pear trees blooming among other things (like pollen). Saw a young fox in a yard who just looked at us as we passed.

I've done laundry and some cleaning, answered email, sent school stuff, surfed online and chatted with neighbors in a group text conversation. Fairly productive over all.

[catbyte]

9. Farted around on my computer, watched some TV, ate too many coconut taffy cookies I bought on Maui

ate a cup of chicken soup I made a few days ago. I do think it boosts your immune system and staves off illness, but it's probably all of the onions, carrots, corn, celery & mushrooms I put in it. I sometimes add a bit of soy sauce & grate some fresh ginger into my bowl for a change. Plus, ginger is good for you. I make a big pot of it, freeze it in individual portions and it keeps quite a while.

Actually, nothing too much out of the normal, lol.

[mtngirl47]

10. My tourist business is pretty much closed for business...

At least for the next 6 to 8 weeks.

Today I did some planning, budgeting and goal setting.

Our local Democratic County meeting was cancelled this week--so we're going to have a Zoom meeting next Tuesday evening.
I'm going to start calling several people a day from my precinct--to start the conversation about November.

[CanonRay]

11. I went to the dogpark, then went to the drive-up bank

and got my car washed. Three places, never got within 10 feet of anyone. I sanitized my hands every time I touch something. This is usually the day my wife's women's group meets, so they are doing a walking meet, maintaining distance.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Got up, fed the cats, got my coffee,

went online to see what fresh hell Trump had got us into, took a shower, got dressed, ate some lunch, did a load of laundry, got back on the computer, moped and fretted. That's about it so far.

[gibraltar72]

13. Filled the salt and pepper mills.

[NNadir]

14. I read this paper...

...Analysis of Hydrogenation Products of Biocrude Obtained from Hydrothermally Liquefied Algal Biomass Using Fourier-Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (Rathsak et al., Energy Fuels 2020, 34, 3, 3199-3209)

Mass resolution 800,000 at m/z = 400.

It's almost like falling in love.

I also wrote here a lot more than usual.