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[topaz119]

1. Are you an Essential Worker?
No, but my company pivoted pretty quickly (well before the state did anything) to fully remote, so I've been on video calls all day, every day for over a month now.

2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine has started?
None. I've been playing with non-alcoholic cocktails for the inevitable Zoom happy hours, but other than that, nope. D can't drink, still, and there is way too much history of addiction in my family to let me be comfortable with solo drinking.

3. If you have kids... Are they driving you nuts?
Well, the HoB is all grown up now, so even though they're here, they all get along and can take care of themselves and help around the house, so no. (Though BabyBoy is starting to stress about finals and #2Son will be entering that phase immediately after BB is done, so ... maybe?)

4. What new hobby have you taken up during this?
Refrigerator jenga? Getting food for 5 adults into the fridge & then juggling leftovers is definitely A Thing.

5. How many grocery runs have you done?
4 or 5, counting prescription pickups.

6. What are you spending your stimulus check on?
If we qualify, nothing exciting. Maybe a few books from my fave bookstores or an extra curbside pickup dinner or three.

7. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine?
My nephew has canceled their wedding (but not the marriage and they're hoping to livestream the (small) ceremony. Beach Week is really iffy at this point. I had reservations at Disney World for a post-finals family trip, but I canceled them early on, before WDW even closed. I was tentatively scheduled to SDCC for the geeky mom blog I contribute to, but that's off the table now. And I don't know how DragonCon is going to happen even though it's in late August or if I'll feel comfortable going even if it is.

8. Are you keeping your housework done?
Eh. Kinda. The living room is currently serving as a video production site for BabyBoy's classes, and the kitchen is just crazy. I did get all of the stuff put back into the storage room and have started digging out the office, so that's a bit of progress.


9a. What movie have you watched during this quarantine?
I watched Silverado last night, in honor of Brian Dennehey. I'm through the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I tried Harlots, but it was a little too stressful for these times. Oh, and I'm working my way through my Austen adaptations and got in (yet another) encore viewing of Crazy Rich Asians.

9b. What are you reading right now?
For whatever reason, Ilona Andrews is doing it for my brain these days. I've read the first 3 of her Clean Sweep series and am listening to the latest of the series with the houses/families with mental powers.

9c. What video game are you playing?
Ugh, Drop 7 is becoming an Issue.

10. What are you streaming with?
All Of The Streamers. Allllll of them.

11. Nine months from now is there any chance of you having a baby?
Yeah, no.

12. What's your go-to quarantine meal?
I have been cooking my ass off, feeding everyone. In terms of frequency, we usually throw some burgers, brats, and hot dogs on the grill at some point during the week and then have them around for lunch options, but otherwise, I'm just cooking all the things.

13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid?
D is considered high risk, so I'm doing a lot of stuff there that would ordinarily not be necessary, so no, not paranoid, but really, really careful.

14. Has your internet gone out on you during this time?
Amazingly enough, no.

15. What month do you predict this all ends?
Sometime in 2022.

16. First thing you're gonna do when you get off quarantine?
BRUNCH. On a patio. With eggs benedict that someone else has prepared and will clean up after and a bottomless mimosa. (This is almost the last thing I did do before All This, but it's spring in Georgia, I miss my patio dining.)

17. Where do you wish you were right now?
I could go for that cancelled WDW trip right about now.

18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most?
Hanging out with friends.

19. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer?
No. I spent the latter half of January and a lot of February on 1 am calls to the teams I support in China who were shutting down and in chaos, so that, plus the random happenstance of streaming Netflix's docu-series Pandemic made me reallllllly aware of the bad possibilities, so I started really stocking up in the weeks before everything really slammed in here in the US. And now I look for things every time I'm out, so we're good so far.

20. Do you have enough food to last a month?
Yeah, for sure, even with all the boys home.