Quarantine Random Answer Series
Q&A With Shay Each Sunday
As you may have noticed I have been slacking a bit on my Sunday blogs, mostly moving to every other week for now. Apologies for the inconsistency! It’s been a busy, but also strange time, as I’m sure it has for everyone. I’ve been having some resistance to digging into deeper blog topics lately, or even making the time altogether. This has been for most of 2020 so far, but elevated even more so with these current times we’re all experiencing. It’s odd with this whole quarantine having a lot more time on all of our hands but, in my case, I’m resisting really using it. I am actually pretty busy again with editing, so there’s that, but I hadn’t really capitalized on those few weeks of ample time. That’s okay, of course, but I tend to suffer from guilt about my productivity. If I’m able to muster the effort and thought into creating a blog post about not chastising ourselves over productivity, especially during a stressful pandemic I will, but the quarantine could even be ending by the time I get to that! It’s important for us to allow ourselves some space and not put so much pressure on our daily accomplishments, so for now let’s keep it light.
Here is a random answer quarantine edition. Feel free to share yours!
Quarantine things I’ll do when allowed to leave the house again:
Q: Place I’ll go:
A: NEW YORK. Got cancelled a month ago and am anxiously waiting to go back. But also, hair salon and nail salon and restaurants.
Q: Activity I’ll do:
A: Go back to orange theory and barre classes. So sick of running around my apartment complex:(
Q: Trip I’ll book:
A: The previously stated NY trip
Q: Person I’ll see:
A: My family in NY (Can you tell I’m waiting to go to NY?)
Q: Thing I’ll buy:
A: Well, I’ve been doing a bit of online shopping, but I’d really like to go to Sephora and use my gift cards for new makeup! Really though, I want to go to dinner at an actual restaurant so I’ll buy that, too.
Now, a random answer series about things done during this quarantine out of boredom or whatever else:
Q: Have you read a book?
A: Quite a few for editing. In the middle of two not for editing. I’ve been reading one of them for like 3 months, it’s pretty sad.
Q: Have you organized your closet?
A: Yes, but we moved right at the beginning of the quarantine so I kind of had to unless I wanted to live out of a suitcase.
Q: Have you cut your own hair?
A: No. But I’m very tempted to dye it. I need the salon!
Q: Have you watched Tiger King?
A: No, and I don’t think I will. Not sure how into the animals it gets but I hate all shows and movies dealing with animals, makes me too sad.
Q: Have you done at home workouts?
A: Yes, it’s all I’ve been doing! Need the gym back:(
Q: Done a photo shoot in your apartment?
A: Yup, sure did.
Q: Run out of toilet paper?
A: Nope, but there’s still a possibility. We found toilet paper one day when we were running out, but it was a very strange lavender-scented one. We have that for now but the shelves are still looking pretty bare, haven’t seen any since that lucky lavender TP day.
Q: What shows have you binged?
A: Newest season of Ozark—so good. I’m rewatching YOU, with Pat this time. And on my own when Pat’s at work I’ve been rewatching Gilmore Girls. It’s made me realize even more that one of my biggest pet peeves about shows is when characters order food and don’t even stay to eat it! Do they ever even eat at Luke’s in that show? Other than that I love it, so nostalgic!
Q: Had a Zoom/Skype happy hour?
A: Actually had a virtual bachelorette party last night, though I also got to be with her in person.
Q: Gotten lots of writing done?
A: Nope. Refer to the “productivity pressure” at the beginning of this post.
Tell me random things about your quarantine!
