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Are you staying home from work/school? Yep! Someone at the fire station where my roommate works tested positive earlier this month, so she and I were on self-quarantine for a couple weeks, and then the Stay At Home order hit Ohio, so At Home I Stay. It’s not that much different from the work-at-home-writing thing I’ve been doing since November, honestly.

If you’re staying home, who is with you? My roommate! But she’s a firefighter/paramedic, so she’s essential. That means 24 hours alone, 48 hours of Possible Roommate Sighting, rinse and repeat.

Who would be your ideal quarantine mate? Oh, gosh. Hm. I’ve got a handful of friends who I’m like Dang It I Wished I Was Trapped With You. Alternatively: I would like to befriend the family of crows who’ve been making their presence known in my neighborhood.

Are you a homebody? Haha yep. Again: This hasn’t been super different for me, but now I get worried about taking my socially distant strolls to the park because there are still too many children around, and they’re not as conscientious about keeping their distance as Adults. All that’s changed, really, is I don’t write at Panera once a week.

An event you were looking forward to that got canceled? I had a bubble tea date and a lunch date with ex-coworkers planned, which I’m kind of sad we had to postpone, and I feel bad that I had to cancel my second birds weekend in March, but that was when we were still self-isolating and I didn’t want to get the rest of the RAPTOR squad sick. Nothing major, and all easily re-schedulable.

What movies have you watched recently? Wow, I’m really bad at watching things. I did rewatch Suicide Squad not too long ago, because my roommate and I were going to see Birds of Prey and she hadn’t seen it. But then . . . this happened. I’d still like to see BoP, and also the desire to rewatch Ice Age, of all things, hit me like a glacier: gradual but inevitable.

What shows are you watching? Seriously: I’m so bad at watching things. Just finished The Witcher, though, because it came highly recommended and I could watch it with a buddy! That was lots of fun--especially the Buddy Watch part. I haven’t committed to the next one, and I’m likely to waffle around the idea of “maybe I should watch a show!” for the entirety of the month, until the month is up and it’s Writing Time again, and then that’ll be my excuse for not XD

What music are you listening to? I’ve been on a Pandora kick, for my Panic! At the Disco station, which means I Don’t Know What I Want And Need Something New lol. Hozier or Bastille when I have my iPod instead of my phone. Doom Days feels like a great album right now.

What are you reading? THIS IS MY JAM. I’ve been working through Joan He’s Descendant of the Crane, and I’m enjoying it! It was slow going while I was proofreading my book, but now that I’m sending that to agents and technically Between Big Writing Projects ‘til May, I’m hoping for much reading time. Next on deck is How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin, and I bought myself Many Reward Books for writing milestones. The Gutter Prayer is eyeballing me, and I’m expecting two (TWO!!) deliveries within the next week or so!! Super pumped.

What are you doing for self-care? I’ve still been walking at least a mile a day (which was my goal at the beginning of the year), Consciously Socially Distant, and it’s been so nice out. Sticking to my writing battle plan helped me, too, because it’s absorbing, so I’m hoping to write some Fluff and some Suffering as catharsis--I’ve got a handful of ideas for both, and it’s fun to write just for me. I’ve also been journaling for the first time in years, to have a record. Longer phone calls and Skype calls with friends and family, too. I’m hoping to sink into Many Books, and make some knitting progress! It’s weird because April was supposed to be my writing break month anyway, and I always use those as recovery times. I’ll just have to remind myself to be gentler than usual, and make sure I get enough sunlight, and limit how many times I check the news. And also sleep, I suppose.