Tales From Quarantine

    It's kind of ironic honestly, I express concern about COVID-19, and just a few short weeks later, I get exposed to the virus. I wish I could say I was able to have received the full course of the vaccine and could just resume my life as normal, but the timing wasn't my friend in this situation, I'm only half vaccinated. Shot two was supposed to be Monday, how ironic. However, I did spend this school week recovering mentally, as I haven't had time like this to just sit around and take it easy for days on end since the last time I had to quarantine, back in spring of 2020. 

   At first, hearing I needed to quarantine set me in a panic. I did not want to stay home. I have classes to attend and friends to see! What about my job? I only work the weekends and now I have to miss three shifts! I'm not really good at the whole working from home thing, my attention span sucks. I think a can of sardines has a better attention span than me. I already learned in 2020 that if I don't show up and see a teacher or professor to hold me accountable for my work, I'm less likely to do it myself. I wish I could sugar-coat it and say "Yeah! I'm so gung-ho to write a summary of 'Holy Hell' on my own without having workshop classes to perfect it!" Because I am not. I still did it though, and it was actually really fulfilling to make progress on my draft.

(Me and my cat, Spider, hanging out)  

    Aside from my schoolwork this week, I spent time doing things I feel I haven't had the time to do. I got to sleep in! It was THE BEST sleep of my life. I never got to sleep in during the summer, I was an opener at my job. Sleeping in until 12:30PM is so nice once in a while. When I was awake, however, I decided to throw myself at my hobbies and other things I haven't had much time to devote to anymore. I haven't had much time to create a lot, so taking full advantage of the free time was a must. It wasn't easy coming up with things to draw, but I did color other works I had in my sketchbooks. Something is always better than nothing. My long-distance boyfriend also decided we should plan out a visit again and I booked a trip to see him in a few months! It was also nice spoiling my very needy cat after giving him the bare minimum in terms of attention.
Spending time doing things I haven't had time to do honestly might've been a small blessing in disguise.

    As of writing this post, I did my COVID-19 test. I will need to wait about two or three days before a lab confirms my results. Hopefully, it's a negative! As much as I enjoyed being home and devoting time to my hobbies, I miss coming to campus. Working on my assignments alone isn't easy, and I know I have a bit of catching up to do. I hope to see everyone in class Monday afternoon, I might go crazy if I spend another week here!