Hi all,
If you’re like me you’re probably sitting on your couch or your bed somewhere in the middle of week three or four of sitting on your couch or your bed. Living in the middle of a global pandemic is weird and scary and anxiety-inducing and difficult and a million other things. I’ve seen lots of advice on how to keep your sanity or your routine or your workouts or a million other things on a million other blogs and tweets and Instagram posts, so I’m not going to add anything new by sharing my take on any of those things. Instead, I just wanted to check in and see how you’re all doing and share a tiny bit of how I’m doing–then I’m going to get right back to your regularly scheduled programming of distracting content that makes me happy (since this is my space and I like it being a happy getaway).
In addition to this being a strange time because of the global pandemic and stay-at-home order, it’s a strange time for me because I’m about to start a new job. These past two and a half weeks were supposed to be my “fun-employment” break between jobs to relax and hang out and read and write and go to spin classes and just generally take a brain break before jumping back in to the political consulting world. So it’s been super weird to not really have anything that I have to do for the past few weeks while I’ve been at home–made even weirder by the fact that B has been working from the only table in our apartment (that we will be sharing starting tomorrow). And–like everyone else–I’ve been feeling strange and not really motivated to do much because things are so up in the air. I’m sure that’s a feeling some of you share so please know you’re not alone. I’m bummed that I was in such a good groove with my workouts (I passed 200 spin classes!) and then the studio closed for public safety (as with everything else) but I haven’t had the motivation to work out at home much.
So what have I been doing? I’ve been reading and watching Chopped (and some other shows) and cooking things that I love and..*drumroll*…making lots of different cocktails. I’ve been doing ~Housebound Happy Hour~ for me and B and learning how to make new cocktails with what we have in the house. Thankfully we have accumulated a pretty well-stocked bar cart over the years, but I’ve still been operating with limited ingredients. So that’s what I’ll be sharing for a while: easy cocktail recipes (including substitutions when I’ve made them), books I’m reading, recipes I’ve made, and anything that successfully distracts me from the low-level anxiety that I think we’re all probably feeling right now.
I hope you’re all staying safe and healthy and that you’re able to work from home.
xoxo,
J
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