This chapter is a failed Day-Plan that was catalogued by Lizzie Read on the 27th of May 2020. (Fun fact, that was two days after her birthday. <3)
The Perfect Day in Quarantine:
~10:30am- Wake up (Please)
~Spend five to ten minutes convincing myself to leave bed (you may have 20 if you really want)
~10:45ish (Eleven at the latest)- Make some tea (Chi) and Eggo waffles with blackberry jelly. Eat them on the front porch and read some of the new Hunger Games book. (Then get dressed)
~11:30- Go for a run (or a walk if you aren't feeling up to it)
~11:45- Drink some water and rest. Spend some time sitting and reading or looking at Pinterest. (Then do the rest of the getting-ready things.)
~12:00- Listen to some angsty torch jazz from the 20's and work on your character dissection for Alice Bieneke. Also, practice vocals for the audition.
~1:30- Take a break to read
~2:00- Yoga Zoom with a friend
~3:00 or 3:30- Walk around the neighborhood and find a place to sit and write poetry for a while.
~4:15- Come home and read some more. (What can I say, it's a FANTASTIC book!) Check in on Wifey, and go through your emails. Maybe eat a snack?
~4:45- More practice for auditions
~5:30- Meditation/rest period/drink some more tea
~6:30- Supper, spending time with younger siblings, and other chill things.
~7:00- WORK ON THE SHORT STORY FOR THE COMPITITION!!!!!!
~8:30 or 9:00- Watch some TV
~10:30- Get ready for bed and read.
~12:00- Take meds and try to go to sleep. (I have insomnia so this was just a naïve conjecture anyways.)
What Quarantine Days are Actually Like:
~11:30- Wake up
~11:58- Finally leave bed
~12:05- Eat some cereal and read
~1:00- Took a shower because that needs to happen more than once every five days. (Depression, am I right?)
~1:30- Watch YouTube and brush teeth
~2:15- Brush and braid hair. Also, more YouTube.
~2:45- Put makeup on so that I can actually feel nice even though I am stuck at home.
~3:15- Clean dresser off so that the dust will stop bothering my allergies. Then, sit on my bed and stare at the wall for a significant amount of time.
~3:35- Rearrange the books on my bookshelf. (Again, for allergies.) Continue wall-staring.
~3:58- Wait for mom to get home so that I can go and get my allergy shot. Also, take more Ibuprofen for period cramps. Also, think about what a failure today is. Oh well, at least I haven't spent the WHOLE thing in bed like yesterday.
I did end up watching television and taking my meds and I did get SOME sleep that night. I was just too lazy to write that down. Lol.
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