What did I accomplish/How did I change in quarantine?
Found a new hair cutter
Started giving blood
Became a blogger
Put up new lights on the outside porch
Organized the Morgan Park Summer Music Fair Safety Plan – To plan for safely restarting concerts in the park (which were cancelled)
Improved my photography
Learned names of more flowers
Lost weight/Restarted Yoga/Fitness improved
Met more neighbors
Attended Safety 2020 virtual conference
Interviewed my mom about her wedding and put it with the wedding album
Wrote and published more articles
What are we not doing in quarantine?
College tours
Church
Road trips
Horse shows
Shopping at the mall
Going to the gym
Catching a movie
Seminars, meetings, conferences or lunches
Yankee games
Broadway shows
Evenings out at parties or restaurants
Funerals, Weddings
Times Square or NYC
Public transit
Beach
Playgrounds
Team sports for kids
School
Working in an office
Going to the chiropractor, DDS or acupuncture
Easily buying paper towels, toilet paper, bleach, hand sanitizer, gloves, cleaning wipes, meat, etc.
What has quarantine eliminated?
Crowded airplanes
Doctor’s waiting rooms
Self serve beverages
Salad bars
Buffets
Standing room only
Mosh pits
What is everyone else watching during the quarantine on TV?
Tiger King on Netflix
The Last Dance about Michael Jordon on ESPN
Governor Cuomo Daily Briefings
Hamilton on Disney +
What is are people doing in quarantine?
Watching TV shows filmed from home
TikTok videos
Zoom calls
Birthday and graduation drive by celebrations
Watching Governor Cuomo daily briefings
Wearing masks
Ordering food in
Getting emails that everything is cancelled or rescheduled
Zoom yoga
Dog walking
Birdwatching
Knitting and crafts
Baking banana bread
Doing jigsaw puzzles
Playing board games
On line banking
Shopping on the web (Amazon, Chewy for pets, etc.)
Learning how to deposit checks electronically
Finally doing hobbies like painting, photography, etc.
Cleaning out closets and garages
Working out at home, biking, walking or meeting virtually with trainers
Our New Quarantine Vocabulary
Social distancing
Summer like none other
WFH work from home
Stay at home
Stimulus check
Remote or virtual class, meeting, tour
Curbside pickup
Rate My Room – A site which evaluates the back grounds of celebrities broadcasting from home
Stay healthy, stay safe, stay home/Slogan
Telemedicine
Self-Isolating
Together at home
Zooming
Essential worker
Pandemic
#AloneTogether
Travel Restrictions
Symptomless carriers
Lockdown
Zoom Bombers
Contact Tracers
Remote Learning/Hybrid Learning/Blended Learning/Hybrid School Day/Virtual Learning/Blended School Day/Distance Learning
