ASQ Food

Day 1 of quarantine went exactly as I expected. I slept super early and woke up at 3am. Had a coffee, read the news, and started my first ASQ (which stands for Alternative State Quarantine) hotel workout - which went rather well. I definitely see the appeal of TRX (suspension training), though trying to get my feet into the loops and then flip around proved harder than expected.

I then showered, had breakfast, wrote my daily 500 words for my new novel (currently at 57,000), started a new book - Ordinary People - had lunch, went out on my balcony and stared at the building across from me (not a great 2nd floor view…) napped for an hour, fixed some things on my blog (changed all the flags under Travels to same aspect ratio), scrolled Twitter, watched The West Wing, had dinner and a coffee to power through the evening, edited photos, and now writing this post. I think tomorrow will largely be the same, but quarantine will provide me the opportunity to handle some mundane tasks that have been bugging my OCD. These include organizing my iTunes (Ft. vs Feat. drives me crazy), naming photos in Google Drive, writing a “Country Overview” for each country on my blog, organizing my external hard drive files, and getting my CV & cover letter in shape for job applications.

The existential dread hasn’t set in, but I can feel it lurking in the shadows.

*It’s also really nice having rice again. Besides the Spanish rice in the Mexican food, I didn’t have any white rice while in the Balkans. That was replaced with bread, pitas, and french fries, but I’m happy to be back on a diet with rice as my central carb.