How is everyone doing? — Page 2

I'm Autumn, 28, from NJ (Warren County where there aren't too many cases but haven't left my house in a week). Long time reader, but I don't comment much. I'm lucky to have a job where I can work from home (content writer, marketing). I miss Broadway like crazy. I had tickets to Six, Company, Flying Over Sunset, and Assassins. Plus Elton John's farewell tour and Harry Styles.

Passing time with Seth's concerts, and playing Animal Crossing and Witcher 3. I wish I could stop refreshing Twitter all the time but I'm compelled to keep reading the latest news even if it makes me anxious and upset (thanks President Cheeto). I'm happy to have Governor Cuomo's press conferences every morning though, wish he was our President.

Joan Clawford! I love it!!!

I am in Oklahoma, work as a consultant. I usually travel each week to another state and we are grounded until further notice. I live alone and I am lonely. I miss the energy of people! People on the plane, in the airport, at work, just people! Looking forward to seeing live theater again!!

Best wishes to all of you!

Stay safe!

We will perform and we will watch other perform again!!!

Hey everyone, Mike, 22 male here from just outside Concord NH. I naturally have BPD and anxiety and am on medication for both. I got my refills last week and other than that and 1 grocery store trip I have not been out of my house. I am back living at home with my parents since moving from closer to Boston due to losing a job. Im just worried. I do not want to get sick, I do not want to get them sick, I'm so worried, 24/7. I am doing everything I can to distract myself and relax myself and sadly the only thing I can do to do that is smoke weed. Im trying to quit but I can't and it is the only thing that will help me relax and breathe in this time, which is also not going to help me as Im a smoker of a few years now. So ya, Im doing my best to stay healthy and do all the right things but having severe anxiety with this is ROUGH.

Im hoping this week is good. Im down to part time at my current takeout pizza job. Only 3 people working. 1 cook, me managing the front and everything else, and 1 driver. We aren't super busy but still some interaction which just scares me especially since I've been home (and getting high) for a bit now. Ugh. But, One Man Two Guvernors will be available this week which is exciting as I've always really wanted to see that. Onward is on Disney + this upcoming Friday as well which was a movie I was planning to see before this all went down but of course has not happened. Survivor has been keeping me entertained and the merge is this upcoming week, which is usually fun!

Always, stay healthy BWW! Through all the fun, snark, sass, discussion, speculation, suggestions, what have you, I wish you ALL the best during this time. Stay well everybody.

Highland Guy said: "Plannietink08 said: "I’min quarantine in a tiny town in the Highlands of Scotland"



From 1966 to 1970, I was a young sailor stationed onboard a U.S. Navy ship (a submarine tender) homebased at Holy Loch, Scotland. I spent many happy hours in Scotland, especially in the beautiful nearby town of Dunoon along the River Clyde. Wonderful memories.

And now, here in Southern California, I am preparing to enter a cardiac hospital in a few days to have my heart tinkered with.

"

SweetLips22 said: "
I live beautiful bayside outside of Brisbane Queensland Australia. Living alone[am a mature male], isolation and social distancing is not causing any problem so far,[ except sexual desire seems to have increased as the availability has decreased--don't do solo]. That part wasn't necessary so skip if offended.

I have a set daily routine, 6am early morning 2ks speed walk, floor exercises and stretching as I watch the news then no more TV or news throughout the day[I enjoy silence], shave shower and make sure I dress smartly for the day-never slob around in trakkie daks.

Have set a list of chores around the house but the main job is to sort through a mountain on PHOTO ALBUMS--I am 4 down out of about 40. Great therapy, people I have forgotten, some I am pleased to forget and others to call.

I also have my Mother collection. She thankfully died last December at a very bright, witty, intelligent 100 plus 9 years and it was my joy to share her last few years and be with her when she passed in her sleep.

My greatest pleasure now is my tropical Balinese garden[jungle] that is thriving in my semi-tropical climate. I have been to Bali over 80 times [same number with Thailand]so I keep bringing back all this crap to either hang in my trees that tinkle VERY loudly in the wind or clutter for my lounge but love the look and the memories that each piece brings with it.

Watch the news again at 6pm while preparing a healthy dinner-I'm a prime candidate for this virus--age/heart disease/cancer?/bronchial pneumonia at Christmas so try to keep my defences prepared---just in case.

Still I drive to discover new walking paths and get a take away coffee, a quick shop for necessities but am using this time to re-discover what is really necessary in my life and who[people] mean more and are special to me.

I have used the words 'clutter and crap' and perhaps we can use this time to 'de' all that and come out the other side with a clearer purpose on how we continue with our life.

My best friend said after I had cancer[now in remission], if he knew how much having cancer would have improved my personality, he wished I had gotten it sooner ! We laughed as only true friends can.

We all have a book inside of us and our own special memories--perhaps now is the time to open the cover, and start reading the story of our life again.

A safe and healthy journey forward to all,

Jon..xx"

I used to au pair in Newcastle and met my fiancé in the Colombian Hotel in Sydney! Oz is a massive part of a our life together. We’re always planning trips back over so next time we think about coming across I’ll make sure to hit you up and maybe we can grab coffee?

Hey Y'all. I live in Hells Kitchen. The neighborhood is like a ghost town now. The last 2 shows we saw were The Minutes and West Side Story. Keep safe everyone and hopefully we can meet up at Sardis for a cocktail soon. XOXO

Tutor here (full time, thankfully, and still have my job, for which I'm equally thankful), but was a professor for over a decade, so I feel for you, dramamama. As someone who refused online classes (don't believe in them) this is quite a change for all of us in education. Hopefully, we'll go back to the old ways soon, but not too soon, if you know what I mean. We have to keep each other safe.

I get what you're saying about being an introvert. I socialize well when required, but I've been prepping for social isolation all my life, lol. I could do six months of this standing on my head, as long as necessities are available. The only painful thing for me is not seeing my mom, who is elderly and has dementia (trying to talk to her on a phone or through chat won't work--she can't comprehend what she's supposed to be listening/looking at). I made the choice on my own not to visit once the virus threat got serious, but a week later the place suspended visitation rights anyway. Feel guilt about not going, would feel guilty if I went. *sigh*

Glencoco, if you're still reading, I'm a Houstonian, too. Hope all is well.

Highland Guy, wishing you a happy recovery!

My biggest fear is that my mother may think I have abandoned her. She is in final stage of Alzheimers. She is bedbound with the exception of one day a week they get her up to weigh her. She has kept her eyes shut for years now and has not spoken also for years. I occasionally do get a head nod. I quit working years ago, by choice, so that I could keep my eyes on her and her care in the nursing home. I visit 5 days a week, so that was my incentive to get out of bed. Obviously, this virus has taken that away from me. I am mostly an introvert, preferably, so not being able to go out and socialize doesn't bother me, but I do miss interacting with the staff. I'm also a clean freak, so there was no adjustment to constantly clean hands, since I already did it. I am getting bored though. And it's only been two weeks. There is only so much tv one can watch. I live in Jacksonville and enjoyed the occasional road trip to Orlando, just to get away from the stress. But I can't do that now. I make one, out of the country trip a year, but that has already been cancelled. And normally, one trip to NYC, but chose not to go this year. Instead choosing Las Vegas, at end of June. Actually if it wasn't for the shows on Bravo (I know), reading the bit**y comments on Data Lounge and reading the posts on this Board, I would be more stir crazy, than I already am. Art (real name)

Jarethan said: "I live in Sarasota, Fl., in the winter and usually head up to Massachusetts in May. Wondering whether the is going to happen and whether my June trip to NYC will come off. So far, Hangmen and Va. Woolf are off the table, although I still have Tina, Company, WSS, and something else (senior moment); I have to admit, however, that I am already more than a little trepidatious about sitting in those cramped theatres in 10 short weeks, even if performances are back on. It has been 26 years, but I was hospitalized for a week with pneumonia then, as well as once when I was a kid. So, although I would normally be considered in excellent health, my lungs probably have some scars or whatever.

To date, my wife and I have been positively rigid re self-quarantining, with one exception. I will walk in my neighborhood, quickly changing direction if I see anyone heading in my general direction, usually walking a dog. It is definitely getting old, but has not been as horrible personally for me as I feared. I wonder whether I will still be saying that in a couple of weeks, once I have completedlengthy telephone conversations with everyone I said I was going to call over the last 5 years. That actually seems to be my #1 activity daily.

My big fear is actually getting sick with something other than COV19 and not wanting to do anything about it, for fear of being forced to leave my cocoon.

I love movies and a lot of the streaming programs, not as much as live theatre, but more than 95% of the people I know. I have not allowed myself to watch any more TV than usual, but I have been more selective. My current addiction is the British series, Unforgettable, which is excellent. Three seasons for a total 18 episodes. I have also been watching, if you can believe this, a Korean drama,Crash Landing on You,which I love so much that I have probably watched every episode twice (total if 16 episodes). I went into a mini-funk when the last episode was over.

My wife has becomeaddicted to MSNBC (because she HATES Drumpf probably much as anyone alive does. So do I, for that matter; however,I am refusing to watch because all it does is depress me. i always feared what would happen if we had a crisis with that idiot in office; unfortunately, I am finding out.



"

Your last sentence expresses exactly how I feel. I've had the same fear for the past 4 years,even before he was elected. And to think some people around me thought I was just being paranoid.

Hi !! I live in Charlotte NC and the county I live in went on lock down last Thursday. My main concern is my wife who is a clinical nurse supervisor in big hospital in Charlotte. Today is a beautiful day here, sunny and in the low 80's. Start every morning now with my back exercises which I should do every day and then weather permitting I usually jog for about 5 miles. My wife and I have been doing spring cleaning and started with our garage and the attic above it. I think I mentioned in another post I am playing my guitar more and actually wrote a song for my wife which I will debut (lol) for her on our anniversary. My two daughters teach dance/pilates and have been doing classes with Zoom.

As for watching stuff, I have been going back to some major sport events I recorded over the years and we have Disney plus. My wife has gotten into "The Great British Baking Show" and to keep her company I have watched a few episodes with her. With more time to do things in the house, have been listening to more music than usual. I also have ordered a few books on my Kindle that I will start in the near future.

I hope everyone is hanging in there !! I especially feel bad for everyone in NY which has been hit the hardest. I was born and grew up on LI. Stay safe !!

Artman I cried reading your post. My heart sits besides yours as you worry about your Mum.

Be strong because Mums always know when their child is near by.

SweetLips22[Jon].