mostly just doing this so I’ll have something to look back on. Will be coming out with a “quarantine confessions” blog post once I’m done with isolation. Those will be my actual intellectual thoughts I was having while here. hehe thanks for reading ❤

Day 1 (day 0)

ya know what… I had a good run, three years without the virus. Three years!

I’ve been here in Isolation Housing for about an hour. I don’t know what to do with myself. I’ve made my bed but I feel so unsettled. It’s like when you check into an Air B&B but don’t feel comfortable enough to sit down just yet. I have no appetite, I’m kind of just in shock. At least my room has a pretty view…

My brother sent me this text: 

Surprisingly, I have a very positive attitude about this. I am upset with myself that I could have potentially given it to other people but at least I’m by myself now. Ironically, I was thinking to myself yesterday, “If i were to get covid, this week would be kind of a good week to get it. I have two midterms on Wednesday of next week, so God willing I’ll be able to be out before then.” 

I was supposed to go to a conference this weekend but that’s out now. I’m a little sad but I’ll be fine. Thank you God for my immunity from FOMO. In terms of what I’ll be doing in here, it’s kind of nice to think about all of the time I’ll have to myself. I have a journalism assignment I need to do and then maybe I can finally read those books I’ve been trying to plow through for months. 

I wore my favorite “Send Love Letters Sweatshirt” today. How ironic, cause now people actually should send me letters cause I’m locked away and I think I’ll probably write a few while I’m in here too ahaha. My valentine this year is Covid ❤ 

It’s also lowkey embarrassing to have gotten covid in 2023. Like 3 years after this girl went viral??? *SIGH* Alas, when life has handed me these lemons, I will make lemonade. 

Day 2 (day 1)

Had a hard time falling asleep last night and woke up with all of my sheets on the floor. I was just laying on the bare mattress. My pre-covid self would’ve thought this was gross, but the bar is low these days. I was just thankful for sleep. 

I feel as though a room tour is in order. 

First off, we have a LOVELY view of the water and a great spot for friends to come visit and talk through the window. 

I have two desks available. One that I’ve been using for personal things like eating and the other one I use for work and journaling. 

When I moved in they said that they would have bedding and shower stuff for me. The bedding was two flat sheets, no fitted, and a blanket… As for the shower stuff, this is the shower stuff in question…

Anyways, this morning I had the sweetest time listening to music and reading. Thankful that when I’m disappointed in the things of this world, the Lord provides hope. I’m also thankful for my sweet friend Caroline who stopped by and said hi yesterday and dropped off some cantaloupe that I had for breakfast today. 

To be honest, it’s only day 2 (day 1 in the system tho) and it feels like I’ve been forgotten to the outside world. Not trying to throw a pity party, just an honest confession of how I’m feeling. Of course there have been people who have been really intentional about checking in and for them I am so thankful. But other than that, it’s been really quiet. While I can definitely hang by myself, when I get a text or visitors at my window, it makes it a lot more fun and I’m reminded that I’m remembered.

Song of the Day was definitely Enough For You by Olivia Rodrigo. On my walk it started to prompt all these feels for me (stayed tuned for quarantine confessions!).

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Last night I started “5 Feet Apart” which is kind of an ironic movie to be watching in quarantine cause it came out before the pandemic but they have to social distance and wear masks in it. I didn’t finish it tonight because I wanted a lighter movie to watch. So I started “My Place or Yours” with Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher. So far so good. It’s currently 6:09. My roommate stopped by just now and we chatted about a bunch of stuff. I facetimed my brother to practice for my RA interview tomorrow which was helpful. I have a comp sci tutorial at 7:30pm and then I’ll probably practice a bit more for the interview and FINALLY FINALLY finish this PAINSTAKING journalism assignment. 

Day 3 (day 2)

Technically just day 2. But two amazing things happened last night.

1. I used the men’s bathroom shower and I GOT HOT WATER!!! When i tell you I literally jumped up and down when I felt it. 
2. I got hungry last night! Like I actually wanted food and this morning I actually want breakfast. 

Last night, my friend Abby came and said hi. It was so sweet to talk with her, even though I just look like a freaking shadow in this window.

I stayed up past midnight finishing my journalism video. And had a long night of coughing. I woke up at like 3:00am, warmed up the soup I had in my fridge, and ate it with some crackers I had. Thankfully, I fell asleep after that. 

I just got done talking with my sister over facetime and filling her in on everything from the past month. Including the craziest news of today…

A new bombshell has entered the VILLA! My friend Faith called me this morning saying she tested positive, and she moved into the fourth floor. We dropping like flies out hereeee. 😖

My symptoms feel as though they’ve almost subsided. I spent most of today prepping for my interview. In other news, we got snow today! And it was so pretty.

Song of the Day: If there’s one song that in a few months will remind me of this time, it’s definitely He Has Time – Live by Common Hymnal. Been listening to it a lot. SO so good.

I had my RA interview today and I think it went well! Glad I felt well enough to do it 🙂

At the end of the night, my roommate let me say hi to everyone over FaceTime and it was so good to see everyone. 🥲

Afterward I tried to do math homework but I just filmed this instead.

see you in a few days when I’m hopefully almost done with quarantine. Thanks for reading!! ❤

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