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Activity for Today
What is an example of a live event that has changed for you in quarantine? Simple group events, live interactions, etc.
Grocery shopping has changed from being a list and deciding which time is the best to go to a store
Now, what are the rules for going to the store? Is it open?
Do they do delivery, how? Do they have what I want, need? Is it safe to go?
Comm 2302 Spring 20 
one of the most noticeable events that I cant do anymore is go to the gym. While i can work out at home it is not the same as the atmosphere at the gym.
The HEB near my house is open but has slightly reduced hours so that they have enough time to restock.
They do deliver but i think it is only for sick and elderly. Since they restock often what i need to get can almost always be found now, and if they are out you can just come back later or the next day to find it.
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Zoom classes have, of course, changed classes for me in quarantine. My friends and I also Facetime every so often to update each other and chat, as we can’t hang out in person (and we are all in different locations). I now rely on Zoom, Facetime, and other online ways of communication to stay social, which is very different. The grocery stores where I live have limited their hours more, though they are still open most of the time. They have also limited purchases for certain products like cold and flu medicine, like “only one per customer.” Most of the grocery stores deliver food, and I don’t know if it’s safe to go to the store, or even if they have what I want. My family hasn’t been to the store for almost two weeks now.
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I haven’t been really having any live interactions with anyone but my family and my pets. However, occasionally I will order from doordash or ubereats to try any support local restaurants in the area. These food delivery sites have added the option or insisted that the delivery person leave the food at the front door so that there is no human interaction. I definitely think this is a helpful safety precaution to take so there is no more spread of the corona virus.
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For me the biggest difference is having every meal at home. Since it is now legal to carry out margaritas and other alcoholic beverages there is no need for a designated driver. So when we pick up food and margaritas from our favorite Mexican food restaurant, there is no reason to limit the amount that you drink. Therefore, every meal brought home turns into a family party. In that way it is fun, but i miss going out and seeing people outside of my family.
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Daily exercise has changed a lot for me during the quarantine. I’m no longer swimming every day and I’m a lot more sedentary than usual (laying in bed a lot). All the swimming pools are closed, so try to go on a walk every now and then, but its a lot more sporadic and it has been hard to find the motivation. It is especially hard to get motivated without my team to support me, and working out alone feels very different. However, I do enjoy being outside more to work out, and being able to listen to podcasts during my walks is a plus.
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A big change for me is the difficulty to study at home. Usually I would go to the library or meet up with friends to study at a coffee shop. I get very easily distracted at home with my pets and family around me. I can’t go anywhere to escape the distractions like I would be able to do at Trinity. It is fun to be with my family again, and I have been able to spend more consistent time with them than ever before. I have to find new ways or times to study with fewer distractions. For example, during the week when my parents are at work, I can get the most work done without distractions. I have found that listening to piano music helps me focus a lot when my house is noisy. I just really miss being able to go somewhere else to study or meet up with a study group.
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A major event that has changed for me is going to the gym. It is something I do everyday and I had to make changes to make sure I kept my gains. They shut down every gym so I went and ought a bench and some weights. So far the workouts have been good enough to last me till the gyms re open. Some pros to this is that I am actually doing my cardio because I need to get out of the house.
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My live event that has changed due to quarantine would be doing my daily things like shopping, going to the store, or hanging out with my friends. I miss walking around LA and spending time at the beach since Los Angeles County has now closed all public beaches. LA is still being strict with their laws and policies, and it could be argued that they are becoming more stricter as more and more people are tested positive. The same places are open (grocery stores, banks, hospitals) and if you want to order food or pick up food from restaurants they make you stay in your car and they bring it out to you. My family and I actually caught our Amazon delivery man sanitizing the package as he was leaving it at our door. I have been out of my house only two times and both those times were to buy groceries with my mom and it was a very weird feeling being out and having no traffic in LA!
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The type of workout I partake in has changed. Not having access to a lot of equipment makes things difficult and therefore I started running more. With running though its a lot more dependent on weather and time as opposed to going to a gym. Also how much we cook in the house has changed, we have made dinner as a family every night as a break from work and school and overall being stressed
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My friends and I would get together and play board games once or twice a week, but a couple of my friends have parents that are doctors so their families are being fairly strict on self quarantining themselves. Now, we are playing games through facetime which works, but we are more distracted because we are all in different locations and have to deal with wifi issues. It’s definitely a good idea for us to not meet up and it allows us to play games more frequently becasue we don’t have to drive to meet up somewhere. It is frustrating, but we’re taking precautions to stay healthy and interact with as few people as possible.
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For me, the biggest change is my study habits. I usually will go to a coffee shop to get homework and other stuff done and now I have to do it at home. The atmosphere is really strange and different and I am not as productive. My family tries to not bother me but, but I think that my work/relaxing time balance is very off since I’m stuck at home.
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One event that has changed for me is how I interact with my friends. Our gatherings have been limited to being with just one person at a time and only getting together for 6ft apart walks or bike rides. It has been strange to see friends for the first time in months and not being able to give them a hug, ride in the car together, or go into each others houses. Also not being able to see my grandparents since being home, I know it’s in everyone’s best interests but it still seems unreal.
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The biggest change for me is my whole family being home and not being able to see any of my friends. It’s weird not being able to see my friends from home when we are all at home not doing anything. I am also not used to spending this much time with my family, but we have been playing a lot of family games.
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The most frustrating thing for me is that I eat almost 2 fast food meals every day usually because my mom never cooks. So now I have to figure out something to eat or learn how to cook even though i can only make like toast. I also hate my neighborhood. Everyone here is a little snitch. A week ago a mom took a picture of 3 girls walking together and publicly shamed them for walking even though she didn’t even know they were related so they can walk together. She just tried to make them feel bad and I hate that. Also, a few days ago one of my friends drove to my house to get a video game controller. He didn’t even get out of the car but we talked for less than 5 minutes because I hadn’t seen him since August. Some older chick took a picture and posted it. Stop being a baby like we both don’t have Coronavirus and we’ve already been quarantined for forever. We’re not even hanging out or nothin. Like leave us alone. That’s what I can’t get used to.
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The biggest change for me would probably be working out. With the local gym being closed, I’ve had to transition to bodyweight stuff at home. Also, I find I have less motivation to get things done at home with all the distractions here. I usually work out with friends and it becomes part of my schedule, so it has been harder without the equipment and the same focus/motivation. Also, transitioning from being independent to going back to being dependent has been really weird for me and something that hasn’t been great. It has been fun spending time with family, but it is hard to have my schedule more controlled now especially considering I have been used to managing my own schedule.
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The way I eat has changed. At school, I would would eat in large time windows or whenever I got the chance. At home with family, we all eat together at a more consistent time.
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For me the biggest change has been not being able to go out. I am very used to driving around town, going to my job or to relax at a park and all that. Now, for the safety of myself and others, I don’t go out much, if not, at all. This shift does give me a lot of anxiety because I am a person that doesn’t like to be inside 24/7. Luckily, we can still go exercise in my city so I have taken the habit of going for a run almost everyday. Yet, going for a run does not feel as comfortable as it used to. Now, every time I come back for a run, my parents ask me to wash my clothes immediately and disinfect my phone and any other objects I carried with me just for preventative measures. Besides going for runs, I haven’t gone out for other reasons. It does feel very weird having to stay home and interact with people via zoom or FaceTime but these runs have helped me to adapt to the change.
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The biggest change for me has been going to the gym everyday. Now I have to do exercise at home and without weights I have changed my routine to do more body weight exercises like push ups, squats, and crunches. Also, every year that I come to Mexico in the summer I meet up with my friends but this time I have only seen a couple of them these past two weeks due to the Corona Virus.
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One thing that has changed for me is my inability to see and hang out with any of my family, especially my grandparents. It’s hard being home because I look forward to seeing my extended family since we are blessed enough to live within close driving distance to basically everyone. Especially when it comes to my grandparents, we are restraining from any interaction at all even though none of us are really leaving our houses besides running essential errands. It’s odd now to look at “going to my grandparent’s house” as simply dropping off food or groceries at their front steps and saying hello from a far distance.
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It’s unfortunate that I can’t hang out with my friends or girlfriend as much as I would because Dallas is in a sheltered lockdown. I can only really go on walks/facetime/throw the frisbee with them so there’s limited exposure. I haven’t had much issue with grocery stores, I saw earlier today they had a lot more dairy compared to when they didn’t have any at all. Im not sure if the one I go to has delivery, but there aren’t too many safety precautions which is weird.
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Quarantine has kept me from eating out as much. Prior, eating out was pretty regular for me whether I would pick up something quick or go to a sit down restaurant. Living in Austin has made going out to eat a hobby and major social outing. Although practically all restaurants offer take out, eating out is less desirable. I started cooking and baking regularly at home and am discovering I find much enjoyment in it. I have also saved a lot of money…
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One activity that’s changed for me is going grocery shopping. We now have to choose the best time to head out and have to wait in line until we are given the all clear to enter the store. We also wipe down our carts and all the handles we touch while feverishly sanitizing our own hands. It’s also very difficult to now get necessities for the house such as fresh eggs, cereal and we are limited in the quantity we can purchase.
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For me the biggest impact of being in quarantine has been on my diet. At the beginning of the semester I decided I wanted to try and go vegetarian, something that was relatively easy when I had even limited options in the dining hall. At home however, my parents are not vegetarian, so I’ve struggled with staying true to my new diet. Being home has led to skipping or replacing meals or more often than not, relying on food being delivered or take out.
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An event that has changed for me is how I attend yoga classes. I used to go to Black Swan Yoga in San Antonio at least once a week for a hot yoga class. They have switched to putting their yoga classes on Instagram live so it’s a little weird to attend a yoga class in my living room
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The biggest change for me is my eating habits. We make my 26 yr old brother go get groceries since my grandparents don’t feel safe going to the store. However, he buys a lot of chips and they eat 3 big meals a day and I’m eating a lot more than usual. I feel full and content but definitely gaining more weight lol
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