How Long Has It Been?!

I can not believe how long it has been since I have put words down on this blog. Just a tiny bit over a year! It's hard to believe where I was a year ago, compared to the quarantined life I lead right now.

How are you all doing in the pandemic season of our lives? I have relocated to my parents house in Virginia although most of my belongings are still in New York City. I definitely plan on returning but currently live theater is not a thing so no potential jobs, and my "survivor" job is also on hold since it is working in Broadway/Off-Broadway theaters. Life is now in a stand still career wise but I am trying to make the best of it.

​If you care to know what I have been up to, I have continued to develop some crafty hobbies and also started some artsy new ones! The crafty hobby is my knitting. Since being isolated in Virginia, I have finished knitting a winter scarf I began earlier this year, I have knitted a full baby blanket, a baby beanie and an adult slouchy beanie. Knitting is truly a wonderful hobby for me. It allows me to listen to my favorite podcasts or catch up on TV shows, while keeping my hands busy creating something! As for the artsy hobby, for my birthday I gifted an Apple Pencil, and with that I bought myself the app "Procreate." This app has got me learning all sorts of digital art from florals, water coloring and even lettering. Only a few days ago, a fellow peach friend asked me to create two logos for her! I did and she loved them! Never knew I'd be creating such staple graphics for myself, let alone my friends. It truly felt accomplishing and it also felt great to complete a project with such positive feedback.

WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING DURING QUARANTINE? WHAT HOBBIES ARE YOU DEVELOPING?
READING?
WRITING?
PAINTING?
​BINGEING?

Other than all my hobbies taking up a good amount of my time, the other hours are occupied by baking/cooking and watching a whole lot of TV and movies with the family. We've even re-watched the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, which we all LOVE! Although this time we watched the extended editions so it took us around 5 days to get through them all. We also watched a makeshift movie of The Last of Us game via YouTube, and then proceeded to watch my brother play Part II. It truly is a great story! We also binged all of "Defending Jacob" on Apple TV, which was also great! I love Michelle Dockery!

​I like putting this stuff down on "paper," for future nostalgia purposes LOL! Please feel free to comment what you are doing to occupy your time in isolation. I'd love to get new ideas of things to do.

​Stay safe everyone & PLEASE WEAR A MASK!
Jackie