How's your quarantine going?

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Finally showered today, couldn't remember the last time I did but I didn't stink (I still do things like wear deodorant and change clothes even when I don't shower, and I don't sweat very much) and couldn't go out in public for people to see my badly-in-need-of-a-wash hair, so it was something that got pushed to the back of my mind for a while. Only going out to walk the dog, but that's what I ordinarily do anyway. I don't have a job and don't make grocery runs (I still live with my parents, my mom does the grocery shopping - though right now she's keeping it to a minimum). I live in a suburban area and outside there are still children screaming, lawn machinery running, dogs barking, cars driving by, and I encounter just as many people as ever when walking my dog, so things really don't seem that different to me except that we don't occasionally go out to eat and my mom can't always get everything I want from the grocery store because they're sold out of a lot of things. I am, though, logging some serious hours on my Pokemon game.

I've been taking Max on walks around Beverly Hills. Rodeo Dr. is completely empty. It's really freaky.

I'm as bored as hell. I can't wait until it's all over.

Cabin Fever not too bad. As I walk outside and I am 1/2 mile from the nearest human being (except for my wife). So social distancing is built into where I live. But it is driving my wife absolutely crazy because she is an extreme NT extrovert. And the endless news about the coronavirus doesn't help either. I have found taking her for long drives helps her unwind. The way I figure it is that so long as one remains in the vehicle, one is practicing safe social distancing. It is a protective cocoon.

When I drive, I am a little bit more meticulous about driving the speed limit. This is to avoid being pulled over and receiving a ticket. Not that I am worried. My last ticket must have been over 30 years ago. But because there are less cars on the road, I become a bigger target. And then I think about if I get pulled over, do I put on my N95 face mask as the policeman comes up to the vehicle window? Will that make me look like a criminal? Will he call for backup? It is interesting the "What if's that constantly flow through an Aspie mind!"

Officer, I am just going to the grocery store to pick up some supplies? What! Did I have to travel to another state to get groceries? Why yes officer, I find some things just a little harder to find. Like marshmellow peeps. They stopped manufacturing them due to the coronavirus. I can't live without them. And besides the price of gasoline is so cheap right now, it is an absolute bargain price. You know this coronavirus is stressing me out. I think I need to go on an ocean cruise as soon as this thing is over with. I need some down time.

I am concerned that the moment that this is all over soo many pwople will be crowding the roads and various places, that I will not be able to go anywhere. Uhmmm.

Something I believe that is likely to happen is that many transport and other businesses will have gone.

I would say that most people turn to liberosis to cope with things. I find it can be difficult to do but I do tend to try and block things out if I can, but it does not always work. Calm down MG.

We will look back in years to come and smile and say to our offspring "I remember what the LBV days used to be like.

So boring

There's absolutely no change to my life except that I'm cleaning more, and I miss my bf.

By the very nature of AS/HFA (where being a private person is natural, & currently helpful), I've (at times) found it challenging to adjust to the current circumstances.

My learned resourcefulness is helping-out e.g, re-purposing old-ideas/old-items, curbing visits to the store (to further boost social distancing).