quarantined-ish day 7

Quarantined-Ish Day Seven
Tuesday March 24, 2020 - OKC, OK

5:04am
Been lying here for an hour thinking about teaching to a camera, which happens in just less than four hours. What I need is copious amounts of coffee to kill this anxiety. And yes, I know what I just said.

5:06am
Made copious amounts of coffee. Also worked so long that I almost made myself late to leave for the online class I don’t want to teach.

9:32am
Just taught my very first online class. Live. No edits. I didn’t curse (that I remember), and I found a rhythm pretty quickly. It also helped that Mark and Kathryn take my class regularly and they came to be students. Required distance maintained. No touching. Overall, not a bad experience.

10:38am
HIIT workout that Wendy gave me at the lake. 50 burpees (modified because nobody can do 50 burpees with good form - except maybe David Goggins. maybe), 400 meter sprint, 100 push-ups, 400 meter spring, 150 walking lunges, 400 meter sprint, 200 squats, 400 meter sprint, 150 walking lunges, 400 meter sprint, 100 push-ups, 400 meter sprint, 50 burpees (modified because yada yada yada), 400 meter sprint. Felt pretty good.

11:40am
Worked from home. On my bed. It feels like I’m cheating. I think I will single-handedly make up for the coffee shops’ lost business once this social distancing is over.

2:55pm
Met Elena at Bluff for a mudfest. Three and a half miles in, we stumbled on a morel and abandoned the not-quite-run for foraging. Actually, we abandoned Bluff for the Morel Madness spot I found at Arcadia last year.

7:30pm
Turned my shower red with dirt. Also, sitting hurts already after the four thousand walking lunges and squats and sprints this morning. It no longer feels pretty good.

8:22pm
Just learned that Kenny Rogers died four days ago from a meme. He didn’t die from a meme. I learned it from a meme. He was a fossil, but a good one. He deserved to die not in the midst of a global pandemic, so people could learn about his death properly - from one billion people trying to be the first to share it on Facebook - not a damn meme.