it's a scary time to be alive when it
seems like there's a new virus outbreak
every other month we can't help but
think what if a virus got truly out of
control and what is life like for the
unfortunate souls that get stuck in
quarantine forced to live their lives
separated from their loved ones well
rather than try and reach out to any
patients who have been quarantined like
a true journalistic outfit we decided
instead it'd be funny I mean more
enlightening if we test everyone's
favorite infographics lab rat with
living and quarantined for a full week
day one you know what I don't even hate
this challenge in fact I'm kind of
excited ever since I saw that early Jake
Gyllenhaal movie Bubble Boy I've been
wondering just what in the world it
would be like to live quarantined off
from the rest of society I mean I know
it won't be any picnic but I guess
curiosity's definitely got my cat and I
don't know I'm just kind of excited
I had to coordinate this one with
infographics before doing it because I
told them if I was going to live in
quarantine for a week I was gonna do it
right and that meant one thing plastic
sheeting lots of it and I mean a lot the
solution turned out to be a construction
supplier here in town which even
delivered the 200-foot rolls of plastic
sheeting straight to my doorstep you
heard that right 200 feet of plastic
sheeting half a millimeter thick per
roll and I got three of them of course I
immediately realized I had seriously
overestimated how much plastic I need
but don't you worry I will definitely
find a use for all this plastic I
solemnly vow not to dump it in the ocean
where it'll murder the sea turtles so I
got to work as soon as the girlfriend
left the house to go to a shoot she'd
scheduled I knew she'd be gone for at
least 14 to 15 hours yeah people in the
entertainment industry worked some
absolutely brutal hours anyway that gave
me more than enough time to put my plan
into motion I have to live in quarantine
which means I can't come into contact
with the outside world under any
circumstances well with a few reasonable
exceptions I don't much feel like living
in a bubble or being stuck in one room
so I got created our new apartment we
just moved into is a cute little
one-bedroom place with a large living
room attached kitchen and small dining
room area it's all kind of an open floor
plan except for the bedroom so there's
very few walls I kind of love how open
it is to be honest and the location is
great it's would really like two blocks
from the beach good thing the girlfriend
makes like 10
the money I do or the only rent we could
afford in this area would be for a
shoebox what I really like about the
place for this challenge though is how
easy it's going to be to convert into a
relatively comfortable quarantine area
along with all that plastic I had
infographics spring for a ton of duct
tape like 15 rolls until the first thing
I did was attach plastic sheeting to the
wall at the head of our bed and then I
ran it to the doorway snaking it a bit
to the left because our bedroom doors on
the left then out to the living room and
beyond in essence when I was done
putting up multiple layers of plastic I
had split the room including the bed
completely into then I had to tear half
of it down when I realized I had left
her massively heavy makeup desk thingy
on my side of the quarantine zone it's
where she sits and does her makeup every
morning and so I had to shove that thing
which I'm pretty sure it's made of solid
granite to her side of the room and then
I put the sheeting back up and moved on
to the living room from the living room
I extended the sheeting toward the
kitchen but here I hit the dilemma
I couldn't wall off the stove and the
refrigerator or she wouldn't be able to
fix herself any food for a week and I
probably shouldn't have plastic anywhere
near the stove so I boarded my plans to
extend to the kitchen just settled on
splitting off half to the living room
I ran the plastic straight through the
middle of the couch so I could have a
place to sit comfortably and then
fastened it to the wall on the right
side of the TV all in all I had a decent
living area set up and wouldn't be stuck
in one tiny room for the entire week
which should help with the stir
craziness now I am officially sealed
into one half of the apartment and I
guess I have nothing to do but wait the
week out see you guys at my midweek
check-in day 3 okay so I didn't think
some things through completely
but first let's rewind to day one real
quick I hadn't told the girlfriend about
the challenge its kind of become a
little game for her to guess or figure
out what my new challenges are except
well this one was pretty obvious the
moment she opened the door she came in
and was immediately greeted by our dog
who had spent half the day whining on
the other side of the plastic because he
couldn't get to me anymore yeah that
kind of hurt a little
anyway after she greeted our dog she
looked up and well she didn't say
anything her jaw just kind of slowly
dropped as she took in our new cute
Department which was separated nearly in
half with plastic sheeting she didn't
really say anything
just slowly made her way to the bedroom
door looked inside saw the bed was also
split in half with plastic and just said
of course I mean it makes total sense
then she sat down on her half of the
couch and finally looked over at the
bathroom and said you know what the
bathrooms on my side of the plastic
right I told her yeah of course that's
why I got and she immediately cut me off
with a very stern no to make a long
story short
well this living in quarantine is in no
way going to involve me using the
bathroom indoors unless it's in our
actual toilet I mean I bought plastic
bags and kitty litter in a big bucket
but oh boy she was not having it she
made it extremely clear there was only
one way I'd be using the bathroom so
infographics is gonna have to deal with
me making an exception to my quarantine
challenge that I gotta leave my plastic
world for a number one and a number two
and if they have problem with it well
they could take it up with her although
I seriously don't recommend so yeah the
girlfriend wasn't too pleased with me or
the show for turning her cute little
brand-new apartment into a quarantine
zone to say the least but it turns out I
kinda didn't think things through
completely the TV for example I left the
remote outside the plastic because of
course I wanted my dear sweet girlfriend
to be able to unwind and watch TV but
that also means it's out of reach for me
and I can't change the channel all day
long now luckily I managed to worm the
PlayStation onto my side of the plastic
so I have that but I left every single
DVD and game on the outside so unless
I'm playing something on the hard drive
already forget about it also and what is
absolutely becoming a recurring theme I
forgot how to deal with food delivery
obviously I can't cook so the girlfriend
very graciously slides me things like
sandwiches through a little slit I built
in the plastic and hot meals whenever
she's home I guess that's kind of
cheating a little bit but hey if you
want the real deal go ahead and hit up
the infographics to spring for a full
time in-home bubble boy habitat
situation except of course the
girlfriend would probably murder
everyone involved in that little
shenanigan thing is I'll occasionally
need to order delivery like today for
instance when I got hungry and the
girlfriend was back on set for a billion
hours except I totally forgot about
being able to go to the front door so I
got creative I've ordered my delivery
and then called the drivers when they
arrived and directed them to an open
window on the quarantine side the
apartment
I guess opening a window is cheating too
but you know what else I realized I
forgot cutting off all that airflow is a
good way to damn-near is fix it yourself
in plastic so an open window became a
necessity
anyway the driver was pretty cool about
it was definitely weirded out by the
whole thing good to know I'm already
setting a bad precedent with local
delivery drivers in our new place day
seven I don't know why I was excited
about this challenge in the first place
because let me tell you living like a
Bubble Boy absolutely sucks the lack of
proper ventilation meant that my side of
the apartment got extremely hot and
humid from all my breathing and for the
last seven days I've had to try to
comfort my dog from afar because he was
very upset that I was living on the
other side of several sheets of plastic
from him I have to admit I missed him
really bad
turns out the girlfriend missed me to on
day four as we both lay in bed separated
by plastic she just turned over toward
me and looked really sad she was kind of
quiet and said that she really didn't
like living like this so close together
but separated by a little plastic event
she just softly said I really miss you
it felt like a punch in the gut to be
honest with you when we moved to this
new place we shelf with our lives around
so that we would spend less time apart
from each other
some time around the alone in the woods
challenge we both had a really long talk
and decided that what we really wanted
in our life more than our own careers
and success and whatever was to be with
each other so we agreed to make it a
priority which really just means that
she agreed to stop accepting jobs that
send her out of town for days or weeks
at a time she made a pretty big
sacrifice and this silly challenge
reminded me of why in the end when we
look back on our lives neither of us
want to regret even the smallest amount
of time spent apart that we really
didn't have to when she told me she
missed me that night I almost tore down
the plastic just so I could hold her
again maybe I do take these silly
challenges too seriously but one of the
reasons I do is how they broaden my
horizons I've realized this over the
last week how terrible it really is for
people who have to live in quarantine
for real not just sick people but even
people who have to live in special
environments or can't spend too much
time around other people maybe even
can't rest in the arms of someone they
love because of how weak their immune
systems are I have such a new
appreciation for normal life and a deep
respect for the strength it takes to
live such a difficult life so how do i
sum up the rest of my week well
uncomfortable for one without proper
ventilation my side of the apartment got
really high muggy
good thing I had two windows I could
open I found myself staring out the
window at the outside world a lot even
just listening to people walking by
outside or cars going by I was sort of
exciting from the end depressing I kept
imagining all the people just walking
around going about their day and me
stuck in this plastic cocoon
I really couldn't live my entire life
like this I learned that there was a
real life bubble boy David Vetter with
the severe immunodeficiency disorder he
ended up dying at age 12 but until then
he lived in a completely bubble
environment NASA ended up designing a
bubble habitat for David and he lived
inside a series of connected bubble
environments it wasn't until he was six
years old that once more thanks to NASA
he got to go outside but he had to be
inside a bubble suit of sorts until he
was able to get into that suit and leave
his bubble habitat his mother had never
even been able to hold him in her arms
David died after contracting a virus and
his mother only ever got to hug him
without plastic between them after he
was already dead I'm not gonna pretend I
didn't cry when I read about David's
stories and if there's a bright side
it's that his disease has been cured by
modern therapies largely thanks to the
blood that he donated I'm done living in
quarantine and yes the whole thing has
been extremely uncomfortable and tedious
but the hardest part about it and maybe
the hardest thing I've ever had to do
was live my life with the person I love
most in the world always just a few
inches away from me on the other side of
impenetrable plastic now if you'll
excuse me I think I'm done writing and
I'm gonna go hold the woman I love in my
arms for a very long time
David wherever you are now miss episodes
for you if your eyes are dry enough to
keep the watch party going then why not
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go ahead take a moment to dry your eyes
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