Yeah. Which of course sent the panic down my spine. Then I went down the paper aisle. That too sent the panic flowing. I started to freak out and grabbed 3 packs of toilet paper and 2 things of paper towls. Why? Because it was starting to get to me too. They had no eggs at this store. The whole milk section was decimated. But I started to calm down as I hit other aisles. It occured to me that these people were only buying stupid stuff. Pasta? Plenty. Beans. Rice. Laundry detergent. SOAP for god's sake. Toothpaste. Shampoo. All the things that WILL run out that people need. So I calmed down and bought things like that. I bought cans of soup. I bought allegry medicine. Toothpaste. Deodarant. The stuff none of these people are thinking about. I did buy some beans for soup. I then looked closer at the meat section. Oh look, it's the hamburger and chicken you picked over. Look at how much ground turkey is there. Lamb. Seafood. All the stuff you damn midwesterners won't eat. Do I need bread? No, I fucking will make my own. I have a bread machine and there's plenty of yeast on the shelves. I went from panic to anger in a space of three aisles. Anger at people freaking out. Why is the water all gone BUT THE FILTER AND PITCHER SECTION FULLY STOCKED? My favorite? The JUICE aisle. FULLY STOCKED. I bought 2 gallons of orange and 2 gallons of white peach cran. But seriously, I had my pick. WTF people? It's a flu prep. You need liquids and juices. Okay. You people have never had earthquake drills. But you should have had winter storm drills. You should know how to stock up on things. I did spend about $200 but most of that was to calm B down. When she got up and saw everything I bought I could see the wave of relief spread over her. We now have more than enough ingredients and staples that we don't have to leave this house for a month. We have access to a backup generator if needed. We have candles, meds, and personal hygiene products. We're good.
I did go to a second store later to grab a couple of small things and saw that the slightly m ore expensive store was just fine. I ended up getting some chicken and a corned beef, plus some more lunch meat for lunches. That made me feel a little better. Oh and they had eggs. I have plenty of eggs and butter now in the house. We have shelf stable stuff that will take us a while.
When I got back, B finally got up around 1:30pm and we worked on putting everything away. Again, she was very relieved at my efforts and it helped to quash her anxiety considerably. Oh I also went to the vape shop and grabbed some coils and juice. I am glad I did as the guy there told me they were going to a reduced schedule only because it's him and his cousin who own/work at the place.
My coworker and I are both dealing with something but in different ways. Both here and where she is, they shut the schools down for 3 weeks. So now she has her 9 year old at home all day. I am helping her out next week by taking one of her classes again. It means two more 11:30-7:30 days, but I am okay with it because I understand why. Same thing here but we're going to help out B's parents by taking 1 of her sisters at a time so they don't kill each other. Lighten the load a bit for them.
On a similar note, I am sick of the 'copy and paste' email I keep getting from all these companies about how safety is their highest concern. If it wasn't LITERALLY the same email from all of them I would feel better. Some company is making a fortune right now with this template.
I think that's about all. Man that's a lot, I know. No plans for the weekend (duh) and we will see what the world looks like soon.
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