It’s so strange to wake up and not know what that day is going to bring. Sometimes it’s a good feeling mixed with a feeling of fear and it’s hard to describe. Sometimes it’s all doom and gloom and sometimes it feels like nothing has changed. Today has been strange.
I got up, did a load of dishes and cleaned out a kitchen cabinet. Finally, there’s time to clean out a cabinet. This is fabulous! Next, check Facebook. This is getting hard. Half the people are for safer at home and the other half think that the US has gone mad. I don’t know what to think but these posts aren’t helping anything.
One of my stay at home mom friends posted something a long the lines of “Just think of how happy everyone would be if they said “Everyone can go back to work and school on Monday!” I so badly wanted to reply, “Speak for yourself!” because I am loving working from home but I didn’t reply because she’s not herself right now. I would be so sad if they told me that I had to go back to the office on Monday. See, it’s all so strange.
Crazy Cheap Gas
The price of gas is so low right now that I couldn’t resist going to fill up my truck. I wore gloves and wiped down the pump before touching it. Then I wiped down the handle, all while still wearing my gloves. The mask is still an issue for me. I have one but I think it came from China so I opened the pack and then freaked out that maybe it had the virus still on it from China. So no mask protection for me today at the gas pump. I wiped the mask down with wipes and then left it on my porch when I got home. Maybe next time I’ll feel better about using it.
The gas was $1.09. As I was standing at the pump, I remembered that we get a discount if we put in our reward card from the local grocery store. You get $.10 per gallon up to 35 gallons for every $100 you spend at the grocery store. Apparently we’ve spent over $1,000.00 on groceries since the last time I got gas. I think it’s been about a month and a half. Anyways, I got 13 gallons of gas for $1.32. Yes, you read that right… $1.32 for 13 gallons of gas.
Strange day, right?
The mask is still an issue for me too! If I want to actually leave this house, I’m going to have to figure out how to make one or shell over for an over-priced one on the internet. I’m with you, I don’t know if I’d be so excited if the world opened back up tomorrow. I love being at home. And I totally agree about half my newsfeed fussing about people not being careful enough and then there is the segment who are all convinced it’s a conspiracy cooked up to crush our businesses and bring in the mark of the beast. They are sure this is all Bill Gates’ fault. aye-yi-yie.
Hooray on the kitchen cabinet!
I’ve stopped looking at Facebook. Like you, it wasn’t helping me deal.
As a teacher, I know going back to work will have us dealing with MANY kids and parents having anxiety about leaving home (and older teachers!) I think it will be first day of middle school magnified by 100.
I wish I had seen a gas station on my trip to the post office the other day. THAT IS CRAZY LOW!! It’s almost worth a drive just to check it out.