(it does go over my nose, this was after I took it off)
It has a special little inside pocket with a piece of pipe cleaner in it, to mold it to my nose, so as to keep my glasses from fogging up. Now, I have bifocals, which I cannot adjust to. So I wear readers, and my normal is to take them off and on, or to look over the top of them. I can't wear them low enough on my nose to look over top of them with the mask on, and don't want to keep touching them to take them off and on when in the store, so I have to take someone with me who can actually see small things, someone like...Sonja K. She went with me into the store, and my glasses stayed safely in my pocket.
We only needed a few things. There was toilet paper there, but we didn't need any, so we didn't get any. Bananas, bagels, peanut butter...peanut butter though, 18 ounce jars of Peter Pan, one dollar each! Yes, I got...ten. Yes, ten. There is nothing in this world like a spoonful of fresh, crunchy, peanut butter.
Anyway. At the risk of incurring the wrath of commentators who believe in total lockdown, shhh, we also went into Target. I believe in social distancing, but also in keeping the economy afloat. We split up in the store, Miss Char went with me, Miss Cam went with Sonja K. They each found a little something they wanted (a dress and a top from the clearance rack, some nail polish). I got some good coffee (Peet's medium roast, the fruity blend!), a bag of frozen mixed berries, some dog chow, and some cute pajamas for little Lydia, Grant, Wulf.
Essentials? Well, what in this world is essential? Is it an individual thing, what is considered essential? I don't know. But we sure did have a good time, going out and about. Starbucks drive through on the way home, their iced coffee with heavy cream, yum.
Riding in the van is always a good place for good conversations. None of them have service on their phones, their phones are all old hand-me-downs, so when we are out and about with no Wi-Fi, they can't use them. So it's a great time to talk, ha. We talked about end of life conversions, how Jesus will welcome one to heaven, but how much better it is to use your life, from a young age, to be faithful and gather oil, get wisdom, be faithful. We talked about Miss Suzanne, living in California, how much we miss her. The ride home was almost too short.
They had school work to do once we got home, and I face-timed with Kathryn and little Achilles.
Samuel is ready to go back home to Virginia, and shh, again, Emily and I will be driving him home, probably. There are risks in flying, risks in driving, but he needs to get back home...we'll see. Bye for now.
5 comments:
Lucky you to go into a Target and be able to get clothes. LOL Our Target everything is roped off. No non essential buying anything. Food, TP , dog and cat food and automotive. Nothing else. Boo!
Sounds like a very essential trip! LOL
P.S. Don't you know, none of us are essential here in NY? (according to our governor, I really took his comments as out of touch of reality; Mr. Millionaire who lives in a mansion) wink.
ANYWAYS--I haven't left the house in a few days, so busy typing up my final paper. I don't plan on going out anytime soon either...lets see, I wear bifocals and will not wear a mask, which is one reason why not.
P.S.S. I like a good grape or strawberry pb jelly sandwich.
Thanks for the many smiles, Della.
Rose, that is just meany mean mean of them to rope off all of the fun stuff! What if you ripped your pants in the parking lot? What if you needed new socks? What if you wanted a good book and the libraries are all closed? What if you wanted to buy a suitcase and be one of the four people on a plane, going across the country? What if you have a grandchild who is bored silly and NEEDS sparkly play dough? Or new cute little jammies? What if the underwire on your last good bra snapped, and you cannot bear the stabbing anymore? What if you are just bored, and want to peruse the clearance stuff? harrumph.
Linda, our governor, he needs a swift kick in the pants, and I bet if that job were opened up, the applicants would stretch around the earth 3.5 times. Since I cannot do that, I will pray for him, as he needs much prayer, to maybe make up for the awfully arrogant comments he made about how WE did this, not God. ouch. I was waiting for the thunder and lightening, how dare he? You, get that paper done! Then, have a party! Bake a cake and eat it all. The mask thing, ugh. I wore mine today and I do NOT like it. Not one little bit. And yes, a PBJ, yes.
Your mask is so cute.
I went to Target last week; it had been about a month for me and it just wasn't as much fun as it used to be. I know that one day the fun will come back. :)
God gave you free will
Are you sure you are using it wisely
Mary
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