and now we are:
May. 5th, 2020 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlk1- wearing masks/face coverings. Some places (Menards) are requiring it, and if you don't have one, they'll sell you one for a buck.
2- following arrows in grocery store aisles. The arrows were there last week at the local grocer, with narrower aisles, but this week Meijer also had them. Lotsa people ignoring them, which gets disruptive when they're also trying to stock shelves.
3- having a cold spring. the weather folk tell us that it will be 15-20 degrees below normal for the next week or so. At least it's happening in May, so it'll stay mostly above freezing overnight.
The Livingston band is still hopeful of doing some summer programs. Easy music or stuff we/they have done recently with a 30 minute tricksy bits rehearsal before the concert. Interlochen still hasn't cancelled Adult Band Camp in August - they've cancelled campus events through June. Farmington band is still very much up in the air - its summer schedule is more structured than Livingston's.
I was able to get everything I wanted at Menard's. (except for the thing I forgot to look for, so I don't count that. It was on my list and everything!) I even found California Poppy seeds, which I will plant this weekend.
In grocery availability, the local grocer had non-froufrou flour (but very little else in the baking section), two flavors of soda that we were out of, canned tomatoes, and cereal. Meijer had yeast and some ground beef, the other flavor of soda I was looking for, fresh veg and eggs; but no house brand canned tomatoes. Nobody had plain chocolate chips -- the entire baking section is very sparse -- and the rice, bagged beans, butter, paper goods selection is still very thin. (by which I mean there's a decent amount of one or two types, but that's it.)
When I went through town this morning, I noticed that the feed store was open, so that's one more bit of local shopping I can do. I may need to stop there for sunflower seed next week, as Meijer is out.
2- following arrows in grocery store aisles. The arrows were there last week at the local grocer, with narrower aisles, but this week Meijer also had them. Lotsa people ignoring them, which gets disruptive when they're also trying to stock shelves.
3- having a cold spring. the weather folk tell us that it will be 15-20 degrees below normal for the next week or so. At least it's happening in May, so it'll stay mostly above freezing overnight.
The Livingston band is still hopeful of doing some summer programs. Easy music or stuff we/they have done recently with a 30 minute tricksy bits rehearsal before the concert. Interlochen still hasn't cancelled Adult Band Camp in August - they've cancelled campus events through June. Farmington band is still very much up in the air - its summer schedule is more structured than Livingston's.
I was able to get everything I wanted at Menard's. (except for the thing I forgot to look for, so I don't count that. It was on my list and everything!) I even found California Poppy seeds, which I will plant this weekend.
In grocery availability, the local grocer had non-froufrou flour (but very little else in the baking section), two flavors of soda that we were out of, canned tomatoes, and cereal. Meijer had yeast and some ground beef, the other flavor of soda I was looking for, fresh veg and eggs; but no house brand canned tomatoes. Nobody had plain chocolate chips -- the entire baking section is very sparse -- and the rice, bagged beans, butter, paper goods selection is still very thin. (by which I mean there's a decent amount of one or two types, but that's it.)
When I went through town this morning, I noticed that the feed store was open, so that's one more bit of local shopping I can do. I may need to stop there for sunflower seed next week, as Meijer is out.
