grocery, again; and natter
May. 19th, 2020 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkYou'd think we liked to eat, or something. There are still holes in the distribution system -- shelves for pasta, rice, bagged beans, flour, sugar still mostly empty. Canned and frozen goods are weirdly stocked. PB is pretty much smooth only, although the local grocer had some crunchy in a larger-than-I-usually-buy-but-not-ridiculous container. Fresh fruit/veg is still pretty well stocked, although the bananas were all very green today. There's no birdseed at Meijer, and when I was at Menard's last week their stocks seemed a little low as well -- the production plants are probably considered non-essential. I went looking for light handweights, and the store I was at had two 10pounders on an otherwise empty rack. erm, no. I could probably use a couple of cans of veg, but they're kinda awkward. I really don't want to order them from Amazon.
J's work-from-home order has been extended to Oct 1 (last I heard the building was locked down, and you had to have a really good reason and three authorizations to get in). Whee? I really need to figure out a timeframe when I can work downstairs -- I can't do it while he's "at work" because he gets distracted by the sewing machine/music I have on. And there's no schedule for when he works until 6pm or stops at 3.30pm.
The northern reaches of the state have been given permission to slowly open up, although the travel restrictions are still in place. Many of the stores I get email from are not opening yet, and others have put up some fairly major restrictions. And the idiots protesting the lockdown have, apparently, managed to spread the virus. I'd say serves them right, except that they're not the only ones affected by it. Who knew that being in contact with other people would spread a virus?
In garden news, we got over three inches of rain Sunday-Monday. It didn't come down all at once, so there wasn't a lot of standing water around here although the field had its usual puddles, and the pond and birdbath both overflowed. The bleeding hearts in the front flowerbed are blooming, as are the tiny multi-headed Tete-a-Tete daffs in the E garden. I need to do some major weeding, but my shoulder is still being cantankerous. The wet gardens make that a bit less of a problem, as I can't really step into them anyway.
J's work-from-home order has been extended to Oct 1 (last I heard the building was locked down, and you had to have a really good reason and three authorizations to get in). Whee? I really need to figure out a timeframe when I can work downstairs -- I can't do it while he's "at work" because he gets distracted by the sewing machine/music I have on. And there's no schedule for when he works until 6pm or stops at 3.30pm.
The northern reaches of the state have been given permission to slowly open up, although the travel restrictions are still in place. Many of the stores I get email from are not opening yet, and others have put up some fairly major restrictions. And the idiots protesting the lockdown have, apparently, managed to spread the virus. I'd say serves them right, except that they're not the only ones affected by it. Who knew that being in contact with other people would spread a virus?
In garden news, we got over three inches of rain Sunday-Monday. It didn't come down all at once, so there wasn't a lot of standing water around here although the field had its usual puddles, and the pond and birdbath both overflowed. The bleeding hearts in the front flowerbed are blooming, as are the tiny multi-headed Tete-a-Tete daffs in the E garden. I need to do some major weeding, but my shoulder is still being cantankerous. The wet gardens make that a bit less of a problem, as I can't really step into them anyway.
