Week 3: Social Distancing and Waiting

The husband went to Ranch 99 to get groceries this afternoon and lined up for 1 hr and 30 minutes outside before he was even able to step foot inside the door. This was how the line outside looked like. He says that they were given numbers and by 5pm, those who didn't have numbers were sent home - the store closes at 7pm.

I commented that the distance seems a lot more than the requisite 6 ft and he agreed. he says that this was how far apart people were staying and even with the store staff asking them to come forward a little bit, nobody was heeding the repeated requests. People are scared.

The price of rice has also increased. The same 25 lb of jasmine rice we purchased 3 weeks ago for $17.99 is now being sold for $25.99. I initially asked husband to hold off on buying it but changed my mind when I saw that our rice container is down to less than half and realizing that the Covid-19 situation is just getting worse and worse in our state. I quickly gave husband a call and he was just about to pay at the counter but was allowed to run off to grab a bag of rice. This would be a good time to start dieting, perhaps.

He wore a mask I made for him with a folded paper towel filter stuffed into the filter pocket for added protection. It is made of 3 layers of cotton fabric and is worn with elastics that go around the head - more comfortable, I think, than loops that go around the ears.  The mask went straight to the wash as soon as he got home.

On the work front, my work is going on as usual while husband's work hours were cut beginning this week. I see this as a blessing because it leaves him with 2 whole days a week to work with Swe-cha on schoolwork. Hopefully, this is all temporary and that things go back to the regular normal before the situation escalates.

.... and just like that, we're done with week 3 of the quarantine and are all set to start week 4. Swe-cha gets a break from schoolwork next week - sort of - because it is spring break but we do plan on catching up with the remaining tasks in google classroom that we haven't completed yet.