Day 40: Post-Flood
Is it over yet?
This is meant to be a longer post but just in case it isn't, here is the main idea - also a PSA.
If you haven't been to a grocery store since the start of all of this or it's been a while, I strongly advise you NOT to wear your contacts if you have them. Otherwise, if you are anything like me, you might inexplicably burst into tears soon after you get back into your car once your groceries are safely packed into your trunk.
4/29/2020 edit:
I feel I should further explain the above. Basically, last week was the first time I had gone to shop for groceries by myself since the start of this lockdown. Which was over a month. I'd forgotten at the time that I had actually gone grocery shopping - but with B. There's a local Pinoy grocery that we've been going to every other week to get groceries and take out Filipino food we don't normally cook at home. It's a bi-monthly date, a treat for the whole family and a nice way to support a small business. Win win all around. It is a weird experience but I'm with B and apparently that made all the difference from my Day 40 experience.
I got to my car, put all the groceries in the back. A store worker was waiting for the cart to sanitize and return to the store which I appreciated. I said to her that it was the first time I'd gone to the grocery on my own since the start of all this and shared my appreciation for the store's safety measures.
I got in the car, did the sanitizing routine I now do. Started the car, and then as soon as I took my mask of, burst out crying. So much so that my right contact popped out. I said either my eyes will burn from the alcohol on my hands or I've just given myself freakin Covid for touching my damn eyes.
Anyways, yea, wear glasses, not contacts and save your life.
I'm okay.
This is meant to be a longer post but just in case it isn't, here is the main idea - also a PSA.
If you haven't been to a grocery store since the start of all of this or it's been a while, I strongly advise you NOT to wear your contacts if you have them. Otherwise, if you are anything like me, you might inexplicably burst into tears soon after you get back into your car once your groceries are safely packed into your trunk.
4/29/2020 edit:
I feel I should further explain the above. Basically, last week was the first time I had gone to shop for groceries by myself since the start of this lockdown. Which was over a month. I'd forgotten at the time that I had actually gone grocery shopping - but with B. There's a local Pinoy grocery that we've been going to every other week to get groceries and take out Filipino food we don't normally cook at home. It's a bi-monthly date, a treat for the whole family and a nice way to support a small business. Win win all around. It is a weird experience but I'm with B and apparently that made all the difference from my Day 40 experience.
I got to my car, put all the groceries in the back. A store worker was waiting for the cart to sanitize and return to the store which I appreciated. I said to her that it was the first time I'd gone to the grocery on my own since the start of all this and shared my appreciation for the store's safety measures.
I got in the car, did the sanitizing routine I now do. Started the car, and then as soon as I took my mask of, burst out crying. So much so that my right contact popped out. I said either my eyes will burn from the alcohol on my hands or I've just given myself freakin Covid for touching my damn eyes.
Anyways, yea, wear glasses, not contacts and save your life.
I'm okay.
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