I had been religiously inside for almost three weeks and I will admit it was getting somewhat annoying. Other than start a diet with the Noom app, read a lot, play World Of Tanks and harass people online, I needed to get out. An urgent repair came to happen and I decided to use it as an excuse to go out with the missus.
The missus’ job was considered essential so she has been going out regularly. Friday coming back home, she noticed that the traffic was a bit heavier than since the pandemic started, but yesterday it was like any other Saturday afternoon but with an extra touch of speeders and idiots who enjoyed cutting off people.
And, of course, you could see evidence of the extra dumb.
And truthfully, I can get used to the curbside pick up.
I noticed 99.99999% of people wearing masks and 0.0000001% wearing gloves. We wore our masks only when the associates came over to get our order numbers which requiring to lower the window. Other than that, we went clan inside our little metal bubble… plus it was humid and doing 90 effing degrees. The chances of catching something alive suspended in the air was pretty much insignificant.
What impressed me was the different plazas and how they were populated or not. Some without a supermarket or other priority store were just ghost towns. If the plaza had a Publix, you would be hard pressed to find a parking spot.
To everybody up north, have fun in your openings and I hope we can join you in a couple of weeks. Hopefully less.
I had a couple of tasks that took me into the Big City (Albuquerque) on Friday, a trip which I have to take every couple of weeks. I noticed a few things different this time compared to last.
One, more out of state plates on the interstate than usual.
Two, fewer people wearing masks compared to a few weeks ago, both around the stores that are open, and at gas stations. Far fewer, to the point that I felt distinctly out of place wearing one. I was also one of the few with gloves on. People seem to be feeling “done” with this.