Another Learning Experience, or This Is What Life Has Become Now

Since we were completely out of bananas, Les asked last night if we were just going to wait until Monday for some. We have a grocery pick-up scheduled for Monday at the Fort Eustis Commissary.  I told him I had been thinking about getting up early this morning and trying Sam's "Senior" shopping.  He said, "okay".  So we set the alarm for 6:00 a.m. and got there about 6:50.  Let's just call it a learning experience; and one we will have to think about a long time before repeating.  We got there expecting to see some other people.  The line went all across the front of the store and then back through the parking lot to the back end of it.  At 7:00 they started letting people in and at one point they stopped and we waited some more.  Finally we were in the store.  The man at the door said they were out of TP and towels, but as we got into the store I saw people with it in their carts and finally asked.  A man said if I ran I might find some at the far back of the store.  Never did find any; we both looked.  But we got bananas, and some other fruit. I just cut up some of the watermelon we bought and it is really good.  Les found sanitizing wipes and we bought some "under the checkout counter" hand sanitizer. They don't even put that out on a shelf; you have to ask for it and are limited to one bottle.  So that was our activity this morning. At least everyone was being considerate in line at Sam's and spacing, wearing masks, and most wearing gloves.  No line when we checked out.  But we never expected so many people!

On the way home we went to the drive-through at a Starbucks and got coffee and muffins and I made scrambled eggs when we got home.  And now we are safely home and in for the day.

This "funny" (is it really???) was shared by Jacquie on FB.  It pretty well sums up my feeling on things opening up too soon.

Stay in, stay safe, and God Bless America!  Life is still great.