A Year Without the Grocery Store related their first day of quarantine – Covid-19 Quarantine Day 1 – in which a perhaps surprising number of issues pop up.
I had planned on making one more trip to Costco before going into quarantine. Did we NEED anything? Probably not, but there were a few items that I really wanted to get a few more of – mostly dairy type items. I do have other alternatives, but they take preparing, and I’m by nature lazy. I wanted another package or two of shredded cheese, some more heavy whipping cream and maybe some more eggs.
I messaged my mom to ask her if she wanted me to pick up anything for her. She asked me not to leave the house. I was willing to head out, but I understood her hesitancy. So because I wanted to honor my mother, I stayed home. It was the right decision.
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I got a phone call from my father-in-law. We had asked him to join us up here in Illinois because he really wasn’t ready for this. But in his phone call, he let me know that one of his friends was presumptive positive for Covid-19. While he hasn’t been in contact with this friend, he had other friends who have spent time with his presumptive positive friend with whom he has spent time. So he won’t be coming up, but he needs items to get him through this next bit – where hopefully he doesn’t come down with the virus.
In case he does get sick, we’re sending him “just add water” dry soup mixes to help feed him past these next two weeks (which he only has 1 can of soup per day). We’re also sending him Xlear to help keep his nasal passages clear and zinc lozenges. I found a great article on the benefits and problems with zinc, so make sure you read it before you run out and start taking zinc.
The plan is for him to shelter in place for 2 weeks. If he doesn’t come down with it during the next 2 weeks, then he’ll drive up here. We’re also sending him PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) so that if he does come up here he will be protected during his trip.
If he does come up here, he will be quarantined for an additional two weeks, so make sure that he doesn’t get sick from his trip up and it gives us an additional two weeks to make sure that he doesn’t have a latent infection from his being exposed in Texas.
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I am not putting this out there to throw my husband “under the bus.” I’m putting this out there so that all of you can understand that the conflicts that you’re experiencing right now are (very unfortunately) a part of this situation… (continues)
Lower Valley Assembly 
