Random Notes From the Week

With the exception of visiting one job-site, I've been working out of home this week. Besides getting some actual work done, I think my biggest accomplishment throughout week was teaching Sam how to make his own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. One more talent for him to rely on.

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And I guess by being home, it was helpful in maybe fighting against the tide to try to keep things a little calm and "normal" (whatever that means) and to tone things down when the atmosphere was a little, shall we say, elevated..

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I made two visits to the grocery store this week, once for milk and bread (one of each, thank you) and once for items on Sam's weekly list - bananas, apple juice and... something else that I don't remember.

The second trip was with Sam, earlier this morning. My thinking was that if we could scoot out today, we might avoid the expected madness of going to this store tomorrow (Saturday). We'll know if this was a wise move or not tomorrow - that is, if we're insane enough to go there again. (Though I promised Sam we'll get his usual Saturday pizza at the other grocery store - so there's that).

Today's visit was bad enough. It wasn't that the store was mobbed - which it was - it's just that people are acting like... people - and I hate that. Husbands were driving up in front of the store to drop of their wives (presumably) who then frantically darted into the store, pretty much elbowing people out of the way to stock up on god knows what.

Inside, people were pushing carts with mountains of food, in some cases, spilling over the sides (You'll have to take my word for it. I was too disgusted to take any photos). Some people had so much stuff, they were wheeling around two carts. In at least a couple of cases, people had "helpers" that would grab stuff off the shelves for them in between pushing cart number two. Insane.

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Did I mention that I hate people?

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Let's all calm down and watch a video...

 LATE UPDATE: Well, there used to be a video here. Apparently, YouTube decided to take it down!

I hope you have a relaxing evening...