Although I know perfectly well all the reasons for the stay-at-home order, it’s gotten pretty old real quick. Shopping in the new normal, with face masks and gloves, also got old real quick too.
I miss the old days of being able to jump into the car, zip over to the grocery store and be back home in less than thirty minutes. And it wasn’t such an ordeal when Zen Master or Zen Mum came with me.
In last week’s post, I had wrote about the shopping adventure with Zen Mum to H-Mart.
Now it’s Zen Master’s turn.
Now, before we go out, I always have to do a checklist. Zen Master and Zen Mum have been relatively home-bound since the stay-at-home order was issued, so the occasional going-with-Sally is their once-in-a-while adventure. Despite the fact that they should just stay home.
Food for Thought
(Side note: this pandemic brought up plenty of food-for-thought things that you inherently know but seeing them with your actual eyes is another thing. For example, we’re sun creatures. We need to feel the touch of the sun on our faces, the caress of the open air on our skin. Yes, humans are social people and we need interaction, however brief, with other people. Think this is an idea for another post in the future.)
Our Do-We-Have-Our-Face-Masks Checklist
The extra measures as a result of our new normal is a mental checklist that I have in the back of my mind.
- Do we have our face masks on?
- Do we have our disposable gloves on?
- Is Zen Master dressed warmly?
- Do we have our shopping list?
I think I could equate this prep-work with them as being a parent to children before heading out to school.
Like today. Zen Master and I just went to the pharmacy to pick up meds and took a “quick” jaunt to our local supermarket (5 minutes away). After picking up the stuff on Zen Mum’s shopping list, and going through the market following the pointers on the floor and on each aisles, and sweating through my face masks and gloves, we finally made it home after an hour.
Honestly, quite truthfully, it’s gotten to be a PITA (pain-in-the-ass) to go shopping. Yeah, I deal with it and yes, this is our new normal. What choice do you have but to deal with it?
But doesn’t mean I have to like it.
Sally in the Zen
