Today is the first shopping trip that I have seen a decent supply of toilet paper on the shelves. It wasn't as much as what used to be normal, but they weren't completely bare this time. I think we are adapting to our situation better now, finding new routines and new habits.
Being home-schoolers, we are naturally home more often than most people, but we aren't home this often. Everyone misses getting out to visit friends. I miss our local library and shopping just for fun. I am beginning to miss hair salons and other places like the eye doctor, dentist, and our new natural care center providers. Those places are all closed except for emergencies right now.
In the bigger city, I would guess around 60-75% of people are wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Locally, it is less than that even though we've had cases of COVID-19 here in our little town. My goal has been to buy enough for 2 weeks so I don't have to go out more often than that, but so far I have had to go out each week for something or another. Mainly it is for staples like butter and our almond milk. Those things the online stores are completely sold out of or won't sell online, forcing people to go in and get them in person. My newest discovery is hand soap is one of those items. I shopped locally today and neither of the two stores we have had any in stock at all. We have dish soap and body wash, so those will have to suffice for now.
The kids have also changed some of their wants. We got them Styrofoam airplanes for Easter and a plastic racquetball set. They play with those things a lot! My oldest bought herself a pair of roller blades and now her sister has just gotten a pair that they both pitched in to purchase. I bought a cheap foam football with kickstand that they are super excited to play with outside. Little things they might never have been as interested in before we were stuck at home.
We've also been without a microwave for the past week. A royal pain in the rear. It isn't quarantine related other than we haven't called a repair man yet. My hubby is going to try to figure it out this weekend. I know many people don't cook with them anymore, but warming up leftovers is new to me and challenging when almost everyone in the family is heating their own individual food choice vs all of us eating the same food. I miss my mug cakes. I can still make a double batch for the stove top, but I haven't perfected the technique yet.
I have had sneezing fits like allergy sufferers for the past two months now. I can't seem to connect a cause for them yet, but it is driving me bonkers. Antihistamine pills temporarily resolve it completely, but they cause my little guy to have reflux because they are all created with corn starch in them and artificial dyes. I use essential oils and they reduce the frequency of my sneezes. I sneeze mainly in the mornings, it's like lying down all night just causes gunk to collect in my sinuses and gravity starts pulling it back down and tickles my nose when I get up in the morning.
These are just some random thoughts of how the quarantine is effecting our family. I have trouble imagining life returning to the way it was before, somehow I don't think it will. This experience is going to change our way of life even after the quarantine is over.
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