First I want to mention I plan to build a house. I have already built the furniture for it. More on that at the end of this story.
I go to Aldi almost every Monday and Friday. It's my favorite grocery store. I went after work on March 9th which was the first day of spring break for the students who attend the University I work for. It was a normal Aldi visit after work that day. As the week progressed, we found out the students would not be coming back but would continue their courses online, like most Universities and Colleges were doing at that point. I made a joke on Wednesday that I planned to go to Aldi after work to grab as many cans of beans I could. My colleagues looked at me funny. I did go after work and of course all of the paper products were gone, except they were having a sale on tissues. I grabbed three of those and didn't really plan on buying beans (because I was joking) but decided to buy two cans because things were looking a little scarce on the selves and the customers were not really talking, It was eerily quiet. I decided since it was Wednesday, the first day of Aldi's new sales flyer and a day I never shop there, was the reason the shelves looked picked over. At the checkout I was told I could only buy two paper products and had to put one box of tissue back. She was very nice and asked me to pick which one to put back in case I was particular about the decor of my bathroom.
As the news progressed, I went back to Aldi during lunch on Friday the 13th. There were many people there and the shelves were pretty empty but I was still able to get everything on my short list. They now had a limit of four cans of anything. I should have bought more beans.
Saturday morning we realized we were running extremely low on cat litter. Cats have to poop too during an event like this so I decided to run to Walmart. Not my favorite store but they have the brand of litter our cats like. I was a little worried about going but the parking lot had the normal amount of cars and I was so relieved when I walked in to see all of the food.
The pet supplies in Walmart are near the paper and cleaning supplies. As I walked by the paper aisle, it was completely empty except for a couple of bags of paper plates. They were buying up the paper plates too! As I walked by the cleaning supplies, there were a few things left but, not much. I thought of Molly and what she goes through when a hurricane is about to hit. She has sent me photos of empty shelves in stores but I have never witnessed this. I picked up the litter and walked past the cleaning aisle again to see a man that had found some type of aerosol can and was spraying himself from head to toe. This was amusing to me and I was smiling as I walked to the check out. But then I thought about how much of a worry he must have been in. Mike and I decided we would stay in for the rest of the weekend. Church was still on but I didn't go.
On Monday March 16th I was wondering if we would have hand bell practice at Church and found that we were. We would have our own stands and try to stay away from each other. We would be filmed for the live streaming of our Church service for the upcoming Sunday since they decided to cancel. This is the link if you are interested. I only smile when I make a mistake.
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I went to Aldi after work on Tuesday. The shelves were almost completely empty. You could tell what people had heard to buy - cans, rice, pasta, bread, milk, eggs, frozen foods. As I walked through finding almost everything on my list, I noticed not one piece of meat was around. I thought that was funny, people thinking they need meat. I happily walked to one pile of food in the freezer and picked up three boxes of frozen veggie burgers. Plenty of those left. I left Aldi with a down and out feeling though.
The next morning, Wednesday the 18th, we needed something from the pharmacy, which is located in the large grocery store Mike goes to. Mike announced that morning he would no longer be leaving the house, except to go for a walk. So off I went to the large grocery store. I was a little nervous about what I would see, after Aldi the night before. What a relief to see plenty of food. Not as much as usual, but enough. I noticed one man in the check out line had come to get his essentials, Frosted Flakes and Mountain Dew. After getting the drugs at the Pharmacy, I decided to get a couple of essentials, Almond Milk, Half & Half for the cat (and for Mike for his coffee) and of course,
mascara.
I have decided I will wait to go back to Aldi until this is all over. The smaller stores must be having a harder time staying stocked. I never thought I would say this because bigger stores overwhelm me but, I feel better going to the bigger store.
I am still at work. There are very few of us and I feel this is the cleanest building because my doorknob gets wiped down every few hours by the cleaning people.
The weekends at home are giving me a chance to build furniture and I have decided to build a house. I will blog about this when it is completed.
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