Exiled for the Good of the Realm

This shot at the left is the view of the toilet paper aisle at Kroger on Saturday. And yes, we did need toilet paper for real, not for hoarding.

Life has become surreal and corona virus went from something kind of abstract to real. In a hurry. I even can pinpoint when the pivot happened. Wednesday, March 11th.

I've done some reading, shared some links to good articles with sound information. These are articles recommended by a doctor and at least one of them was written by a doctor. It's so important that we do the social distancing thing or things are going to get seriously scary. This week is critical per a doctor.

So what did I see? I saw at least two families (possibly more because OMG the number of kids!) co-mingling all day. The kids running around from mid-morning till dusk. The very thing that you're not supposed to do! You're supposed to minimize contact with anyone outside your family. Sigh. And I'm sure the mega-churches were packed this morning so we can spread the virus even more.

This has become pretty immediate for me. My elderly father lives with me and he's my last remaining parent. I don't want to lose him because some idiots can't deal with a little boredom.

On a lighter note, my dad has constantly complained about my desire to stock up on pretty much everything. I have this thing about not running out. So we have plenty of liquid soap, plenty of spray Clorox, plenty of paper towels, and tissues. The only things we were missing was toilet paper and fresh produce. :-)

The toilet paper is on me. I thought we could make it to our April Subscribe and Save shipment. (We couldn't), but the one time I don't stock up, look what happens! If my dad complains again, I'm going to remind him of this.

The title of this blog post is from a meme going around on Facebook. Don't call it self-isolation, call it Exile for the Good of the Realm. :-) You can see the actual meme on my FB Page. Scroll down to March 15th.