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Friday, March 27, 2020

Covid-19 Shutdown Day 12: Adaptability

TODAY - 
Little did I know when I headed out to brave grocery shopping that Trader Joe's was only letting in a handful of people at a time in sync with how many exited! I calculated to get to my spot in line would take about 90 min. so abandoned my spot and went to Smart & Final where I have never shopped. Pretty empty, lots of produce and enough other stuff if I was flexible. Forgot the bananas and soy milk but we will live.
Other important to do list items today were taking the dog on a long walk, I expanded the document we have about her care and sent it to son & DIL in case we are get really sick and they need to pick her up. Then I did some things for me like watching a Christmas lecture from The Royal Institution and reading.

We finally got take out tonight ordering a pizza from our local brewery! 
THANKFUL FOR
Getting the following email from my 3 year old granddaughter courtesy of her other grandma 

"Nana, I love you and I love you and I want you to see my nail polish and I love you and I want you to come to my house for my next birthday"

Connecting via messenger with 2 long distance friends who are both fine.  
Having a problem solving / adaptable mindset.
All of you who are making such helpful comments to these posts!

9 comments:

  1. I had heard about the Trader Joe's thing plus they have been encouraging people to separae outside. A thought that I have not tried, my brother and his wife just did a whole foods order of produce and some other things from Whole foods from Amazon. Not an expense I would usually do, but different times call for different measures. Good for you for ordering in.

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    1. I do believe Trader Joe's is doing the right thing for staff and customers. I've done a bit of research on the delivery options here but so far want to get out once a week. The pizza was a lovely change!

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  2. Your granddaughter's email is precious. I've always appreciated my family, but now, more than ever, I value them. Thanks for your posts, Juhli.

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    1. Thank you for your lovely comment. Her statement cracked me up and is so 3 year old her.

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  3. No line ups here but I do expect that to change at some point.

    Sweet email from your granddaughter.

    God bless.

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    1. Every trip to the grocery or drug store is a new reality and adventure now isn't it.

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  4. Oh, that PRECIOUS email! And TWO 'I love yous' before she got to the nail polish! :)

    We live only about a mile from our daughter and her family, but we will be distancing from them as a) they are a fairly large-ish family with teenagers to 21 year olds who think they are invincible and not taking things as seriously as make us comfortable; and b) oldest grandson is splitting time between their house and his biological mom's (who lives right across the street from them...I know...kinda weird huh?) and bio mom is a nurse so out in the ranks daily. I miss them...as much as one can miss teenagers. :) I'll trade ya one for a 3 year old! LOL

    What a great idea to send pup care instructions proactively!

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    1. It is so hard to not see our family in person isn't it? Teenagers at least have the attention span to carry on a conversation if you can get them to hold still! The breathlessness of that email documented message from her tickled me so much

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  5. What a sweet e-mail from your grand-daugther and her other grandmother is special for helping her send it.

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