It’s sunny and windy on this first Saturday in May. A whole week of the month has come and gone, most of it in absolutely gorgeous weather. Lots of sunshine and high temperatures, and also wind, which is blowing on this weekend morning.
Because I did a large number of loads of laundry on Friday, I have only the towels to wash this morning. For two years now, during the pandemic, I have been washing towels twice a week, on the same days I wash my hair and clean the bathrooms. The protocol has worked well for us, helping to keep us virus-free, so I persist.
While vacuuming on Friday, Terry discovered that Dyson’s brush was not turning when he was doing the carpet. He packed it up and took it off to the vacuum cleaner repair shop. Yes, we have one of those in the city. Terry has used it for decades, keeping our vacuums going far longer than expected.
Before the vacuuming and laundry chores, we went to get our second COVID booster at CVS Pharmacy. Although our two original vaccines were given through our medical provider, the boosters had to be administered at a pharmacy. Setting up the appointments, online, takes so long, but I persevered and we got appointments at the day and time I wanted, which hasn’t always been the case for these COVID shots. I’m thinking the demand has drastically dropped. Two years ago we were so anxious for these vaccines to be developed. A year ago people were lining up to get vaccinated. Now, not so much. Our city has only a 57.8% vaccination rate. Our daughter’s city in the Bay Area is around 89%. It makes me despair.
For the first time in over two years, Terry and I went grocery shopping TOGETHER, after getting our vaccines. The pharmacy is next door to a very fancy, precious, high-end grocery store. I have friends, who for years have told me I should shop there as it’s in our “neck-of-the-woods.” Because I shop so much at Whole Foods, I had always declined, thinking I was shopping at a similar store that carried many of the same things. Over the past two years, though, what with the pandemic and supply chain issues, that has changed. As you may know, Whole Foods is now owned by Amazon, which I do not use at all. Our daughter says I am one of the three people in the world who is not an Amazon devotee.
The Precious Foods Store, as I call it, is locally owned, and I was quite surprised to find so many locally produced products that Whole Foods no longer carries. The store is immaculate. The shelves well stocked. Employees every where and very helpful. The distance to Whole Foods and Precious Foods is similar, so, I guess I’m going to finally listen to my friends and shop at both.
I had an observer in one of my storytelling sessions this week, an older woman who is coming on next year as a resiliency coach. She had a good time with the first grade class who was well-behaved and then stayed for the teacher’s birthday party. One of the parents had brought cupcakes for us all to partake. This was a first in my eight years of storytelling. I enjoyed being a part of a birthday party and celebrating the teacher. I had left boxes of See’s Candy in all of the teacher’s mailboxes the day before for Teacher Appreciation Week. There are only three more weeks at Columbia. This year has passed in a blur. Life goes too fast.
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