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Yesterday was one of the most exciting days we have had since this began as we all went in the car to do a family trip to Costco.
The kids and I haven’t been in a car for about a month now. It feels ridiculously exciting going in the car, like the way it used to feel before a big plane trip in the Before Times.
I found a box of plastic gloves and put them on the kids and told them not to touch anything. We went later in the afternoon because I’d read on social media there were less people and you may even find toilet paper.
We put the kids in a trolley and pushed it up the ramp. You can’t use lifts anymore. They spray disinfectant on the trolleys when you get to the entrance.
Walking into Costco makes you feel like you are in a different country. One thing that happens when your world shrinks to your apartment and the local shops is that anything outside it becomes unbelievably exciting.
Wandering round the aisles seeing things from overseas feels like having your senses heightened. You pick things up and really look at them. Then you remember you’re not supposed to touch anything and you drop them quickly.
Everywhere things are taped off and signs telling you not to touch. There are no free samples anymore. There’s nowhere to sit and eat after.
Some young people were standing near the blocked off food court eating from a paper bag. A man in a mask started yelling and told the Costco staff to move them on. They quietly put the bags away and walked back down the ramp.
That was enough of a taste of freedom for today.
The kids and I haven’t been in a car for about a month now. It feels ridiculously exciting going in the car, like the way it used to feel before a big plane trip in the Before Times.
I found a box of plastic gloves and put them on the kids and told them not to touch anything. We went later in the afternoon because I’d read on social media there were less people and you may even find toilet paper.
We put the kids in a trolley and pushed it up the ramp. You can’t use lifts anymore. They spray disinfectant on the trolleys when you get to the entrance.
Walking into Costco makes you feel like you are in a different country. One thing that happens when your world shrinks to your apartment and the local shops is that anything outside it becomes unbelievably exciting.
Wandering round the aisles seeing things from overseas feels like having your senses heightened. You pick things up and really look at them. Then you remember you’re not supposed to touch anything and you drop them quickly.
Everywhere things are taped off and signs telling you not to touch. There are no free samples anymore. There’s nowhere to sit and eat after.
Some young people were standing near the blocked off food court eating from a paper bag. A man in a mask started yelling and told the Costco staff to move them on. They quietly put the bags away and walked back down the ramp.
That was enough of a taste of freedom for today.