COVID-19 Check-in Thread

[Inquisitive Raven]

Jeans are getting tighter. It's not the virus that's weighing down my breathing.

I know this feeling. I've been out of the house three times this past week, the most I've been out since the mayor first issued his shelter-in-place order. Thursday, I went to pick up a couple of orders, one at Staples, and one at Home Depot. The Home Depot is next to Walmart, so I considered doing some shopping there, and then I saw the line. I decided to go home instead.

Friday, I tried to go to the post office:

Having already left the house, I decided that rather than waste the effort, I'd go to a nearby supermarket to get some necessary shopping done. Besides, they have an ATM for my bank and I needed to make a deposit.

Yesterday, I made a point of getting out early enough actually get my package mailed. I  thought about going to Walmart but decided that if the line was anything like it was Thursday, it wouldn't be worth the effort.

I should note here that part of my calculus re: Walmart is based on the fact that the local transit authority has cancelled (I estimate) around 75% percent of its bus routes for the duration of the lockdown and where I used to be able to catch a bus to Walmart less than a block from my home, I now have to walk several blocks. Also, before the transit authority pruned the routes, the buses were carrying few enough passengers for social distancing to work. Now, not so much.