sam.fitzpatrick

I had an emergency today when I decided it was too warm for coffee in the morning and decided to have a diet Coke. The when I had my lunchtime diet Coke, the refrigerator was bare. As soon as I finished my last conference call I dashed to the grocery. While I was there, I noticed all of the employees were wearing masks; however, I was the only one of ten customers I saw that was wearing one. I didn't expect that everyone would be masked, but I was surprised that I was the only customer.

It is for these guys that all of my purchases have those silly warnings: Do not place children in the dryer, plastic bags should not be placed over your head, and remove from wrapper before eating. I'm guessing that within five years, these two guys will be nominated for Darwin Awards.

I'm in the same boat. Although they opened three weeks ago, my barbershop is by appointment only and the first time I could get with my guy is this coming Friday. Haircut only - beard will not be touched.

Other than using hand sanitizer before the massage, none during the massage. And I showered before leaving.

I got a message there last week. It was a great relaxing massage and I'm sure I will be back within a month.

After two months of working from home and not having good seating for 8 hours in front of the computer, my lower back finally told me I needed to roll the dice and get a massage. It felt so good to get those knots worked on. I'm now 10 days after the message and not detecting any COVID-19 symptoms.

Last night I got a little sweet tooth, so I did my grocery shopping in the evening rather than waiting for this morning. I chose to go to Giant Eagle and I have to admit, it felt 'empty.' While there were other customers in the store, no one was really talking. At 5:00 p.m., the produce department was lightly stocked; I got the last head of lettuce. The prepared meat section had sufficient ground meat choices - - lamb, pork, turkey, chicken, beef, bison - - but few of the finer cuts other than family sized packaging such as 8 pork chops. The store was quiet with no one talking. I couldn't wait to get out of there.

The only time I've received a HE at a spa was when I was clearly hard when I rolled over.

Is this the guy? https://www.adam4adam.com/profile/view/BiggGunnss

When I went to Meijer today, I felt that fewer customers were wearing masks today. I also noticed that the X's on the floor were replaced with lines to show were to separate at the cashier's lines, along with more signage about keeping distance. Another change, although the deli has been open the whole time to slice meat and cheese, the side dishes like potato salad and cole slaw had been pre-packaged the last two months. It was not today and the deli was fully service. The butcher counter is still closed with more packaged meats in the coolers. Perhaps a sign of things beginning the slow return to normalcy.

I've done some in calls and never had a problem. With local guys, it seems to be a roll of the dice how comfortable I will be in their residences. When I'm hosting, I do take extra care to make sure things are clean and tidy. (Maybe scheduling something soon will help motive me to do the spring cleaning.)

What makes you think I'm settling for room for two?

I'm thinking of removing the jetted tub in my master and expanding my shower. If I do so, the shower would include a bench.

When I was decorating my condo, the decorator hired the handyman to install the window treatments and lights. I did not complain when he asked me to spot him while he was installing the light fixture in the living room. As he reached overhead, his waistline dipped enough to confirm he was commando - - and I did nothing.

With the inability to guarantee continuing operations, the businesses would not qualify for the debt forgiveness provisions under PPP. The attestation that the business owners must execute has many small businesses choosing not to take the PPP as they realize that they must return to previous employment levels to receive full debt forgiveness, and with the uncertainty of returning business, owners are not confident they can maintain pre-Covid employment levels.

Today I had my quarterly checkup to continue my Truvada prescription. As part of the check up I was asked about my sexual activity since my last check up. Since I've been under stay at home orders for over two months, it was a short conversation. After finishing my background, my physician pointed out that by the end of this week, I will have passed 90 days since my last sexual partner and asked if I had considered donating blood as I would be eligible. I hadn't given it any thoughts. For years, before I was enjoying same sex encounters, I was a regular donor. Haven't decided what I will do yet, but just might make an appointment to donate next week. Has anyone else taken the opportunity to donate due to extended abstinence?

My cleaning service was providing someone every other week. With the work from home orders, and the confidential nature of some of my business phone calls, I haven't felt it appropriate to have someone in to potentially overhear the calls. Since I canceled with only 24 hours notice the first week, I made arrangements to pay the cleaner scheduled for my place then. But I have not been paying since then.

One of the side effects of my new 'work from home' mandate is now I am eating every meal from home. I usually eat lunch from the cafeteria, eat dinner out a couple of times during the week, and again once during the weekend. As such, I'm not doing a great job of once a week grocery shopping and have probably been 'overbuying.' This morning, I did an inventory of the refrigerator before heading out. I discovered a bag of baby spinach that I had forgotten about buying and I hadn't eaten all of the blueberries I bought last week because they were BOGO. And I didn't use all of the red, yellow, and green peppers. I decided today to try more frozen dinners, so hopefully I will have less waste.

I will plan to be there.

At the store there was a Big X by the register for me to stand on... I've seen to many Road Runner cartoons to fall for that one.

Welcome to 'active' membership of the Forum @wsc.

I understand that the chain is following the state-specific guidelines. There are some states where they are requiring all to wear them. I will say that yesterday, all employees I saw were wearing masks.

Today I went to the Meijer I've been primarily using since the start of 'stay at home' order. I pulled into the parking lot at my normal time and was surprised to see the parking lot pretty full, reminding me of a typical morning of Dec 24 crowd at the grocery. I realized as I walked in, it might not be quite as full as it appeared many cars were also practicing social distancing. I only needed a few items today, as my build up of frozen options is still full, so I only focused on perishables - milk, meat, blueberries, bread, and ice cream. (Yes, ice cream does not last long in my condo, so it is a perishable.) I made my quick trip through a couple of aisles and was surprised to get the self-check registers to discover there was actually a line. At least 10 in front of me for the six registers. As I'm standing there, it dawns on me while it is so crowded. More than half of the customers ahead of me have flowers and Mother's Day cards. So while not Christmas Eve, it is tomorrow's holiday and something folks appear excited to be able celebrate.

@purplekow - You've been sharing your heartfelt journey the last few weeks, and I have appreciated it. Today one of my childhood and college friends, an ER physician in Indianapolis, posted this article on Facebook. You and Dr. Profeta are the only folks I know working emergency medicine, so I thought I would share perspectives. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-america-saved-us-from-covid-19-louis-m-profeta-md/?fbclid=IwAR1Q_U7DSnkdF07PGh4BHmlXqA2JoN2PEHBw_dCJUphgrzObKs7PRz3sw_E

At my office, the plan will be to gradually return the team to work over the next 90 days with most of the team still working from home each day. While masks would be requested, accommodations will be considered for those that express concerns about wearing one. Refrigerators and microwaves can be used, but you are expected to clean the microwave after using. And you will need to wipe down the copier/printer if you use it. And elevators will be limited to two concurrent riders. Fortunately we already have dividers between urinals in the men's room. However, if there is a line, it needs to be outside the rest room at the six feet distance. (It seems in my area of the office, we must all be on the same meeting schedule and have meetings wrap up and we all sprint to the men's room at the same time so there is always a line at the top of the hour.)