My
situation is tricky but not desperate - yet. A ninety eight year old
mother, six rescue cats and a tortoise who didn't want to hibernate are
wholly dependent on me for the duration of the Corona war.
Resourcefulness must be brought into play if my household is to be kept
functioning at 'normal' capacity. Here then is my CoronaWar Diary..
Rule
1 supermarkets are to be avoided*, there's more available from your
previously much maligned and ill-used corner shop. A visit to
Sainsbury's at the Willows last night amply demonstrated the point. Only
three of anything (two for the toilet rolls and #1 Hoarder items)
seemed like a good idea but most shelves were still forlornly empty and
'serving' [sic] to ratchet up the panic levels even more.
Pet
food non-existent and my shopping basket (don't bother with a trolley)
consisted of two cans of red salmon; a bottle of sunflower oil to bake
my unavailable potatoes; a six pack of white finger rolls (still
available on a daily basis - thumbs up) and two packets of basics
digestive biscuits for when we go into bunker mode.
Asda
next and a bit of luck - an employee is unpacking the pet food stocking
trolley and three boxes of Felix senior sachets are like gold dust in
my basket. Strawberries (Mum's favourite) and bananas are available but
as was the case at Sainsbury's:
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
How right you were Herman.
Up
to the Coop at St Marychurch and though a hefty £1.50, 4 pints of
skimmed milk and two chocolate eclairs (another Mum's favourite) are the
last shop of the day.
DAY 1 done and the confidence number (out of 100) is 90.
*
The reserving of the first hour for the elderly/at risk at some
supermarkets not helpful (yet) for me as I tend to be up until the early
hours most nights tending for Mum and 7am is usually when I get my head
down for three hours or so shuteye. Also not sure if queueing in close
proximity with other shoppers a good idea.