Good Evening everyone and TGIF, hope everyone is doing well and has big weekend plans. I see here in my fair city Of Boston the curfew has now been extended to 9Pm from a previous 8Pm.  I personally don’t know if anyone is paying attention to these curfew mandates but I can tell you I can’t remember when I have been out of the house after 7pm, maybe yesterday when I walked down to Smoke Shop to pick up our BBQ for dinner, and I only saw one other person on the street. I mean where are you going to go?  The supermarkets all close by 7, the take out places are all done by 8pm, and God knows all the bars are closed, so home is where I will be with the rest of Bostonians. I am sure there are some out there that are hosting some house parties and breaking the rules, but I hope you are keeping 6 feet apart and wearing your masks. We are in a routine here, I do all the cooking and my roommate does all the dishes. Today I came home to a clean house, as Techie decide he would do a cleanup since I have been leaving the house to go to work, the last few weeks.  I know it is only one big room and one bathroom, but you really need to get at all those hard to reach spaces, under the tables with all the dust kitties, the dining table which now serves as both a spot for meals and the other half Techies computer and office. Good thing it is a nice big table, but some nights I want it cleared, so I don’t feel like we are eating at our desks at work. Roomie is really good he puts it all the bench or chair and tucks it under the table, almost like a roll top desk, all good. Today I got up and out of the house very early as I found that a Costco was having senior hours at 8am, and was much psyched to find out about this, as not all locations are doing this time frame. Honestly I felt like royalty when I strolled right in the door with no line, and greeted by a young man who asked if he could sanitize and wipe down my cart. Now here is the thing I know they are open for essentials, and the theory is that is what we should all be shopping for when we venture out but I immediately find myself drifting as I walk around the bins. They had all kinds of clothes stacked up for the browsing and Kirkland is my favorite designer label, I found myself distracted from my mission of Clorox wipes, hand sanitizers, Tp and paper towels. Kuddos to Costco as they had a nice big sign on the way in of what they were out of. TP, and limit on the chlorax wipes and meats, sounds a bit weird doesn’t it?  Makes you kind of wonder what are people doing with the Clorox and the meat?  Anyway I was shocked to see so many of the elderly out and about in a food warehouse and somewhere pushing their walkers. I haven’t been in one since February and quite frankly was a bit leery of even going in but was pleasantly surprised to find it very empty and as it turns out when I was in the parking lot the lady next to me asked me how I got in and out so fast, she was surprised they opened an hour earlier than she thought. I told her let it be our little secret.  It just wasn’t the same as I always like to go when they are giving out all those free samples and if you time it right that for sure is lunch or dinner, now it is doubtful we will ever see Chez Costco operating anytime soon, just another casualty of Corona.  They did however have their Pizza and hot dog counter open, not many takers at that hour of the morning. I did get one of my Clorox wipes taken away at check out as I didn’t pay attention to the limits on certain items. I do believe the young lady at checkout was chastising me in a very polite way, but seriously it’s not like I was trying to sneak some extra booze it is Clorox. But as we all know these paper goods and sanitizers are now the bitcoin of this pandemic and can be part of an underground trade. I seriously thought the TP thing was over, but I did hear sighs of disappointment today at Costco when they found there was no TP. Cheer up even the CVS has it now as well as Trader Joes, although I am sure I would rather not use theirs, I don’t know why just got a bad feeling about it. Well I provisioned my cart with all the main staples and delivered them out to World Headquarters, the shelves were bare as it has been almost three months since I restocked the Snack kitchen. We are not Google or Facebook but we do offer some of the best free snacks. We have plenty of Ramen noodles, Ritz crackers, Mini brownies, Mac and cheese, Doritos and string cheese. I do entertain requests and when the marketing team is in house I get almonds, and seaweed crackers. I noticed today that no one has broken into their stash and as I surprise I got them some ice cream bars and don’t know long that will be before someone opens the freezer. Usually all the good stuff disappears in a few days but we do have a lot smaller crew on site so I give it a week. Seriously it is hard to compete in today’s environment of the High tech companies providing all free meals, laundry pick up, happy hour with a stocked bar of beer and wine.  Luckily we love the Ramen noodles all year and sometimes some mini frozen pizzas. Doing our part to stay competitive, and now most of those other offices aren’t even seeing any people since they are all working from home, so I guess we could add this to a list of our benefits package? These people are essential as they have to stage for deliveries, and receive the goods just can’t be done from home and we appreciate them very much. This Corona Derby 2020 was sent by a friend tonight and I think it pretty much sums it up as to what is next.

Just sayin…