Wednesday, March 18, 2020
I have been seeing the best in people and the worst of people this week. The news has reported that several charities have had more people apply to volunteer during the past few weeks. I am going to guess most of those new volunteers are the newly laid off, and I applaud them for taking their unwanted time off and using it for a productive cause. There is a good chance many of these volunteers will need charity services before this coronavirus situation is resolved.
Today was nearly 60 degrees so I took my seven-year-old, Mika, to our local park to run around for a while. We stopped along the way to record a video for her YouTube channel. Someone put an “eating animals” sticker on a stop sign along our route. Mika thought it was so cool and wanted to share it with the world. I do not have the heart to tell her it is vandalism, especially since I think the sign is cool also.
Across the street from the stop sign, a man was sitting with a skateboard. We chatted across the street from each other for a couple of minutes. He said he was going to show his daughter a fifty-year-old man could still skateboard. After we finished filming, an SUV pulled up to the stop sign. I motioned to the driver to go ahead of us and she started around the corner and then stopped. She rolled down her passenger window, so I rolled to the truck. She told me she was headed to the grocery store and asked if I needed any items. I thanked her and told her I have someone to shop for me.
I wished her luck finding what she wanted from the grocery store as I considered one of the actions which show the worst in people. I do not understand the empty shelves in grocery stores. I wonder if people are buying two years’ worth of supplies instead of two weeks’ worth of supplies. Fortunately, we have some toilet paper in the house, but I wonder if we will be able to buy any toilet paper three weeks from now.
I am hoping milk is available again this weekend since I drink so much of it. I expect my significant other, Donald, will once again face empty shelves for many of the items we wish to purchase this weekend. I know some areas are limiting numbers of items per purchase. I am pretty sure people are treating those limits like Black Friday limits. Everyone in the family goes in individually to purchase the maximum amount available, so they can get more. When I bought my first Black Friday purchase in high school, my three younger brother and sisters bought the same deal I did. It was candy bars that we did not share with one another, so I do not feel too bad about that one -- it truly was four individual purchases.
Last night, I heard the one story that has made me really wonder about humanity. Local gun shops are experiencing a much higher level of gun and ammunition purchases. I would like to think that anyone who has the money to purchase a gun would not be going to their neighbor’s house with a gun to steal their toilet paper and eggs or keep people away from their property, but I am not quite convinced.
On a lighter note, Mika and I had a good time at the playground. Just as our trip on Monday, there were not any other children in the park. There were four young adults talking and riding skateboards on the basketball court, so I told Mika to play elsewhere. We brought a NERF dart gun and Mika shot at a tree, she has pretty good aim. She had a long swing and then we went home.
My piece of advice to you is to ask people how they are doing and what they need. If my neighbor told me they were out of toilet paper and I only had two remaining rolls, I would give them one, perhaps both. Please quit thinking guns are a solution to the coronavirus issues. Knock on every door on your block or apartment building floor. Give your neighbors your number and tell them you are there for them. Your neighbors will likely reciprocate. “We don’t need no stinking” guns.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
I have been seeing the best in people and the worst of people this week. The news has reported that several charities have had more people apply to volunteer during the past few weeks. I am going to guess most of those new volunteers are the newly laid off, and I applaud them for taking their unwanted time off and using it for a productive cause. There is a good chance many of these volunteers will need charity services before this coronavirus situation is resolved.
Today was nearly 60 degrees so I took my seven-year-old, Mika, to our local park to run around for a while. We stopped along the way to record a video for her YouTube channel. Someone put an “eating animals” sticker on a stop sign along our route. Mika thought it was so cool and wanted to share it with the world. I do not have the heart to tell her it is vandalism, especially since I think the sign is cool also.
Across the street from the stop sign, a man was sitting with a skateboard. We chatted across the street from each other for a couple of minutes. He said he was going to show his daughter a fifty-year-old man could still skateboard. After we finished filming, an SUV pulled up to the stop sign. I motioned to the driver to go ahead of us and she started around the corner and then stopped. She rolled down her passenger window, so I rolled to the truck. She told me she was headed to the grocery store and asked if I needed any items. I thanked her and told her I have someone to shop for me.
I wished her luck finding what she wanted from the grocery store as I considered one of the actions which show the worst in people. I do not understand the empty shelves in grocery stores. I wonder if people are buying two years’ worth of supplies instead of two weeks’ worth of supplies. Fortunately, we have some toilet paper in the house, but I wonder if we will be able to buy any toilet paper three weeks from now.
I am hoping milk is available again this weekend since I drink so much of it. I expect my significant other, Donald, will once again face empty shelves for many of the items we wish to purchase this weekend. I know some areas are limiting numbers of items per purchase. I am pretty sure people are treating those limits like Black Friday limits. Everyone in the family goes in individually to purchase the maximum amount available, so they can get more. When I bought my first Black Friday purchase in high school, my three younger brother and sisters bought the same deal I did. It was candy bars that we did not share with one another, so I do not feel too bad about that one -- it truly was four individual purchases.
Last night, I heard the one story that has made me really wonder about humanity. Local gun shops are experiencing a much higher level of gun and ammunition purchases. I would like to think that anyone who has the money to purchase a gun would not be going to their neighbor’s house with a gun to steal their toilet paper and eggs or keep people away from their property, but I am not quite convinced.
On a lighter note, Mika and I had a good time at the playground. Just as our trip on Monday, there were not any other children in the park. There were four young adults talking and riding skateboards on the basketball court, so I told Mika to play elsewhere. We brought a NERF dart gun and Mika shot at a tree, she has pretty good aim. She had a long swing and then we went home.
My piece of advice to you is to ask people how they are doing and what they need. If my neighbor told me they were out of toilet paper and I only had two remaining rolls, I would give them one, perhaps both. Please quit thinking guns are a solution to the coronavirus issues. Knock on every door on your block or apartment building floor. Give your neighbors your number and tell them you are there for them. Your neighbors will likely reciprocate. “We don’t need no stinking” guns.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.