The troops are here and they got actually organized about grockery lists last night. Me and my mouse took Cygnus in to Meijer early this morning to stock up. She drove. She also has a (gorgeous orange) Crosstrek but it’s a few years older than my new one and is a stick shift (her choice) so she was curious about how mine might be different. They are different but they are both beautiful and sweet vee-hickles.

Power shop? Yes. It was almost like shopping with Uber Kayak Woman. Each of us grabbed a small cart and divvied up the list (on our iPhone Notes app). I ended up with dairy and pantry and I was supposed to do meat (which was a couple of minor things like sliced lunch turkey and bacon). I did fine with dairy and pantry but totally forgot meat but my mouse was on the ball so we came home with most of what we needed.

Here we are loading up Cygnus with our two carts. How much did we spend? You do not want to know. I was having a mild panic attack about how loaded up the refrigimatator would be but my beach urchins totally took care of that and it’s all okay.

And then… And then… The other lizardy type beach urchin CLEANED THE BATHROOM. I mean REALLY CLEANED it. Including pulling all the gross slimy hair outta that shower drain and replacing the moldy shower curtain that I guess I have been ignoring all these years. 10 maybe? I do actually clean the bathroom and the terlet was pronounced clean enough that it didn’t need to be scrubbed today. Whew!

Some mothers of adult children might be insulted about their kids offering to help with this kind of stuff. I am grateful for the help, especially as I continue to baby step my way out of a year of pandemic isolation. I know how to cook for crowds and clean bathrooms and organize overcrowded refrigimatators but I feel a bit diminished. I’ll get my mojo back. I am loving that my daughters and their second cousin are here tonight.

And as we all SHOULD know, the pandemic is NOT finished. Sigh. WE BOTH MASKED TODAY. PLEASE DO THE SAME. AND VAX YOURSELF IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY.

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