We are still chugging along here. We're good on supplies somehow. I use
Amazon subscribe & save to get 15% off a monthly shipment. It just so happens that my March shipment was TP and paper towels. Also dh doesn't like the cheap Scott tp so he stocked up on Charmin or whatever fluffy brand back in early March at Costco too. My April subscribe & save delivery of paper towels, Lysol spray & pistachios never happened. Other things for April like vitamins, ibuprofen did arrive so not everything is in short supply. I just happened to look at my Amazon orders and saw that paper towels are due to arrive next week and Lysol too.
woo hoo! Let the good times roll!
We also lucked out that dh bought a big pack of Clorox wipes in early March before they were hard to get. I think it had 4-5 tubs in a pack so I gave a pack to my dad. Also ds23 works at our grocery store and was able to get a small 3-pack. I gave one of those to my dad too. He has a rancher and the rooms are all in a row plus 2 long hallways to get from kitchen to his bathroom. So now he doesn't have to keep carrying 1 pack back and forth with his walker. Dh found another pack of Clorox wipes but they're made with peroxide. I don't know how well they disinfect so I'll save them for down the road when we're well past peak. I also re-discovered a tub of bleach wipes that were past their exp date so our hospital had to get rid of them. A bunch of us took them home last winter and they work but I wiped down the kitchen countertop then forgot and leaned forward against it. Real bleach (ironically not in Clorox wipes) will wreck the color in clothing so am being careful how I use them.
We are ok on food. Some things are in short supply, like fresh chicken, but we are not going hungry. Some nights grilled cheese with a can of Bush baked beans will have to do. We order take out once per week just to keep local businesses working.
My unemployment finally kicked in. Along with the federal CARES money it works out pretty close to my regular take home pay. So we are still able to put $ aside. If all goes well, I will have all of our Panama Canal cruise $ saved up by the end of May. The cruise isn't until next Feb so we'll have to wait and see what state the world is in late Oct when the balance is due.
All in all I can't complain. We are all healthy and have each other. Not everyone can say that so I am grateful. Our nurse at the breast imaging center lost her husband to covid last weekend. I am so sad for her. She is such a good person and always spoke so highly of him, though I never met him. She was scheduled to retire in Dec so this is just awful. Well it's awful to lose a spouse ANY time but I can't imagine being so close to retirement, talking about all the things you want to do together, and in a blink it's gone. That's just cruel.
Everyone take care & stay safe.