This morning, I got dressed…
Put on boots.
Put on coat.
Put on hat and gloves.
Took car keys.
Got in car. Drove.
Looked for parking on a side street.
Found parking on a frozen snowbank.
Parked.
Left car.
Remembered to lock car.
Walked to store.
Stepped just inside the automatic door when I realized…
I forgot the mask.
Stepped back outside.
Searched my little baggie that is also my wallet.
Found a disposable medical mask.
Put it on.
Stepped back in store.
Blah blah blah.
When I got home, I checked the green basket for clean cloth masks.
There were none.
Checked the red basket for dirty masks.
It was full.
Filled a large bowl with water and detergent, dumped dirty masks in.
Must remember to rinse and hang up to dry.
Next I refilled my little baggie with more disposable masks because we all know this scenario will repeat itself.
The end.
I have one by the front door, but as a side note; this is an amazing time for someone with agoraphobia. One more reason for leaving the house being so scary….
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I’m sorry to hear this. But I have found that even introverted people can get fed up with the isolation…sigh. I like being home and alone but… it’s been a year. I want some life back now.
Try not to fear the virus, but instead respect it. There is a difference. 🙂
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I don’t fear the virus so much I guess, I just have additional reasons now as to why going out is a bad idea. As for isolation; I’m used to it. Even before all of this I was never with people. I escape with my writing…
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I understand.
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Many times I have got out of my car and walked to the store and realized I forgot
My mask.
It is our new norm.
Just like the previous post
I started to place face
Mask everywhere. In my car coat pockets, and purses, my kids backpacks and coat pockets as well.
This is our life now.
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It’s amazing how this thing resonates with people right across the globe. 🙂
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
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I tried to put one in every coat pocket, car, purse, backpack, briefcase, and such, still I forget! I do the same with tissues, C
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Ya…I know. 🙂
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I forgot a mask when I went to pick up food recently. My extra disposable mask stash had all been used and I had to go home to get one before going back to pick up dinner.
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I almost had to do that once bec the backup stash was empty. 🙄
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This made me smile a bit, and not because it was funny. Only because it’s so true. One of these days I’d like to see the whole face. It’s creepy only seeing the eyes.
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Thank you for reading and commenting!
I actually miss wearing lipstick…😉
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I have to wear a mask every day at work, so I keep them all in a plastics shoebox in my car. My Achilles heel is remembering to keep one by the front door. I just throw all of them in a lingerie bag and wash with everything, but air dry. Hopefully this is over soon. I’m done.
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I heard there’s a third variant in Toronto now, from Brazil. They’re estimating years before it burns out…masks are in our immediate future, unfortunately. Sigh.
Thank you for reading and commenting. 💙
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Years… wow. I wonder when I will be able to lip read again. Rarely felt as disabled with my hearing loss as I feel right now. Hearing technology helps, but it’s a little bit weird/cumbersome to slide a remote microphone under the plexiglass or hold it towards every person (stranger/cashier/yni) I want to talk to.
I had to laugh so much at “Remembered to lock the car.” Since we have remote keys, this is a frequent one for me. 😀 I also can’t count the times nice folks in the parking lot would tell me “You left your rooftop window open.”
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I hear you on the hearing loss thing. I struggle with that too. But I think masks are in our future for a while…
Hang in there.
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I like how you wrote that recount of your trip to the store. Short and sweet, and everything everyone is going through.
I do like the analogy to the requirement of seatbelts. Even about ten years ago, my momma was refusing to click her belt. She’d put it over herself like it was on, but it wasn’t.
Now she clicks it. And she was one of the first ones to wear a mask without complaining.
One never knows the things anyone will want to rebel against or adhere to for safety’s sake.
Because I can’t handle one more thing to do these days, I do wear disposable masks. Once we get moved and settled, I will consider cloth ones – one to match every outfit I own. Exactly – one of the main reasons I don’t do it now. Lol.
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I find the clothe ones more comfortable. Nothing but respect for people in professions required to wear the medical masks all day..ugh.
But I will wear them in a pinch. 🙂
Thank you for reading and commenting. ❤️
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Yeah…
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You’re speaking for all of us here. I like a challenge, but…
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I think we’ve all done that
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I really don’t know why this happened. It’s so routine for me to grab wallet, keys, mask… it’s not hard. 😀 I don’t know what happened that morning.
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It certainly should be routine by now, but I still manage to forget on occasion.
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I keep one in the glove box of the car now, for just this scenario!!
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I know, right? I keep a baggie there with some too.
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I occasionally get almost to the door of a store and realize I’m maskless. I might as well be naked!
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It’s weird isn’t it.
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It is. On the other hand I’ve started to search for my mask before getting out of the car only to realize it’s still on my face from my last outing.
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Yeah that happens to me! Like those damn reading glasses on top of my head. 😀
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Or looking for the phone as I’m talking on it.
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lol!
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Sorry for all the typos! Fat fingers.
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I fixed them.
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Hmmmmm😌most time I do forget to go out with mine nose mask and it can be stressful 😌
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Yes… It’s by-law here to enter stores with masks on.
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☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️ too stressful for me☺️☺️☺️☺️
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I scatter masks all over the place, in coat pockets, in the car – just in case. Sadly others are bothering.
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Stores here are enforcing masks. Can’t go in without one. Haven’t seen anyone try but I’m sure there are some…
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I went grocery shopping today and sadly, it appears that people are increasingly forgoing masks now. The majority still wear them, but I saw a bunch who did not. A month ago, compliance was 100%.
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It’s still a by-law here…
There is a Brasilian variant spreading now on top of the South African and UK ones, much more contagious (if you believe the talking heads, which is getting more difficult to do with all the inconsistencies). Spreading exponentially. This isn’t over.
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It’s only on quick car trips that I forget. I always remember when I walk to the corner market, or when I have to do groceries or the doctor’s office, but a quick trip to the bank, or to get gas, or the laundromat… I forget. I don’t wear one when driving Daughter to or from work, and I guess those other quick trips seem similar in my mind… no people-y interactions.
I have masks in my wallet, in my glove compartment… I think we’ve all learned to stash them everywhere.
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I take one in the car too. What if we get stopped or need gas? It’s all so complicated now.
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I keep thinking of it like the seat belt law. It will eventually become habit. I think they’re going to be around for a long time. And honestly, people with colds/coughs should wear them in public even after “herd immunity” or whatever. It’s courteous to keep your kooties to yourself 😉💕🌻
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My thoughts too. On transit, in schools… if you’re getting a cold stay home or put on a mask.
I wonder if paid sick leave will finally become a real thing.
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new norm
new form
do not lock keys misery
or leave lights
on or listen to cd
in off mode
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I look forward to the day when a mask isn’t all the time necessary. Although, I have heard that there are fewer flu cases this season. I think in the future it would be best to have a mask handy if you find yourself in crowd with people coughing.
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Agreed. Mask readiness might be around a while…keep them handy just in case.
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