feeling lucky

[susandennis]

About an hour ago I got a text that my Safeway order was on its way and here's a link saying it would be here in 51 minutes. Hmmm could this be the Safeco order that I canceled? Well, this is awkward.

I hit the panic button and then changed my mind. No big deal. Oh wait. Here's the email saying they canceled it. And there's no order listed under my account on their site. And, so what? I wanted the stuff to start with so I'll just take in the order and tweak the QFC order I'm picking up tomorrow.

And then, 51 minutes later, the link went from almost here to LINK EXPIRED. The whole delivery was a hoax. Wonder if Driver Tom Armstrong is real?

Oh well.

Between Twitter and LJ and Reddit, I'm becoming more and more aware of people ill suited to this stay at home order. I mean I know it's been horrible for most people economically but I did not really focus on the damage that the isolation would do to some. Being by myself has always been my own go to. My Mom used to punish my brother and sister by sending them to their rooms. It never worked on me because I loved being in my room by myself with no one wanting to talk to me. I still do.

If I had to lay out a cash bet, I'd say that we'll (we being old people with lung issues particularly) will be stuck in isolation - don't go anywhere where they might be people - until mid-May and likely beyond. And, really, I'm ok with that. Yes, I'd like to swim again. And yes, it would be handy to pop out to the store to pick up whatever. But, if I can't, no big deal really.

But, I'm reading that this is not the case with many. People are suffering without other people. I'm sorry and I hope they get their people back soon.

My big issue here is finding the Eufy. He's so quiet. I can't tell if he's running or stuck and when he's stuck, I can't find him. But, just now,msconduct solved the problem!

I have some Tiles here that I don't use any more. You can click on them in their app and they beep. So I can just slap one on the top of Eufy and lost no more.

I should put another one on Biggie's neck. Sometimes I lose him but mostly it would crack me up to make him beep.

Comments

[timbear.livejournal.com]

Now I have an image of Biggie jumping around wondering where the noise is coming from.

[susandennis]

so no need for video cause that's exactly what he dies when it goes off. poor guy. i took it off his collar. i need to quit messing with him.

[yesthatjill.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest a tile! We did that for the dumber roomba- he loses battery life really quickly, and tends to finish off his power under a bed or the bookshelves.

[susandennis]

they should really build that into these things!

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

How cool that you actually had some Tiles right to hand! I don't have any but I researched them once and they hunted me ruthlessly with ads after that which clearly worked:).

+1 on finding other people are much more affected by the lockdown than me. It's almost business as usual as far as I'm concerned, but my mother is really struggling. She's realising she's not quite as introverted as she thought.

[susandennis]

i bought them a year or so ago when they were on sale for cheap and then i never really found a good use for them... until now!

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

I can pretty much still do what I want other than go to the gym but I have friends with small businesses who are doing their damnedest to keep their heads above water. This has to end for many to survive.

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of a Tile to help find Biggie at any moment.

[fansee.livejournal.com]

I'm 82 and a well-controlled diabetic. I expect to self-quarantine well into 2021, or until after I've gotten the Covid-19 vaccine. FanSee

[susandennis]

Smart. But, you have places you can go in your own building that seem safer than just random public places so that's good. it's a wild time.

[nay darkow (from livejournal.com)]

The only thing I'm missing is sometimes going out to eat i mostly stay home anyway i have to use a wheelchair when i go out

[susandennis]

we're lucky... we have the stay at home chops!

[howeird]

Safeco? Oh, you mean Safeway. Never mind.
;-)
That meal looks Hawaiian. Is it?

[susandennis]

oops thanks fixed and no idea about whether or not it's Hawaiian. I do know it was delicious.

[dadi.livejournal.com]

We are kindred minds. I so love and appreciate this not having to be with other people (and same as you never saw the "go to your room!" as a punishment when I was a kid.
I do try to tell my extroverted, whining friends that what they are suffering now is what I suffered before, when I was forced to participate in endless birthday bashes and after-work-drinks. They don't understand.

[maju01.livejournal.com]

This stay-at-home life is my normal life except for two immediate things: I'd love to be able to just go grocery shopping without worrying about whether I'll be able to get everything I need and without having to worry about how close other people are getting to me, and similarly, I'd love to be able to go out walking without being paranoid about how many people are passing me too closely.

[alice-mccoy.livejournal.com]

I had to look up "Tiles" I was unaware of the brand. My husband says he once worked with a firm who had made the lawnmower equivalent of a Roomba, it had an equivalent of a Tile on it. When this lawnmower was stolen there was an alarm triggered when it went out of range so people went searching. There was a very plantive beep heard from the ornamental lake :)

I am not keen on the Internet of things, but would like a Tile on my cat unfortunately he will not wear a collar.

Glad the shopping is coming together Susan and the car worked easily.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

The vast majority of the people I talk to are bored stiff by staying at home, even if they aren't also having worsening problems with things like anxiety or depression.

Me, I am not bored and I have no problem with staying at home on a day-to-day basis but the idea of never getting to go anywhere to do fun things again for what might be years is not bearable. I need things to look forward to.