After all, life was not made up of moments of exaltation, but of quite ordinary, everyday things

So we ventured out to replenish our Mexican ingredients because in this house running out of taco seasoning, refried beans, Spanish rice, and tortilla shells is a very, very bad thing.

Now that the state is fully open, Walmart has just given up, not that they were doing very much before.

They do have masks and sneeze guards up, but that's about it.

I never thought I'd see the day that Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer would make me deliriously happy, but yep, they did.

I found the store brand of wipes. 
They actually had a full shelf of those.

I found a big thing of hand sanitizer and a personal size. 
I got the last big bottle, but there were still at least three personal sized ones on the shelf.

I’m not trying to hoard, but we use it constantly.

I also found one can of generic spray Lysol.
No one wanted it because the lid is busted, but we bust our lids all the time and have developed a way to keep on spraying.

It’s been a very long time since Jefferson City Walmart had any, and I almost missed these. 
They were already nearly gone when I got to the store.

I haven't seen any of these since early March.

We had a brief moment of panic in the hunting department: Badger has to have a fishing license this year, and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency refused to issue her a license.

I was starting to wonder if our little joke about adopting her from Russia was really a joke.

They kept putting her birth date down wrong, 12th instead of 11th, and no, there isn’t a person born on 9 12 02 with her name and Social Security number.

She's legal again, I think.

We went to Food City.
We haven't been to Food City since March.
They were already more expensive than Walmart, but since COVID 19, they’ve easily tripled their prices.
We found a tiny bottle of hand sanitizer, and I mean tiny. 
Usually, they’re only maybe $2.00. 
Food City had them going for $5.00.
They had a lot of sanitizers, but shoot, price gouging, I guess.
The bottle I bought at Walmart for $5.00 was selling for $45 there, and that's no exaggeration.

The only thing less expensive is TV dinners, and that’s mostly what we shopped for before COVID 19.
We’ve been doing without them since COVID 19. 
We’re probably healthier for it too.

We stopped and grabbed burgers at Burger King. 
They were wearing masks and gloves today.
We eat there entirely too much. 
The cashier called me by name and told me the dining room is now open, and she’d see me tomorrow in there.

We came home, got the groceries put up, and attempted a movie and dinner in the she-shed, but it's nippy.
I don't know what the heck is up with the weather, but this is not late May type weather.
Today’s high was 73°, 22 C, at 6 pm. 
Last year it was 86°, 30 C.
That sounds wonderfully warm until you factor in the wind, and it seems like it's always windy now.

We gave up and just came inside.

Cowboy went to work early and Badger took a very long nap.

I did nothing, with just three of us here, there isn’t a lot of housework to do.
Sweeping, thanks to Mr. Duff and his habit of crushing, killing, and destroying his toys, I do have to sweep toy guts up a lot, but there isn’t much else to do.

After she woke up, we took Duff on a long walk.

I swear you could walk this thing nine to ten miles, and he’d be ready to go another twenty. 
That’s how hyper he is.

We came home and actually had a movie and supper in the she‑shed, but dad blast it, it started raining right in the middle of the show.

We don't get wet under the she-shed, but Cowboy doesn't like the electricity to be on when it's wet.

 To be honest, the lines aren't buried all that deeply.

So, back inside we went.

We just sat around and had a “Words With Friends” battle.

Every other day, Cowboy will ask me if I’ve heard from anyone, meaning his sons.

I have to tell him that no, Heron and Peacock might send me a dumb meme, and Raven will send a video of the kids occasionally, but that’s about it.

Of course, Cowboy and I are as bad. 
We send the boys dumb memes, but basically just leave them alone.

OK, let’s get off of here. 
I did not have a nap and I was up at 6:30 am, so it’s been a long day.