Day 3

So, strange times lead to strange actions. 

We're not wanting to stockpile but we do need food for the four of us which led to the decision that the daughter and I would get up early and make another attempt to find carbs. 

Cue alarm at 5am.

I'd asked the husband if there was anything else We needed and he'd announced I should get got cross buns. Glad someone has his priorities right...

We headed to the biggest supermarket in the area, arriving ten minutes before opening to large queue.  It was very British though, calm queuing and nobody pushing in.

Daughter and I had agreed to divide and conquer.  I'd go for hand soap and she'd go for pasta (she's younger and the pasta is the other end of the store 😁).

Turns out we can queue nicely as a nation but we can't shop nicely when we get in.  She got a couple of bags of pasta and then had to fend off adults who were trying to pull the bags out of her arms.  Luckily she's not easily intimidated and hung on to what an had. 

She was stunned by the behaviour though, nothing she'd imagined could happen. 

Next we moved into hot cross buns and the relief was palpable when we discovered the hoards were still fighting over pasta and we had a clear run through the bread aisle.  The biggest bag of rice ever completed our purchasing and we escaped the shop in under half and hour.

Slight concern in the car park we might be mugged for the rice but we had each other's back and got the goods in the car without incident.  Hunter gatherers home safe and triumphant before 7am.

What a world we currently live in...

The morning passed without incident but then a first world incident crashed around my ear at lunchtime due to the lack of pesto in the house!  Unbelievably the thoughts of basic staple food items had pushed aside my requirements for pesto for my favourite lunch (home made bruschetta).

Luckily the kids saved the day with a quick trip to the local store and equilibrium was restored, pesto was located and purchased 😂😂.

The stress took its toll though and the exhaustion of an early morning and the thought of a pesto free lunch led to an afternoon nap whilst the son did his lessons 😉😉.

Being on day 4!