So as I mentioned in my last post I tested positive for Covid19. That means self-isolation for 10 days.Now I 100% believe that I am a false positive, but it postponed my surgery anyway. Every person I personally knew that I was in contact with took the rapid test and was negative. As I told my brother yesterday, I could test 100 times and I'll always be positive. I'm certain of it. (CVS has an at home test now.)
The last time this happened, back in January, I had a fridge full of food and a freezer full as well. I've been actively reducing my inventory. Partly because I'm trying to change the way I eat.Partly because o the way Pat eats. She eats very little. And very specific things. I had made some meals ahead for after surgery. We'll eat those up, because June food is much lighter.
Friends and family members have offered to pick me up food.a and I would have taken them up on that. But the day after I found out, was grocery day and the cupboards were bare. I can't ask someone to do that much shopping. One bag full is enough.
As I mentioned in the last post I tried Rednor's and ended up missing items. The fee was $4.95 and the first order was supposed to be free but they charged me,and I had no where to put my store card number in so I didn't get any sale prices. But all that didn't bother me much. The 15 plastic bags did.During Earth Week no less. Yikes. I won't have to beg for plastic bags for a long time. In addition, the staff member knocked on my window to tell me something. Not quite contactless. I chose Rednor's because I couldn't figure out Giant. My colleague told me the trick and that they used paper bags.
Right before class yesterday I had my list and Sharon's, and was fairly confident it would be at least $30. That's the minimum. I signed into Giant (a critical step), and I easily found the navigation.They too were broken down by departments, but when you clicked on dairy, for example, there was a search bar. So instead of searing thru the entire dairy aisle for Sharon's Half and Half, I just wrote in Half and Half and got the choices. Much easier. Plus when you clicked on Dairy, all the sale items were listed first.
I could also sign up for text alerts when my order was ready. And it asked my the style and color of my car. I picked grey sedan. Again, I had to choose a time slot. It went much quicker than the first time, but I was at $28 and I had to leave for class. I didn't see a save button. I was sure it would vanish when I returned. It didn't. After class it was still all there so I added one more item and went to check out. It wouldn't take my card. I think I left it sit too long. Knowing full well that everything would be lost, I logged out and logged back in. I got a message that said it would take a minute to reload my order. It was still there. And it took my card.
This morning my slot was 8-9 am. At 7:30 I received a text to let them know when I was OMW. What is OMW? It took me a minute to figure out that was on my way. When I did that, I got another text HERE. I parkedin the special spot, replied HERE and it replied they'd be outin a few minutes. It was maybe three minutes before I saw her coming across the lot
The website said 100% contactless, you showed ID thru the window. I had my ID ready and the associate was doing charades. She wanted me to roll down my window. Duck. I put on my mask, my shield, and I opened the window partly. She had a clipboard and asked if that was me. I couldn't see it. It was in about 6 point type and I had a stupid shield on looking into the sun. I said Gayle Hendricks. Then she told me about a substitution.
Now really, I was well protected, and it was about 30 seconds but that is not 100% contactless.
Verdict. If I have to shop again online I'd probably go with Giant. I haven't tried any of the other stores yet. If for nothing else the lower fee, paper bags, and a search bar. But if I'm100% honest I don't see the appeal of online shopping. It takes me as much time and I get no exercise. It's more expensive because of the fee. I can't use my bags. And most importantly I can still forget stuff, can't make mistakes. Both times I made mistakes. That's a lot of extra money. I always buy Uncle Ben's brown rice. I believe the proper term is parboiled. It cooks in about a half hour instead of a hour. What I chose was Uncle Ben's Prepared brown rice. So basically it's already cooked in a foil bag. Heat's in the microwave in 90 seconds. That's fine if you have a microwave. There's also skillet directions. Once it's open I can throw it in a stir fry and put the rest in the freezer. It's just expensive brown rice.
When I returned home I unpacked my groceries, repacked Sharon's and took them to her building. Masked and shielded I saw her coming out and I left them on the stairs. Then I ran back to the car. She picked up the bag and went in.
Oh and I forgot Pat's Tastycakes again. I have diet brain.
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