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On Thursday measures were put in place to help battle Covid-19. People were asked to practice social distancing, gatherings of more than 100 people were forbidden (causing museums, theaters and other entertainment and cultural venues to close). Primary and secondary schools were allowed to stay open, but higher education was asked to close and try to continue offering education online. There was a lot of outcry about schools staying open since.
On Friday it was extremely quiet in the store and in the city center in general. Saturday morning it was also really quiet and I thought that if we had 30 customers we would be lucky. But in the afternoon it got fairly busy and we had just over 60 customers (normal for a Saturday on March is between 80 and 100 customers). Some were clearly stocking up on light bulbs.
Today the government held talks with the educational sector and this afternoon it was announced that all school were to close until April 6. Also all cafés, restaurants, coffee shops, sex/swingers clubs and sport facilities were also to stay closed from 6pm today until April 6. A lot of people weren't stocking up on toilet paper tonight, but were in line in front of the coffee shops (can't order marijuana or edibles online).
Tomorrow at 7pm the prime minister is going to speak to the nation. To be honest it wouldn't surprise me if even more strict measures were announced and all shops except for supermarkets and pharmacies have to close. Which would also includes our store. My father doesn't like that idea, but I'd rather have the government take strict measures soon than muddle on for a while and then close everything.
I don't expect it to be very busy in the store if we're allowed to stay open I've already done some calculations and if I get paid for one day's work a week I have enough to pay my monthly bills and have a little bit left over for anything essential I need.
Tomorrow morning I'm running a couple of errands for myself and in the afternoon my father and I are going to the supermarket and see what they have. Normally my mother orders groceries online and has them delivered but our supermarket has stopped doing that for the time being because they were booked full. If we can't get certain things I'm not too worried. There are three supermarkets walking distance from our house so I can always pick up items we need. At least we have enough toilet paper. We like the one sold by the Lidl, since we don't go there often we tend to stock up on it when we do go. We went a couple of weeks ago and have enough for at least three or four months.
The only thing we need for the cats is their liquid stick treats, my mother uses that to mix Luna medicines in. Maru only likes one flavour from one brand. We still have some, but my mother is going to order more tonight.
I'm now going to do what I've done the last couple of nights; diamond paint whilst listening to podcasts. Unplug from all the news, which is causing a lot of anxiety for me at the moment.
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