When you finally decide to go out, where will you

[BigmanPigman]

likely go first and after that? Are you taking care of business, doing errands, or being social?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. Probably visit my brother at his nursing home.

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I'll be wearing plenty of PPE for the sake of everyone, but I'll only enter his room and still maintain distance.

Edit:
I've already been "out", but mostly just for grocery store pick-up orders.

If I HAVE to do something more dangerous, for whatever reason, I have all of the PPE shown in the below picture -- masks, head coverings, face shields, gloves, safety suits (with hoods) -- and more.

[tanyev]

20. We may all need something like that to go vote in November.

[MiniMe]

28. I already applied and got approved for absentee voting

Got my primary ballot on Monday, and it is filled out waiting to get mailed.

[tanyev]

34. Not sure if that's going to be an option in Texas.

[MiniMe]

35. Hate to say it, but that wouldn't surprise me at all

Texas doesn't seem to care very much about their citizens living through this. Sorry. I'm in Maryland. We may have a repug governor, but he has done a pretty good job through this. I don't trust him, with other stuff, but he has done well with Covid.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

37. Good point!

I slowly acquired the stuff for some unexpected event that would put me among a bunch of other people.

If I can't vote absentee in Ohio, that would be one of those events!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Lumber yard.

Unless I have some delivered, I'll need some lumber in a month or two.

Naturally, this assumes no medical emergency drops on me out of the blue.

What is this "being social" thing you speak of?

[Hekate]

3. I already go grocery shopping at Costco & Trader Joe's on a limited basis & will continue...

Had the knee replaced in February, so physical therapy has been a necessity ever since, though that is finally winding down.

Honestly I don't know. It makes me anxious, as I'm 72 with health issues. I'll continue to wear a mask.

I very much want to resume beach walks with my SIL (now that I think I can maintain balmce in sand), but I want to drive in my own car and meet her there. (See below, lol) It occurs to me that I might be able to meet up with one of my old friends to do that -- just drive back to her town.

I was hoping to resume social evenings with my BIL and SIL, but if you tried contact tracing their lives you'd be amazed. Start with their adult kids, all married with kids of their own, and don't forget some of those grandkids are restless teens -- I just found out the 18 yo girl is already driving out of town for parties, which is just jaw-dropping for me. So, probably not.

One of the things I really look forward to is being able to drive myself wherever I want when searching for what I want. I hope my furniture store is still in business. I'd like to go to CVS and the health food store. The mall? Not so much. I do want to get to the Post Office and mail some books to my own grandkids.

I'm retired. It's a very modest list of desires just now...

[sakabatou]

4. I go for my daily walks

If I need to, go and get groceries.

[Journeyman]

5. I'd like to see my children and grandchildren again, my brother and his family . . .

If I'm going to risk my health and life, I'll do so for something important.

[samnsara]

8. i agree.. it is like if im going off my diet that cake better not be store bought!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. I already go out, to stores, for essentials (and a few non-essentials)

When I decide to "go out", I'll dust off the golf clubs and tennis racquet. The after-match coffee klatsch (sp?) will be at a six-foot distance.

[samnsara]

7. i still do errands but only one time a week..groceries, the dump, feed store for animal food...

.. I had to go to the Orthodontist the other day and that felt very safe. Everyone waits in their car and are escorted in one at a time..temp check, health check. Only 2 pts allowed in the clinic at a time..NO one allowed in but the pt.

Other than that nope nada zip will i go back to a restaurant or any other type of entertainment or social gatherings of any size UNTIL there is a safe effective and no trump tainted vaccination.

But i live on 5 acres of forest with a creek and a trout pond so i have no need to drive the 12 miles into town to do anything with anyone except get my supplies and come back home. If i was in a small house or apartment with a bunch of kids my answer would be different I'm sure.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. Barber. And it may take two trips.

[brooklynite]

10. I'm really confused: have you stayed locked in for two months?

I go out daily for walks, go buy groceries on weekends, go to the hardware store when we need to, and drove out to a Garden center this past weekend.

[Bettie]

11. In-person D&D game

instead of online. I miss the social interaction that comes with sitting around a table with a bunch of other nerds.

[panader0]

12. I've been shopping but that's it.

Nobody has stepped into my house in three months. When I decide to socialize again, it will
be to play music with my buddies out in my band shed. The amplifiers and mics are calling.

[ChazII]

13. Tomorrow hair cut

and style. I have been going out for groceries once a week. On a Saturday I took my dog to be groomed.

[Tipperary]

14. Judging from the many OPs and posts relating various stories about shopping trips -

It seems most duers have already been out and about.

[uponit7771]

17. +1, other than small set of businesses I don't know what the "reopening" is supposed to look like

... seeing my life isn't going to be changing much.

I go to stores already masked up and staying away from MAGA suckers and cluckers

It looks like for most people there was already an adapted life sans close contact and large person events.

[theaocp]

15. To my local magic shop, the Wunderground.

It's been closed since mid-March and it means an enormous amount to me and my ilk. After that, I'd KILL to sit down in a sushi restaurant around the corner from the shop.

[mercuryblues]

16. To visit my father in law

Since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, last year, we had been visiting him for 1 week a month. He wasn't suppose to survive until this April. We haven't visited him since early January.

I am at the point where I want to do the 12 hour drive, just to wave to him, outside his front window.

I hate that fucker in the white house more than anyone I have ever hated, just because of this. I am in tears over not being able to see the man who I admire, love and adore, during his last days with us. Just fuck trump.

[mokawanis]

23. You are not alone in your hatred of trump

I thought my ability to hate someone had maxed out when Scott Walker took away our right to collective bargaining here in Wisconsin, and then Trump took office and I realized I could detest someone even more than I did Walker.

[HipChick]

18. Fully cognizant that there is no going back to 'normal'..

and will work my life around that...
but will have to jump on a flight soon..

[Nay]

19. See my son and his family; go to the bookstore, library, and the GYM!

[lark]

21. I'm having the family over for dinner on Memorial Day.

It will be the first time we've gotten together (there's only 6 of us) since late Jan. We won't be hugging or touching. I am getting take out and going to my BFF;s next week to meet her new puppy, again with no hugs or touching. We haven't seen each other since early Feb. Hubby and I want to see about the golf course turned into a park, see if it's empty during the week and walk our dog there. It used to be almost totally empty during the week, but these are different times.

Maybe in June, during the week, we'll go look for a secluded beach with no on there. See if we can find a place where it's safe to walk/swim. If not, well, we will at least have a nice drive. That's as far as I'm willing to go with reopening for the next month at least. I want to see the numbers going down before I sit at a restaurant or go shopping for anything other than essential stuff.

[mokawanis]

22. Go visit my kids and grandkids

I talk to them all on zoom and we text each other but it's not the same. I also look forward to going to movies and restaurants someday. One can always hope.

[Chainfire]

24. The first thing I want to do

Is to try to catch up on the hugs I have been missing from my adult children. My son and I are very close, he lives close by, but we have been avoiding physical contact because his wife is working in the funeral business and has a lot of potential exposure to the virus. My daughter lives 4,000 miles away so we can not visit frequently, I don't like it, but I have to live with it.

The first place places my wife and I will probably shop is the plant nursery or perhaps an antique store. We are becoming somewhat accustomed to staying out of retail stores and seem to have suffered no ill effects from it. Grocery shopping has become an adventure; I put on long sleeve clothes, wear a hat, mask, gloves and eye protection; I suit up like I was going into a hot laboratory and I buy twice to three time the groceries I would buy on a routine shopping trip.

My wife retired a few weeks ago, and we celebrate our 49th wedding anniversary in July. We have been a couple for 52 years; we have spent more time together during this crisis than ever before in our lives. We have rediscovered what good friends we are. So far, the disease has not had the terrible impact it has had on so many families. While we do feel a bit of "survivor guilt" we are trying to make the most of the awful situation.

[kskiska]

25. I'd just like to be able to sit in a restaurant

and read my book. Of course, my first stop will be the library to find some good books. I'm re-reading old ones.

[JimGinPA]

26. The Zoo

They're supposed to announce when the St. Louis Zoo will reopen sometime this week. They also opened a new aquarium back in January that had to shut down in March, before I had a chance to go. But I think I'll hold off doing anything inside with the public outside of grocery shopping for a bit.

[Baclava]

27. Taking my kayak wherever I want, they closed water access to my favorite spots!

I have no need to be around crowds of people, that wont happen. Grocery shopping is bad enough

I did have a slow leak in a tire yesterday and took it to a local place where I bought the tires, they repaired it for free, yay

[MiniMe]

29. I need to get my hair cut

I've been out, mostly to get my blood drawn. Don't know how long it will be before we can do that.

[tinrobot]

30. Looking forward to ski season

This year was cut short.

Hopefully, there will be a season next year.

[TeamPooka]

31. The comic book store and the Barnes & Noble

[EX500rider]

32. Kayaking this weekend on the Chassahowitzka

[Vinca]

33. I've been going to the post office to get our mail and the grocery store throughout the

entire thing, although not as often as usual. Today, though, I ventured up to my favorite farm in Vermont to buy plants for my garden. It was a nearly normal feeling. They were quite well organized and had everyone take a cart when they came in - only a certain number of carts available - and you had to be masked and maintain social distancing. On the way out a clerk came to you to tally up the haul and arrange payment. I was grateful I was one of the first ones there after they opened because on my way out, about an hour later, there was a long line of gardeners waiting to get in. This particular place is normally a feeding frenzy around Memorial Day as everyone buys their plants. In the past they've even had a deputy there directing traffic. Beautiful day and beautiful plants. Now the work begins.

[a la izquierda]

36. London.

I have a flight booked for June. If Boris would be a bit clearer with his quarantine plan, that would be helpful.

[Corgigal]

38. I'm going to Yosemite.

Got enough saved this year. Almost thought of renting an RV and just going.

So, I will wait until science has figured more of this virus out. I just want to go to see my Mecca, which is Yosemite valley. Just can’t let the idiot Trump kill us first.

[Generic Brad]

39. To work in my office

I hate working off of a laptop in my bedroom. I prefer being surrounded by jumbo screens and able to multi task from screen to screen with ease.