Well, we did it–we braved Lowes, even as TN is obliviously opening up to business while the case toll climbs.  There were essential supplies we needed, and we had a game plan to get in and out expeditiously.  The parking lot was packed, and I’d say maybe 1/3-1/2 of customers were wearing masks and distancing.  Employees were not wearing masks.  Lowe’s was all out of masks, gloves, and Lysol, so somebody is using them.  To inject themselves?

Our checkout guy was looking forward to businesses opening up so crowds would thin out?  He looked exhausted.  Funnily, two different (maskless) customers approached me closely in the garden section, thinking I was an employee–I don’t think it was my mask and gloves that gave that impression.  Was it my horticultural swagger?  One said I should work there!  I don’t think so.

Anyway, we take our lives in our hands, literally, each time we go out, because Tennesseans are clueless trumpers.  The more the state opens up, the more at risk we all are.  I guess they’ll have to learn the hard way, and take some of us with them.  While we wait yet another 14 days to see if we got infected, at least necessary projects are getting done.  E is installing a new bathroom sink/vanity.  And yet more flowers are cheering us on.