I know what you may say. "I was stuck inside. I could not get together with friends and family, or I worked from home in my sweats ... I HATED IT!" But Jeff Bezos (founder and former owner of Amazon) made billions off of the pandemic. Peoples binge buying of items they could not go to the store to buy, (I won't go into the whole toilet paper thing.) or were too afraid to go to stores to buy. We could not buy laptops or desktop computers because needed them for virtual schooling, and parents needed them for working at home.
But Amazon was not the only corporation that profited from the pandemic, how about eBay, Grubhub and Uber for delivering the fast food. Grocery stores started delivering our groceries like Kroger, Fry's (which is Kroger), Walmart, Target and so many more.
Besides the buying of goods, there was another source we used A LOT and that was phones to talk to friends and relatives we had not seen and hugged for such a long time. What would we have done without Facebook and Google Portal and 'face timing', watch another movie? Communications with friends and relatives was SO essential for our survival during those dark times of the pandemic, as the media called it.
Nancy and I did the same things you did, except maybe the delivery of food. We pushed through it all and went to the grocery with masks and wiping down the shopping cart, and probably bought too many cookies for snacks. Nancy and I would rise right after the Sun would creep over the mountain. She would gather her hiking poles and water backpack and hit the trail. After I got my coffee, I'd go out to my shop and crawl under a car or truck.
The pandemic changed our lives in the way our daily operations work. from shopping, communications, electronics, to home delivery. Nancy tells me, "When the UPS truck stops coming, your car will probably be done." Well, I don't think that delivery truck will ever stop coming now. We have gotten too use to having things delivered, so we can dress in baggy clothes, chat on the phone, watch more TV show reruns. Yes the drivers will still delivery car parts to me, and quilting material to Nancy, but we want to go places, experience new cultures, eat different foods and meet people from all over the world. We love learning their thoughts about the world and the USA. We love trying their native foods from African crocodile to Peruvian guinea pig, and from Chinese dumplings to Greek stuffed grape leaves, and from Haggis to Guzzo. Traveling expands your views of the world and its people, and sometimes may change your thought about them too.
The world can be a very cruel place but it is also a very beautiful and educational world if you are open minded enough to accept it. The pandemic opened our eyes to how the world is pretty much the same, and their people no matter where in the world you travel. We are ALL human, no matter what we look like or our believes. And no matter where we go, we always see a UPS or Amazon truck. Interesting. Those were and still are heros too.
I started this blog to share our travels around the world and in the states. As the Covid became the focal point of daily news, we could not travel like we did before. But, WE WILL RESUME SOON. We have not decided where, but we will. I promise that.
So, follow this blog and please leave your comments. I promise I will respond. Take care and stay safe.
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