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L'Shana Tova
Sep. 6th, 2021 07:42 pmA very happy, holy, and above all healthy day to all who celebrate it. May you find the best kind of rest.
Because I'm lucky enough to have a job with benefits, today was a paid holiday from work, meaning I had an extra long weekend. So I went down to Brooklyn to the closest thing we have to an actual indoor shopping mall on the theory I might be able to do some in-person clothes shopping. Unfortunately the few clothes stores that reopened either don't have plus size clothes at all or have a combined women's section that has maybe 1-2 racks in that size range. I've also been leaning toward buying a new laptop so thought I'd brave the sales, but for whatever reason I ended up being overwhelmed. I'm not sure if it was the crowds or not being able to research online, or if I'm just not ready to pull the trigger. But I didn't do that, either.
Then I went to the supermarket (a proper mammoth-suburban supermarket!) across the street, and found some Crystal Light drink mix in unusual flavors. Yes I still need clothes and want a better laptop, but emotionally, I scratched the same itch for less than $10, so that's not nothing.
And then-then, I went to some socially distanced, outdoors Rosh HaShannah services down in Prospect Park. It was actually pretty good- they set up "pods" for about 4-6 folks situated around a speaker and lots of apple and honey sweeties, so you got to be a little communal without being packed with several hundred folks. The couple I was sitting by had a puppy and it turns out he will become friends with anyone in exchange for belly-scritches, at least for the afternoon.
Now I am back home and properly tuckered out. How did I do this out and about thing every single day of my life? It seems unlikely.
Because I'm lucky enough to have a job with benefits, today was a paid holiday from work, meaning I had an extra long weekend. So I went down to Brooklyn to the closest thing we have to an actual indoor shopping mall on the theory I might be able to do some in-person clothes shopping. Unfortunately the few clothes stores that reopened either don't have plus size clothes at all or have a combined women's section that has maybe 1-2 racks in that size range. I've also been leaning toward buying a new laptop so thought I'd brave the sales, but for whatever reason I ended up being overwhelmed. I'm not sure if it was the crowds or not being able to research online, or if I'm just not ready to pull the trigger. But I didn't do that, either.
Then I went to the supermarket (a proper mammoth-suburban supermarket!) across the street, and found some Crystal Light drink mix in unusual flavors. Yes I still need clothes and want a better laptop, but emotionally, I scratched the same itch for less than $10, so that's not nothing.
And then-then, I went to some socially distanced, outdoors Rosh HaShannah services down in Prospect Park. It was actually pretty good- they set up "pods" for about 4-6 folks situated around a speaker and lots of apple and honey sweeties, so you got to be a little communal without being packed with several hundred folks. The couple I was sitting by had a puppy and it turns out he will become friends with anyone in exchange for belly-scritches, at least for the afternoon.
Now I am back home and properly tuckered out. How did I do this out and about thing every single day of my life? It seems unlikely.