soups, chili, stews, casseroles, spaghetti sauces. We pretty much knew things would be shutting down going into that weekend.
I remember going out that Friday morning (the 13th!) for my “last errands”. I stopped at the library to return and stock up on books, I early voted, and I had my last spaghetti and meatball special at my favorite Italian place. I was the only customer, and I remember talking to the staff, all of us knowing we wouldn’t see each other again for a long while. It was sad.
That evening, I went to the visitation for my cousin, who had died on Tuesday from a fall (think Bob Saget..same thing). Hubster couldn’t be at the visitation because he was packing up his office in preparation to work at home. His company had announced they were shutting the office the day before. We went to the funeral on Saturday, everyone knowing the risk we were taking but quite overcome by grief.
We had seen pics of empty grocery shelves and were nervous. When we got home from the funeral, I drew up a big grocery list to make our favorite freezables. We hit the stores at 6am Sunday morning and were happily surprised. We got most things at the first store and everything else at two others. I had bought a big package of toilet paper the week before because we were down to about six rolls, so we didn’t have to worry about that for quite a while. By the time we needed it again, it was easier to find.
I cooked for two solid days. We hunkered down in our little house, ate well, tried not to drive one another crazy, and waited. I think I used up the last freezer meal a year and a half later.
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