Thanks to my chronic
pain issue, I do a lot of shopping through Amazon. This week, Amazon has been
wiped out but, luckily, I already had the things I normally order. Well, except
Nutella. Figuring the grocery stores are probably out of Nutella, I checked
Amazon but didn't expect to find any unless it was being scalped at $40. a jar.
It was quite an experience scrolling
through all of the item listings that had pictures but no prices because they
are not available – lotions, soaps, cleaning products, canned food,
shelf-stable milk, bottles juice, basically everything, including jars of
Nutella.
But I remembered that last
year, I had ordered a set of tiny glass jars (.88 oz) of Nutella, partly
because they were adorable and partly because I wanted to use the glass jars
for storage of small items. I was surprised to see that a few of the sets were
still available, and at their normal price!
They arrived today. The
photo makes it look like I'm hoarding – which, by the way, I abhor – but the
coin on top of the bottom row shows how small they are. Even at that size, I am
all set for a long isolation period.
I'm not accustomed to
posting on Facebook so I sent a text out to friends with the Nutella photo. Within
seconds, my neighbor texted, offering a roll of toilet paper for some Nutella. I
told her she was welcome to the Nutella free of charge and since her stepson
happened to be out for a walk, I met him by my driveway with a small bag to
hand some over. Don't worry, we kept our distance – I put the bag down and
stepped away from it.
About 30 minutes later,
my neighbor announced that she'd left toilet paper on my front step. In fact,
it was hanging on my front door handle.
I opened the door to
grab it. Unfortunately, my front door handle slopes down toward the step and my
front yard slopes down toward the road so when I opened the door from the
inside, the roll fell off of the handle, and onto the step, and under a bush,
and rolled down the front yard with me chasing it toward the street in full
view of all my neighbors.
It was like "On Top
Of Spaghetti" only it wasn't a meatball!
She can be reached at JKWragg@yahoo.com
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