Supermarket Avoidance

In this time of pandemic I am the only one going shopping for two households.   And I am going as infrequently as possible.  

Masked, gloves and with two lists in hand I entered the market.   Everything is taped in a one way direction with announcements telling everyone to stay two carriage lengths apart.    I forgot the avocado and circled back to get it.   Then I noticed someone we used to be close to was hovering over the fruits.   

It has been two years since a very painful conversation with them about Joe and about him slipping and relating to him with Alzheimer’s.  I thought at the time the conversation though emotional and at times antagonistic but in the end I thought we were at a place of understanding as to what was our new reality.   

Now during a pandemic we are in the market at the same time.   This was not the time or place for a conversation.    It probably would have been an awkward “Hi How are you” conversation.   But it was something I just couldn’t handle right now.  And to be honest it was something I avoided aisle after aisle.