Journal entry #3- Total Panic

Growing up it seemed like our garage was a store, you could go out to the cupboard and find anything and everything imaginable, canned and dry packaged wise. 

That was just how it was, I learned to cook off of canned, frozen, and fresh vegetables and fruit. We had many 5 gallon buckets packed with rice, sugar, flour, and oats. If we needed something, we made it.

When I moved away from home my mother made sure I have 15-20 lbs of all the necessary items, and stock piles of canned goods.

Bread, learned to make it. Waffles, learned to make it, fried egg, learned to make it

 My mom had us in the kitchen as much as possible, and age 5 I was frying my own eggs for breakfast, and age 8 I was making full meals and using the oven by myself. My confidence came from the kitchen.

Now it have been just over a week since the order went out, stating we are on a 2 week quarantine, and well, this order says that we can stay in groupings of less than 30 people, and it also said to make sure you have enough food for 2 weeks, because if you get sick you will have to stay home and not leave your house for anything, for 2 weeks. People went buzerk. Shelves that were always stocked are now empty, store are having to open up specific hours just to the elderly, because people aren't leaving food on the shelves for them.

The top 2 items that are still hard to come by is water and toilet paper, now the governor of our land didn't say anything about the stores closing down, or not being able to leave our house. He just said only leave it if you absolutely need to. And if you are sick, stay home and self quarantine.

The problem we currently have is that a vast majority of the population do not know how to cook with the items that they have now stock piled into their house. They are going hungry, eating out, and complaining about being hungry because they have just filled the house with unusable items.

I am glad that they have bought all the noodles, rice, cream of soups, and beans, but they don't know how to make a meal out of it. Matthew was at the store, getting a few essentials for us, along with some ice cream, and was talking with the cashier. She informed him that she has had multiple people come in and stock up on items, get to the register and realize they can't afford it. So they put back all the fresh produce, frozen meat, and keep the crackers, cookies, and junk. I am lucky that my mom has taught how to cook, and how to live without the "extra's"

Stores are still bare, people are still going hungry because selfish people took more then they needed. Leaving very little for those who really need it.

People are scared, more scared then I have ever seen in my life. I hope things start to calm down soon, I hope nothing else happens and we are able to get back to a normal life.