As the Co-Vid hell drags on, I worry for some of our friends and the businesses they have worked and struggled to keep afloat through recessions, lawsuits, fights with city officials and hurricanes. Some of their trials and tribulations have been self-inflicted…bad business choices, bad employee choices, failure to comply with the city etc. Others have been beyond their control, such as our redundant hurricane season. BUT I am starting to believe that this Corona mess is more than just a viral bug on steroids and our clients have absolutely no control over their destiny.

The government can’t possibly believe that it is okay to open-up restaurants and serve drinks, while keeping the bars who pay TOP dollar for their liquor licenses shut down. That isn’t fair at all! Why can’t they figure a way for social distancing just like the gyms, golf courses, restaurants, and the mall. I am much more afraid of the strangers in line at Wal-Mart than the folks I sit next to on a barstool at The Boat Bar in Port Orange. Often my fellow drinkers are more family than friends! This shut down has hurt everyone but Lowes, Walmart, and Amazon Prime. If I must catch Co-Vid, I would hope it was while I was having fun drinking with friends and not buying toilet paper.

I had to fly to Louisville to take care of my sister after a knee-replacement. The flight on Allegiant was incredibly cheap, like 58 bucks roundtrip. I was told the plane would be empty by the news channels. I was also told that I would need a mask. So, I bought a box of masks from the pharmacy, shoved a few in my purse, and TJ dropped me off in Sanford. The staff all wore masks. Some passengers did and some didn’t. I decided to keep mine on, because the plane wasn’t empty and the crazy thing is they loaded us like sardines in the back of the plane…right next to each other…no empty seats in between…the front of the plane was completely empty. I stood up and snapped a photo of it with my cell phone and a steward came and asked what I was doing. I told him I was putting the photo of our non-social distancing on Facebook. He said, “Oh we are getting ready to allow you to move anywhere you want on the plane!” I replied, “Well that is nice, but what moron came up with first loading us like cattle to rub shoulders before separating us?”. He was quite nice and didn’t take my camera or make me delete the photo. The whole world is screwed up right now. Half is caused by the left’s insane hatred for Trump. The other half is a bunch of doctors and government officials acting like they know what to do when obviously most of us have more sense than they do!

Try to ride to a local watering hole as soon as they open, buy a stranger a beer and don’t forget even with a mask you still need your sunscreen!