Nyorai mubhuku renhau muchitaura nezvechirwere ichi.
Handikwanisi kuyeuka nguva yokupedzisira yandakanyora nhau dzomuzuva nezuva. Ndainyora nguva dzose somusikana muduku: mumapepa ane mavara andaipiwa paKrisimasi kana kuti pazuva rangu rokuberekwa. Ndaigara ndichivasiya pavainge vava kuda kuzara. Zvichida 25 kana ndaiva ndakabatikana. Chokwadi ndechokuti, ndakazvirasa pandakaona kuti hapana mumwe munhu kunze kwangu aiva nehanya nezvandakanga ndichida kutaura; pandakanga ndarega kuva nehanya; pandakaona kuti ndakanga ndisina kunyatsonzwisisa. Izvozvo zvingaitikawo panguva ino.  Musiyano zvino ndewokuti kunyange kana ndikasataura chinhu chakadzama: nguva yacho yakadzama. Tiri kurarama nedenda renyika yose, tichivanda mudzimba dzedu, tichitarisira kuti hatina kubatwa uye tisingazivi kuti tiri kutapurira vamwe. Kudzivisa vanhu vari pamharadzano patinenge tichifamba-famba, kuda kukurumidza kugeza maoko edu patinenge tichienda kunotenga chimwe chinhu pashure pokumirira mumutsetse kweawa.  Nezuro, yakanga iri nguva yangu yokuenda kunotenga zvokudya. Shamwari yangu yakanga yave ichiita nzendo dzedu zhinjisa. Nguva yokupedzisira pandakabatana naye yaiva masvondo akapfuura, usati wagona kutarisira mutsara wokupoteredza bhokisi. Takanga tamuka mangwanani-ngwanani nomusi woMugovera, uye kwakanga kuchinaya zvishoma, naizvozvo ndakamugombedzera kuti tiende kuMollie Stones kumusoro kwomugwagwa kundorova munhu aripo. Vanhu vanenge 12 vakanga vakamira mumutsetse patakasvika, uye takatsvikinyidzana pasi pemuraira muduku wemaruva waiva muchitokisi chemotokari yedu.  Ndakanga ndabhadharisa iyi amburera chaiyo kukadhi rangu rekambani pandakanga ndiri parwendo rwebasa kuLondon, uye kunyange zvazvo ichishanda zvishoma, handisi kuzorirasa. Ndakarivhura kuti ritidzivirire apo takanga takamirira kunze kweMollie Stones, ndakarota ndichifunga nezvokudzokera kuLondon. Zvokutombofamba. Kukwanisa kumhanyira muchitoro chezvitoro nokuda kwezvinoshandiswa zvebrunch, uye hapana chimwezve chinhu. Mabwe eMollie aigara ari nzvimbo yedu yokuenda nokuda kwezvinhu zvebrunch pashure pousiku hwokubuda husingafadzi. Ndaisuwa kubuda manheru: mabhawa ane vanhu vakawanda kwaunofanira kusimudza inzwi rako kuti unzwike, asi uchiramba uchinetseka shamwari yako yepamwoyo painenge ichikuchidzira nzeve.  Ndakakwanisa kupedza rwendo irworwo rwokuMollie Stones ndisina kuchema. Nguva yokupedzisira apo shamwari yangu neni takaenda kuMollie Stones iyoyo, yakanga iri Svondo Mayor Breed asati arayira San Francisco kuti vavande munzvimbo yacho. Pakanga pasina mitemo yokuramba uri kure nevamwe, uye chitoro chacho chakanga chazara nevanhu vaida kutenga. Vanhu vaipindana mumigwagwa. Mapepa acho akanga atsvairwa. Mukaka weoat wakanga usiri kuwanika kupi nokupi. Takasarudza Mollie Stones nemhaka yokuti ndiro chitoro chezvitoro chinodhura zvikurusa muSan Francisco, uye hatina kufunga kuti munhu ari wose aizova achichengeta ikoko. Asi tiri muSan Francisco, saka takanga takanganisa. Ndakaona mumwe mukadzi akwegura achifamba zvishoma nezvishoma muchitoro ndokubva atanga kurutsa. Shamwari yangu yakanga isiri kure, saka ndakakwanisa kuiwana ndokutora mweya wakadzika shomanene kuti ndidzivise kuvhunduka.  Saka, unogona kunzwisisa kuti nei ndakanga ndisiri kutarisira kuenda kundotenga zvokudya ndiri ndoga. Ndakasarudza Costco iri muSOMA nokuti vanhu vashoma vanogara kumaodzanyemba kweMarket, uye yaiva pakati pevhiki yebasa: zvichida unogona kunzvenga misangano yeZoom kuti ufambe nokukurumidza kuenda kuWhole Foods kana Trader Joe's, asi Costco chiitiko, kuzvipira. Zvakanaka, mazana akanga akazvipira sezvandaiita. Zvichida kusvika pakuwana mapepa okugezera 30.  Ndakapinda mugaraji rokupaka reCostco na10 mangwanani sezvo rakanga richivhurwa. Hapana motokari dzakamirira kupinda, izvo ndakafunga sechiratidzo chakanaka. Cherechedza: hapana zviratidzo zvakanaka muchirwere chepfungwa. Pashure pokunge ndawana pakupedzisira nzvimbo yokupaka motokari, ndakatenderera-tenderera panzvimbo yacho ndichingozviwana ndiri kumashure kwechakaratidzika somutsetse wokuchengetedzwa kwenhandare yendege usingagumi, wakakurumidza kugadzirwa netape rokungwarira uye uchicherekedzwa nenzira yousimbe nomushandi weCostco akapfeka chifukidziro chomuchiso chine megaphone. Maminiti mashomanana oga oga, vaitiyeuchidza kuti tigare tiri kure nomumwe nomumwe nemamita matanhatu.  Pasinei zvapo nokuva netariro pamusoro pokumirira, ndakauya ndakagadzirira. Chiso changu chakanga chakafukidzwa chose chose nechidzitiro cheN95, icho ndinobvuma kuti, ndakanzwa ndine mhaka pamusoro pacho. Vashandi vezveutano muAmerica yose vaida PPE, uye ndiri pano, ndakamirira mumutsetse paCostco ndakapfeka chidimbu chimwe chete chechipfeko chacho. Ndakanga ndatenga mapakeji gumi pashure penguva yomoto yapfuura uye ndakanga ndaputsa chisimbiso chiri papakeji racho, ndichiita kuti zvisave nyore kupa. Chifukidziro changu chinoita kuti ndinzwe somwana kana kuti munhu wemifananidzo: chinotambanuka kubva pachidzani changu kusvikira pasi pemapapiro angu. Kuti ndiwedzere, ndinopfeka magirovhosi eski (mapurasitiki anenge asingawaniki), uye ndine zvikamu zvakawanda zveThe Daily zvakatorwa pafoni yangu. Ndinotora nzvimbo yangu kumashure kwomutsetse, uko kune vatambi vatanhatu kana kuti vanopfuura, ndokugara kuti ndiwane Michael Barbaro.  Ndave ndichiteerera The Daily kweanopfuura gore zvino: anenge mazuva ose, kana ndiri kuenda kubasa kana kuti ndichishanda mangwanani. Asi kubvira pakuiswa muchitokisi, zvinosuruvarisa kuti ndakarega tsika yacho. Pasina nzvimbo yokurovedza muviri kana kuti motokari yokuenda nayo kubasa, hazviwirirani nyore nyore nehurongwa hwangu. Ndinosuwa Michael <unk> uye hezvino zvimwe zvaunoda kuziva nhasi. <unk>  Chikamu chokutanga chinotaura hurukuro naPaul Mozur, mutori wenhau wezvekugadzirwa kwezvinhu muAsia <unk> anobva kuShanghai. Iye, pamwe chete navamwe vatori venhau veAmerica vashoma, vakarambidzwa kupinda muChina uye vakamanikidzwa kusiya nyika, uye akagoverana zvose zviri zviviri manzwiro ake uye zvikonzero nei.  Ndakabva ndasarudza <unk>voices of the pandemic,<unk> chiitiko chakakamurwa kuita zvikamu zvina: vatori venhau vachitaura nevaAmerica vakatambudzwa nedenda iri muPittsburgh, Kansas City, New York neSeattle. Vabereki avo zvino vari kudzidzisa pamusha vana vavo vaduku vanochema. Aichimbova mushandi womuhotera iye zvino anogara mumotokari yake achiedza kuwana basa pachitoro chokutengesa zvokudya, asi asingakwanisi kuwana gwaro rake rokuberekwa. Mukoti asingachakwanisi kuona vazukuru vake nokuti ari kurapa varwere veCovid. Ndakasvimha misodzi ndichimunzwa achirangarira usiku hwake hwokutanga muchipatara pavakaona kuti paiva nevanhu vaviri vakanga vabatwa neCovid-19. Akanzwa kuva nechinangwa uye ushamwari nevaaishanda navo, asi akanzwisisa pakarepo kuti zvaireva kuti aisazokwanisa kutambira musangano wake wevhiki nevhiki wokurara nevazukuru vake. Akatsanangura muudzame kamuri raakanga avashongedzera mumba make, uye kuti mibhedha yavo yaizoramba isina chinhu kwamavhiki.  Zvikamu zvitatu zveDaily zvapera, uye ndiri kupedzisira ndafambira mberi mumutsetse weCostco, ndichigumisa panzira, apo bhandi dzvuku riri patsoka dzedu rinonyatsoratidza musiyano unodiwa wemamita matanhatu pakati pako nevanhu vari mberi kwako uye vari shure kwako. Ndangopinda mudura guru, ndinoronga nzira yokuenda kunotengeswa mapepa acho uye ndinovavarira kuwana mapepa okugezera nemapepa okuwachira. Kubudirira ikoko kunoita kuti kumirira kwacho kuve kwakakodzera, uye ndinotanga kutarisa zvinhu zvandinenge ndanyora zvine chinangwa. Kunyange zvazvo vashandi veCostco vakaiswa zvakanaka munzvimbo yose yokuchengetera zvinhu, nguva nenguva vachisimudza megaphone kuti vayeuchidze vatengi kuti vagare kure nomumwe nomumwe nemamita matanhatu, pane nzira shomanene dzinoita kuti rwendo urwu rweCostco ruve rwakajairika zvikuru: Ndinorongedza ngoro yangu yokutenga kusvikira kumucheto, ndinoshandisa mari yakawandisa, uye ndinomhanyira panze nomusuo. Kupfuura zvimwe zvose, handikwanisi kumirira kubvisa chifukidziro changu.