Storytime: Oceano, California
My housemates decided to stop social distancing, so I hit the road a little earlier than I had been anticipating. I knew I might run into some difficulties being out and about in the time of Covid, but they say to isolate at home, and Gladis is both more home and more isolated than where I was living.
I ended up in Oceano, California for a few days. I spent 20 years in San Luis Obispo county, so it’s all very familiar.
So: Storytime
I became a vegetarian in 1986. My sister Laura visited me not too long after. She and I went to Oceano to the legendary Chacho’s, a tiny tiny little box of restaurant (there were 2 tables) for burritos.
In the middle of a burrito the size of your arm, I said, “I wonder if these beans are vegetarian.”
“I don’t think so,” said Laura, barely pausing from her burrito while pointing behind me. I turned around. Cardboard boxes labeled Manteca Lard were stacked up to the ceiling.
I walked by Chacho’s today. It didn’t smell very vegetarian now, either.
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Suebob's Red Stapler 
Enjoy, love your blog.
On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM Suebob’s Red Stapler wrote:
> Suebob posted: “My housemates decided to stop social distancing, so I > decided to hit the road a little earlier than I had been anticipating. I > knew I might run into some difficulties being out and about in the time of > Covid, but they say to isolate at home, and Gladis is” >
I… would not be thrilled about housemates deciding to stop social distancing. (unless their jobs depended on it. In that case, it would be very understandable. But, like… what, do you put it to a vote and the at-risk-so-voted-no housemate just gets it in the neck? Or what?)
hey, lady. hope all’s well with you. all’s well here.