I continue to check my little dashboard of San Francisco COVID numbers each morning to figure out whether heading into a pastry shop to pick …

I continue to check my little dashboard of San Francisco COVID numbers each morning to figure out whether heading into a pastry shop to pick up inessential-but-tasty tarts endangers just my waistline or also my lungs, heart, long-term dementia chances, etc, etc.

Alas, lately the numbers have risen enough to suggest there's a lot of COVID in SF these days. I stopped going to inessential indoors-swapping-air-with-others places.

chart plotting three San Francisco COVID stats over the past couple of months: new cases reported, test positivity %, and COVID in wastewater. The wastewater line is far above the 'pretty safe' level, alas. The test positivity % has recently gone above the pretty-safe level. The new cases line is still below the pretty-safe level, but has been rising.

So I switched over to getting my groceries delivered instead of shopping in-person. There's a silver lining; apparently things are chaotic in the backrooms of Safeway and it worked out in my favor. I ordered four avocados, got charged for four, but received six. I ordered a bag of split peas, got charged for a bag, but received two (one of which was organic?). I ordered a COVID test, got charged for it, received three(‽). Between receiving these bonus groceries and halting indoor-restaurant dining, my budget's going to stretch so far you guys. (Just kidding, I'm still paying San Francisco rent.) Stay safe, y'all.