Elbow Buttons

Mommy and I went back to the dentist this morning, the one down in Alpharetta that we have always gone to.  Just to show you how crazy this world is, here's a picture I took this morning inside the elevator of the building we go to.  They want you to press the buttons of the elevator with your elbow.  And not with your shoes.  I'm not entirely sure who wears shoes on their elbows, but that's besides the point.  Isn't this crazy?  We literally have to use hand sanitizer already when we're in the building, and a special mouthwash, and new goggles, and gloves, and a transparent poncho.  All the dental assistants look like cast members from that scene towards the end of "E.T." when they're invading the house.  

Here's a picture of where they do the basic dental work, along with a few employees.  And here below is a picture of the entrance to the the dentist's office and waiting room area:

Of course I'm exaggerating.  But it's not too far off, and incidentally, the antagonists in the story of "E.T."?  Yes, that's the government.  Not that I'm some kind of anti-government sort.  But a little balance would be great, particularly after six months of this.

ANYWAY, we went to Cracker Barrel after this, and lo!  There was a cougher there.  We had to wait for our socially distanced table, and that was okay.  We were glad to be back for the first time since March.  But there was this lady there that simply could not stop coughing.  She was not an employee, and other people at other tables were certainly noticing it, a few of them from different tables going to the server to see if she could do anything about it.  But the waitress could not approach this lady to state the obvious:  "Hey, you're coughing a lot.  Like, non-stop.  You think that might be affecting anyone else here, and perhaps making them uncomfortable?"  These sorts of questions are usually built-in with most of us, but this lady that was coughing so much must have had a defective part there.  Anyway, we went from extremes in making sure no one was spreading anything to a complete legal helplessness in doing anything about a person who might have had something and didn't care if they spread it or not.  What a crazy world we live in.

The chicken pot pie was delicious though.  Actually, the whole meal was good.  I don't blame Cracker Barrel.  We also had time to look around their shop, something Mommy always likes to do.  She likes looking through their fall decor and clothing, and being that we're here at the start of September, she was excited to see some of their merchandise.

Today we were grocery shopping while Madison was at her leadership class.  We got a lot of goodies, and Madison was waiting for us after class, playing corn hole with some friends from class outside afterwards.  She's been studying a lot this week, and working on her brochure as well.  We read tonight, and we watched a few episodes of "Suite Life of Zack and Cody," our new binging thing of late.  Season six of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is not out on Blu-Ray or DVD yet, so we can't start up on that.  So onto the cruise ship we go, and it's been fun again.  

We read from our devotional, and read from "Allegiance" again tonight, which is wrapping up now.  It's been a good read, and we'll no doubt be opening up the sequel very soon.  That reminds me - I have to find that video with Stacy, Pink Five.  Madison will get a kick out of that.  She actually became "canon" in this next Star Wars book, "Choices of One," but then that all changed when a lot of these books became "Legends."  Which is funny because now Mara Jade is now "canon" too.  Anyway, before sounding too geeky (too late), let's just close here with our usual routine.  Madison hid, Madison threw stuff at me, and we prayed, and then got tucked in for a good night's rest.  Good night!