January 16th, actually, but you were close. It's next Saturday, so you can send me some good vibes then.

Our government has lost its mind. Now, for areas under quarantine the permits to go out only last two hours, twice a week. They used to be 3 hours We are currently only affected by the permits on the weekend in phase 2, and the lines to get into stores due to capacity restrictions are not so bad here. 25 municipalities enter into quarantine on the 14th. Some are urban areas, where you just know there will be huge lines. Two hours is not much to go to the store, park, wait in line, shop, pay, load stuff in your car and head home if the lines are long. I have friends in Santiago that have said even three hours even wasn't enough during quarantine.

And, now they have said that items determined to be non-essentials cannot be sold in supermarkets or other stores allowed to be open during quarantine. This was discussed once before and it was decided that there is no way to decide what may be essential for someone. Things like clothes/shoes and appliances are on the non-essential list. What happens if a necessary home appliance like a washing machine dies, for example? What about a kid that outgrows their shoes? Online orders will be allowed, but not everyone has internet or a bank account or knows how to order online, especially the elderly. Many stores only have delivery service for limited geographic areas as well. My husband and I have been told we are out of delivery range by many websites, and we aren't that remote. We do order many things online, and deliveries are taking longer because of higher demand. If you now force people to order online, things will just get slower.

There's another new rule that restaurants and bars in areas where they are permitted to open cannot play music. The only good thing is that there is a special permit to exercise, but it can only be used between 7 AM and 8:30 AM.


I think people are really going to reach a breaking point soon. Quarantine fatigue is real and it just seems like they pile restriction on restriction without thinking things through.