New Mexico non-essential retail was allowed to reopen this past Wednesday at 25% capacity. So far, no one came in on Wednesday at all, so I gave up at 3pm and went home. Yesterday no one came in for the first 4.5 hours but eventually I had four people in and made two sales. Today (Friday) so far no one and I have been here for 2.5 hours.
The weather is supposed to be nice this weekend but I am afraid that many will be doing their shopping online at big box stores and forgetting the struggling little guys out there. It's very difficult for this little tourist enclave, especially since the restaurants cannot do indoor dining and it is too cold to eat outdoors. One of them closed until spring and the other is trying to do take-out on the weekends once again. It's such the conundrum these days to try to be open because case counts everywhere are sky-rocketing and it's never been more risky to be out and about.
Nevertheless, "she" persisted. At least it fills my days somewhat to be here (forgot to mention, the owners of the gallery have always left it up to me whether I want to be here working during the pandemic; whether I feel safe to do so). They are awesome and have continued to pay my salary this entire year to look after things, be a building caretaker, make sure the pipes don't freeze, etc).