End of the Year, or End of the World!

So it's New Year's Eve. I popped over to my favorite store, Trader Joe's, to pick up a few tidbits to get me through the next day. As I passed from aisle to aisle, I couldn't help but notice the frenzied energy zipping up and down the walkways. Yes, they will be closed tomorrow, so it's good to stock up on essentials, but really people! I'd have thought the stores were never opening again, that we were facing a crisis of uncertain proportions. Everything will be fine, they will open again in a few days and we can all get our steel cut oats.