This week is my granddaughters' birthdays. One is 22 today and her sister will be 23 on Wednesday. So, I thought I'd drive down to Mom & Dad's and join them all for lunch and cake & ice cream. It's an hour's drive each way so when I go down, I make a full day of it.
I dropped Katie off at Doggie Day Camp and went to Lowe's where they apparently didn't have what I was looking for. Since they didn't have anyone working there (lots of people in red vests with employee name tags, just none working), I'll never know whether the lights I wanted and which were supposed to be on sale were available or not. From there I went to Walmart ... what was I thinking?! I haven't been to Walmart in years and now I remember why. Okay, it is Sunday, it was 92 degrees and climbing at 11:00am but, come on, these people spend the day in the a/c. At least the rude, pushy customers had a plausible excuse. I found the items I needed and went to a check out and then to another check out. The first checker was taking the customer's items and, one by one, lining them up by size and shape so they would better fit in the shopping bags before she could ring them. Four of us found other checkers and the poor customer who was trying to buy the items looked just plain flummoxed. She may still be there. I went on to Office Max to finish my list and then on to the kids' house. We had a very nice lunch and a good visit. Then it was back to PetsMart for dog food, cat food, litter trays ... and Katie.
I remember, again, why I live where I live. There's the fog in winter, the heat in summer, and there's the traffic, the chaos & confusion. I'm always very happy to get back to my little house in the woods. You won't get me back down to the city for at least a month, longer if I can drag it out.
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