Me today.
When I decided at 4:39 pm to go to the grocery store for cat food as I was out. See previous post Hell hath no fury...
I also wanted to check how many gas points I had since I was below a quarter of a tank. I don't normally let it get that low, but when I know I have some gas points - maybe close enough for 10 cents off per gallon, I will push it a little.
I wasn't thinking about 'the storm'.
Not only was I cattle shuttling with all the folk getting off work, we are expecting snow tomorrow. 1-2 inches -- enough to send the world to the Kroger in my neighborhood.
No one in the grocery store had a plan, including myself. I had a list of 5 items which I couldn't seem to keep in my head, so I couldn't plan my path. I did get the cat food first, however, I was doing the unthinkable, inadvertently.
I kept trying, unsuccessfully, to leave my cart in unobtrusive places while I got bananas, while I stood for at least 2 minutes waiting for a jam to clear, while I got crackers -- that time I had left my cart next to a display and effectively blocked the lane. Arghhhhh!
I picked up 2 small containers of half and half because they were out of the bigger one, perhaps sensing a run on half and half, and tried to get the heck out of dodge...
I bring my own bag(s). Well, I have yet to learn that I should bring all my bags because when I only bring one I inevitably buy more than one bag full. My one bag that I did bring wasn't filled, it had a handful of things in it. So I left with about 8 dreaded double bagged bags with handfuls of things. I will recycle but Arghhhhh...
I finally got out. I got out and made my way to my car with less than 1/4 of a tank. But I now had over 100 Kroger points so I could get 10 cents off the gallon. Off to the Shell station in the Kroger parking lot.
There was a jam and yes, my car ended up blocking part of a lane.
I was the car, behind the car, behind the car that was taking forever... As I was pulling up I saw a woman get out of said car, in front of the car, in front of me, and instead of fueling up she went to the Kiosk...then was gone for a long, long time....Argh.
Long enough for me to scroll through Facebook. Long enough for me to watch and take a picture of a fellow fill his car with gas, then proceed to fill 6 gas cans in his trunk...finally, the woman is gone and I can pull up behind the lady in front of me. She doesn't start filling her tank, she goes to the kiosk...
My turn, and I am getting 18 gallons of gas...I am now that person taking forever, but at least I didn't head to the kiosk. I didn't, however get my credit card out in all that time I was waiting. Oiy, Argh for the person behind me.
When I was done, I scramboney-baloney to get away from the gas pumps and then there were three of we cars, all facing each other. Making a triangle of headlights. Somebody move I thought - finally I did. Apparently I was the biggest car? I wasn't the first but after that I made it through the oh so crowded parking lot again and finally to the light to get out and get home.
At this point I was frazzled by the chaos and crowds, but oh so happy to be back home until I had to lug in a million Kroger bags that had a handful of things in them...argh.
Edvard Munch - you painted me perfectly today.
Laura
p.s. iloveu
When I decided at 4:39 pm to go to the grocery store for cat food as I was out. See previous post Hell hath no fury...
I also wanted to check how many gas points I had since I was below a quarter of a tank. I don't normally let it get that low, but when I know I have some gas points - maybe close enough for 10 cents off per gallon, I will push it a little.
I wasn't thinking about 'the storm'.
Not only was I cattle shuttling with all the folk getting off work, we are expecting snow tomorrow. 1-2 inches -- enough to send the world to the Kroger in my neighborhood.
No one in the grocery store had a plan, including myself. I had a list of 5 items which I couldn't seem to keep in my head, so I couldn't plan my path. I did get the cat food first, however, I was doing the unthinkable, inadvertently.
I kept trying, unsuccessfully, to leave my cart in unobtrusive places while I got bananas, while I stood for at least 2 minutes waiting for a jam to clear, while I got crackers -- that time I had left my cart next to a display and effectively blocked the lane. Arghhhhh!
I picked up 2 small containers of half and half because they were out of the bigger one, perhaps sensing a run on half and half, and tried to get the heck out of dodge...
I bring my own bag(s). Well, I have yet to learn that I should bring all my bags because when I only bring one I inevitably buy more than one bag full. My one bag that I did bring wasn't filled, it had a handful of things in it. So I left with about 8 dreaded double bagged bags with handfuls of things. I will recycle but Arghhhhh...
I finally got out. I got out and made my way to my car with less than 1/4 of a tank. But I now had over 100 Kroger points so I could get 10 cents off the gallon. Off to the Shell station in the Kroger parking lot.
There was a jam and yes, my car ended up blocking part of a lane.
I was the car, behind the car, behind the car that was taking forever... As I was pulling up I saw a woman get out of said car, in front of the car, in front of me, and instead of fueling up she went to the Kiosk...then was gone for a long, long time....Argh.
Long enough for me to scroll through Facebook. Long enough for me to watch and take a picture of a fellow fill his car with gas, then proceed to fill 6 gas cans in his trunk...finally, the woman is gone and I can pull up behind the lady in front of me. She doesn't start filling her tank, she goes to the kiosk...
My turn, and I am getting 18 gallons of gas...I am now that person taking forever, but at least I didn't head to the kiosk. I didn't, however get my credit card out in all that time I was waiting. Oiy, Argh for the person behind me.
When I was done, I scramboney-baloney to get away from the gas pumps and then there were three of we cars, all facing each other. Making a triangle of headlights. Somebody move I thought - finally I did. Apparently I was the biggest car? I wasn't the first but after that I made it through the oh so crowded parking lot again and finally to the light to get out and get home.
At this point I was frazzled by the chaos and crowds, but oh so happy to be back home until I had to lug in a million Kroger bags that had a handful of things in them...argh.
Edvard Munch - you painted me perfectly today.
Laura
p.s. iloveu
