The Progeny
Shopping Survival
It's not as easy as you think.
Today's excursion was made more manageable by the following:
1) When I left, Ethan was still away on a mowing job, which--upon seeing incoming rain--we moved up from afternoon to morning. It took longer than expected due to extra yardage. And though Ethan is far from being a trouble-maker, having one less boy in the house does provide less available incendiary material.
I made arrangements for Trevor and Nolan to watch two Penguins videos, as well as have their regularly scheduled computer game time...they were happy as larks.
2) This meant I could go alone :-D, driving with the serene abandon only a burned-out-mother of 10 can appreciate. I managed to hit several personal favorites on the oldies station. And I didn't hit the zippy red car that thought it would be clever and sneak past me when I was backing out of my grocery store parking space.
Old people in old cars get no respect.
3) Found a clearance neck scarf at Wal-Mart, bringing my fashionable collection to a total of FIVE.
Watch out, Versace.
4) Didn't get a sick check-out girl! It was actually the same young lady as last time (I was waiting in another line when she opened up a new counter and said, "I can help you over here..." I mean, what are ya gonna do?). But there was no grasping of the stomach and wincing this time, so I made the right call in not telling anyone at home, last Monday. Didn't want to to bring on psychosomatic reactions unnecessarily.
If there's anything I hate, it's unnecessary psychosomatic reactions.
5) Bonus martyr points earned for driving the blue Toyota in the rain. During the hot months you can almost fall asleep in the heat of no air conditioning. During the rainy season, the roof leaks. One has to remember to keep the visor in a position where it will drip on your leg, instead of the seat where you carelessly plop down after loading the car with groceries.
Drinking Diet Cherry Doctor Pepper and eating Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos can be a nice distraction when "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on Your Head."
And that's Ma's shopping survival guide, where movies, solitude, pop and chips, all fit together in a seamless mosaic of afternoon errandy goodness.
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Today's excursion was made more manageable by the following:
1) When I left, Ethan was still away on a mowing job, which--upon seeing incoming rain--we moved up from afternoon to morning. It took longer than expected due to extra yardage. And though Ethan is far from being a trouble-maker, having one less boy in the house does provide less available incendiary material.
I made arrangements for Trevor and Nolan to watch two Penguins videos, as well as have their regularly scheduled computer game time...they were happy as larks.
2) This meant I could go alone :-D, driving with the serene abandon only a burned-out-mother of 10 can appreciate. I managed to hit several personal favorites on the oldies station. And I didn't hit the zippy red car that thought it would be clever and sneak past me when I was backing out of my grocery store parking space.
Old people in old cars get no respect.
3) Found a clearance neck scarf at Wal-Mart, bringing my fashionable collection to a total of FIVE.
Watch out, Versace.
4) Didn't get a sick check-out girl! It was actually the same young lady as last time (I was waiting in another line when she opened up a new counter and said, "I can help you over here..." I mean, what are ya gonna do?). But there was no grasping of the stomach and wincing this time, so I made the right call in not telling anyone at home, last Monday. Didn't want to to bring on psychosomatic reactions unnecessarily.
If there's anything I hate, it's unnecessary psychosomatic reactions.
5) Bonus martyr points earned for driving the blue Toyota in the rain. During the hot months you can almost fall asleep in the heat of no air conditioning. During the rainy season, the roof leaks. One has to remember to keep the visor in a position where it will drip on your leg, instead of the seat where you carelessly plop down after loading the car with groceries.
Drinking Diet Cherry Doctor Pepper and eating Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos can be a nice distraction when "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on Your Head."
And that's Ma's shopping survival guide, where movies, solitude, pop and chips, all fit together in a seamless mosaic of afternoon errandy goodness.
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