Going to the Store

Yesterday going to the store was on my list so off I went. I had the list of stuff that was mostly for me but I asked Fred if there was anything he had forgotten when he went up the day before. Now, if you are wondering why he didn’t get my stuff when he went yesterday, he walks around the store with his wheeled walker and some things that I wanted take up a lot of room, like large containers of washing machine detergent and bleach. He is very ingenious about hanging bags all over his walker but it just seems to work out better if I get my personal stuff like toothpaste and mouthwash and the household stuff that I use.

He asked me to get him some Ovaltine while I was up there so I tracked it down to the aisle and shelf where it was and prepared to put it in my cart. Now, I haven’t drunk Ovaltine since I was a child so I was surprised to find three different flavors and had to call Fred to ask him did he want chocolate, malt or chocolate and malt? Actually, I should have guessed because he likes malty taste and loves chocolate! But that got me thinking of the convenience of cell phones.

I am of an age that I grew up without a cell phone {or a television or computer, come to that.} I actually dislike the idea of being available twenty-four hours a day to all and sundry. Well, you might say, why do you even have a cell phone? I got it first after Fred came out of hospital after his colon surgery so that I could go for a walk or out to get groceries and be available if there was an emergency of any kind. {Long-time readers will perhaps remember that he checked himself out of the hospital against medical advice. Newer readers need to know that this was the best thing he could have done because he improved amazingly once he was home. But it did have me stressed out for a bit!} Anyway, back to the what Italians call il telefonino. Altough I don’t go around with it stuck to my ear like so many people, I actually like very much the convenience of being able to find out immediately things like which Ovaltine Fred wants!

I carried my stuff to the front of the store, had it checked out and paid for it, loaded it and myself into my car and came home. And that was when I discovered my stick wasn’t in the car. I had left it hanging over the handle of the cart I had used, and  most likely I had forgotten it because that wasn’t a place I usually put it. When it is in the cart with the groceries, I always remember it because I see it. Anyway, I drove back and there it was, right where I had left it so I didn’t have to go into the store.

AND, when I came back, there was a package left between the screen door and the other door. And, inside the package were my "Dr. Who: Season 4 DVDs"! So, you don’t have to guess what I did the rest of the afternoon and what I will be doing today, do you?

QUOTATIONS: 

"There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way."

Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957)