Day 6 - 282 -- Odd Sense of Belonging

Today we had mainly sunshine with moments of cloud cover. My main errand was to get groceries. I felt the place would just get crazier over the next two days, so I headed up just after noon. It was crazy busy. All ages involved with most buying large carts filled with goods. I passed a few people with items piled so high, it took a spotter and a driver to move the cart forward. Navigating the aisles was challenging as many people were blocking progress of others while they searched for something on the shelves or carried on long conversations with other shoppers.I encountered the first of these visiting folk blocking the door into the store. That was my heads up that things would be a bit nutty inside. One item was shelved with not cost noted. I asked a worker in the area if they could tell me the price. The reply was that the cost was per pound. Not very useful when neither the weight or the cost per pound were posted anywhere. Another worker pointed to the shelf tag and said that was the price. I noted that the tag was for an entirely different product. So, finally someone went in to the back and got me the price. Silly things like this make it difficult to comparison shop. Luckily, at the check-out there was one person finishing, another with a smallish load and then me, so the wait was reasonable. Interestingly, I saw no one I know in the crowds today, but did find out later that someone I know was there about the same time.

After putting the groceries away at home, I walked out to visit the physio. My neck has been creating pain. He noted that the right side was tighter with less rotation than the left. We decided that me lifting boxes to unpack them at the office was the likely culprit. That job is almost completed. I plan to ask for assistance as I put things onto the top book shelves -- a spotter when I stand on the stool to heft things upwards. If people can have these to keep items in groceries carts, surely someone would assist me in my short endeavor. <smile>

A song title and a few lines ran through my head while shopping today. We were all there for the same reason -- like some flash mob determined to get Thanksgiving groceries before the main event dinner in three more days. I laughed a bit as I muttered the lines to myself. Enjoy!

The In Crowd -- Petulia Clark