Grocery Shopping

Today I was up early and decided that while I was out, I might as well get some grocery shopping done. And so around 8AM I found myself in a Wegmans. If you ever have the opportunity to get groceries at Wegmans, I highly recommend it... Anyway, it was quiet because at 8AM on a Saturday morning, most people are still at home. There's just something that's so nice about walking into a bright, clean store where there are pretty much all the types of veggies you'll contemplate buying (and the price isn't outrageous). Anyway, I was walking around and thoroughly enjoying the super cold AC and thought back to college. You might have noticed that I still have not quite gotten over the Boston bug. I love that city. (And that's a statement coming from mountains and rolling hills, open-fields-with-two-lane-roads-winding-through-loving me) It's possible that if and when I return, things will be different because the people will be different. But the memories that I have of that city are so overwhelmingly positive despite the lack of AC, despite the long hours of studying, despite all the hard things that I learned and went through. And during the summers, I used to go grocery shopping. Quite often actually. Spoiled by the fact that Shaws was a 5 minute walk in one direction, and Trader Joe's a 10 min walk in the other. Spoiled by the free air conditioning (!) and the freedom that you have when you know you can buy things in small quantities and still not have to worry about making a long trek to buy more food. Grocery shopping to me at that time felt like such a grown-up thing to do. I'd come home from work, change, and walk over to pick up groceries, make dinner, and then do a few things on my computer before calling it an early night.

Fast forward to today. As I wandered around picking up items and putting them in my cart, I was so happy that I could shop without having to worry about carrying it all home. Particularly glad that I didn't have to worry about accidentally cracking 2 dozen eggs. As I decided to try cooking yellow zucchini for the first time, I was thankful that at least for now, I don't have to worry about watching every dollar. I'm fully aware that at some point in the future, I may be counting every last penny, especially if I go back to school. But for today, I was thankful that I could drive to a nearby store, pick up everything from eggs to yellow zucchini to my college staple of frozen broccoli, and come home with enough food for the week.