Category: Life

Overheard in the check-out line in the Whitby Walmart. (Yes, I was in Walmart and yes, I am sorry.)

• Stop touching that, it’s not yours. (It was, in fact, mine!)
• Put that down.
• Take your head off the conveyor belt.
• No, you can’t have that.
• Put that down.
• I said no.
• No!
• Stop that.
• I mean it.
• Hey!
• For the last time, I said take your head off the conveyor belt.
• I said no.
• You don’t need that.

He was about 8 and awfully cute. It was hard to be annoyed at him (even if he did paw my new Swiffer SweeperVac). But I did feel for his Mom. I think any visit to Walmart with children should be followed with a stiff drink. I know I had one.

Things I learned today:

1. I like Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields. What took me so long? Podcasts make me happy.
2. Wearing sunscreen daily really is a excellent practice.
3. Moisturizing is equally important.
4. I have a gift for designing beautiful tables in Word. I am especially creative when I should be writing stories at work.
5. I look good in bright colours so maybe I should start strenuously fighting the urge to wear black, black, black and sometimes blue or brown.

That’s it. It was a slow day.