2020 April 23 Thursday

Nine years ago I was pushing this tiny little girl in the swing. She would ask to “go high”. But would be afraid if I took her “too high”. I think she just wanted to be as fearless as her brother, but couldn’t quite push it to the same limits. Now she is a young woman with a drivers license, who no longer needs grandpa to help her in a swing. I’m proud of how she’s grown..

This was a very busy afternoon. Shortly after three we arrived at Wal-Mart to pick up our grocery order. As far as I could tell there were only three or four employees bringing groceries out to the vehicles. Since I was there last, they’ve at least doubled the number of pick up spots. That’s good. But if they haven’t doubled the employees, it doesn’t work. They could convert the whole parking lot to waiting stations, but without increased workers, it doesn’t change a thing.

After getting our groceries, we drove to a different spot in the parking lot to get the prescriptions. We called in to the pharmacy to let them know we were there and where we were. Shortly they arrived with a bag of pills.

Once we had the prescriptions, we moved to the gas station to fill the truck and a five gallon gas can, all for less than twenty six dollars. One dollar and thirty four cents a gallon!

Our next stop was Action Propane to refill a thirty pound tank for twenty dollars. That is the cheapest I’ve ever seen propane.

But we’re still not done for the day. We stopped at Walgreen for some over the counter meds and a case of diet Dr Pepper, neither of which were available at Wal-Mart.

Our last stop was just six miles from home, Parker’s Corner Groceries. I purchased eggs, ground beef, and corn starch, none of which was available at Wal-Mart. I also bought ice cream and potatoes chips. Hey, I was tired, hungry, and feeling the need for a treat!

While we were out and about, Jenny called. Ella told her that we would call her back. Once we were home, with most things stored away, we called and talked for nearly a half an hour and ended with an invitation for supper tomorrow night.