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Thursday, May 20, 2004

oh, the thinks I can think!

Thinks I thought last night and today:

• Whilst looking at real estate in other states and politically conservative weblogs: Why in the name of all that is holy do I still live in the state of Kalifornia? I mean, other than the fact that my family is here. And it's really quite a beautiful state with lots of variety. And the ocean and the mountains and stuff. And T has a good job. But other than that. WHY?
• In the parking lot at Costco: It is odd that Costco is the kind of place where you see people holding up lines of cars and making shoppers feel uncomfortable by waiting for someone to get to his/her car and put his/her groceries away so that they can take his/her parking space. This doesn't happen at "lower-class" places like Wal-Mart or Food 4 Less or even Target. Is it because people who are better off are more accustomed to getting what they want even if it inconveniences other people? I dunno. I can use the exercise anyway, so generally I just park far away so I don't have to deal with either waiting in the backed-up line of traffic, or with a covetous jerk in a shiny new car sitting there staring at me while I put Raisin Bran and individually-quick-frozen chicken breasts into my trunk. In fact, on the occasions when I have had to deal with this annoying behavior, if I'm in a particularly snotty mood, I've been known to sit in the car looking at pictures I've just had developed, or checking my grocery list one more time, just to show the jerk that I won't be bullied into hurrying for his sake. (but not if there's a line of innocent sufferers behind him.)
• Driving through the seedier section of Smallish Shopping City: If I owned a store called "Discount Meats and Poultry," and for some strange reason a chicken became spectacularly gory roadkill directly in front of my main entrance, I'd call the city to have it cleaned up right quick. Because that just looks bad, in a horrifically funny kind of way.

I am having a feeling-thin day, which is always nice. I have been really disciplined with my food all week, and I had a new low weigh-in this morning (after maintaining for, what, five months? it's good to see the scale moving again), so that's probably why. Rationally I know that one or two pounds really could not make a difference in my appearance. But the mood lift was nice, especially considering that a lot of other things about today were stressful. I have an unbelievable weekend coming up regarding food: I am hosting one dinner and two breakfasts and packing sack lunches for three total strangers. I have two potlucks to cook for (Sunday and Monday), and then on Tuesday we're having my mother's birthday party which I'm also hosting (and cooking for). It's nuts. And appalling, how much groceries for a series of events like that can cost. It's also the first time our guest apartment will be used, which means that tonight and tomorrow I have a lot of cleaning to do over there. Goody.

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