Let's Play Two
Yesterday I wanted to run into Costco to pick up a docking station for my iPod. I’ve downloaded all six weeks of the mindfulness meditation course from Zencast.org and decided that it would be so much nicer to listen to over a nice set of speakers rather than 5 year old headphones. My plan was to get up early, beat the crowd, run in and run out but I was still on a bit of a high from my Lowe’s trip so I asked the family if they wanted to join me — knowing there was a list of things to purchase and the kids always want to try every sample in the store.
As we drove towards the store my hands did begin to sweat a bit and wondered if I would be able to perform on the same level I had the day before but this isn’t about being better than one day, this is just about new experiences and being in the moment. We walked into Costco and I browsed through the different docking options before I finally settled on one, ok lets pull out the list.
We picked up the items on the list and instead of running out of the store I suggested that we just wander around a bit, see whats new, just enjoy being there. My wife commented that maybe we should get a bag a rice, so we walked up and down the isles, not finding any rice — again I could have suggested we just leave but I said lets go back and double check. Still empty handed I ask one of the employees “where do you hide the rice?”. She responded “its usually right here but we are currently sold out. Sorry.”
I shake my head and blurt out without thinking “yeah, its probably because the Mormons are freaking everyone out about food storage!” The employee laughed and said “yeah, I hear they are going to start pushing for 3 years supply of salt, so you might want to pick up a few bags and get a jump on the competition.”
My wife grabbed the cart and headed for a different isle, slightly embarrassed but with a grin on her face that seemed to say “its good to have you back.” We wandered around a bit more, I picked up a couple different kinds of cheese that I really like, my son wanted fresh blueberries so we found those and then headed for the registers.
On the way out of the store another shopper stops me and says “dude, where did you get that shirt?” I was wearing a shirt that had “HELL’S KITCHEN” printed on it.
“Oh, a friend of mine picked it up for me in New York, he knows I’m a big fan of the show and that I have a bit of a man-crush on Chef Ramsay.”
The guy laughed and we parted ways. After loading the groceries into the car my wife said “what were you two boys laughing about?” I replayed the story to her about the shirt and the man-crush and she responded “you must be feeling so much better, I haven’t seen you like this in a long time.”