Grocery shopping

Grocery shopping has never been an activity I enjoyed. Now with twins it is a chore. I do not really mind though. I do not go out too often and grocery shopping is something I have to do. The people at my local grocery store have begun to recognize me, the one pushing a shopping cart and either pulling another shopping cart or a baby stroller.

I go from isle to isle getting things for the week to eat. The babies either sleep or look around while we go through the store. It is very freeing to be single and grocery shopping. In the past I have had people I have lived with deciding what needs to be bought and what does not. Now I get to decide. So yea I do get pre-cut fruit, organic yogurt, and the "good juice". I still get the generic jam and bread. But now if I feel like getting an ice cream I get one.

The babies like to be out and about. Emily especially likes it when we are stopped so someone can ooh and aww over her. She get so coy and pretends to be shy but really she's like, more more. I admit in my eyes they are the most beautiful creations. I want to show them off. To the world if I could. I feel like they have the ability to make everyone's life better. Is that how all first time mothers feel about their children I wonder. I know that how I feel about them is exaggerated to what is reality.

Now that my ex took back the car he bought me over a year ago I walk there and take a taxi home. Unless it is cold or wet out. It is a nice walk. When the sun is out and the air feels good, sometimes if the wind is blowing right I can smell the salt of the sea as I walk. I can close my eyes and I feel like I am home again. Taking a taxi is nice too. I mean having someone drive me here and there. Meeting new people. There is one person who I have gotten to know and I really like when that person shows up. It can be a weird situation also. Like the guy who came and as soon as I opened the door the overwhelming smell of pot came out, or the guy who came and had one of his doors broken, or the guy who came and I could not figure out if it was a man or woman for the first half of the ride. All these people have been so friendly. I have not met a bad one yet as far as personality's go.

All in all it can be fun and luckily I can go whenever I want to so I can pick a nice day or a day I feel particularly energetic. If nothing else it is a chance to get out and see people.