“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 717 (Thursday) – snow prep

Thankful for Thursday, because it was book club night with hanging out with some people, chatting about a book, and eating stuff. Before the meeting there were visits to the bank to deposit a check that came in today’s mail (thanks Rakuten!) and the bookstore to buy the book for March and order two other books. The beauty of book club is not having to figure out what to read next.

Book club had a bigger group than last month, which meant a larger table and trouble hearing people talking at the far end. We were also under a Bose ceiling speaker, which added another degree of musical difficulty, but that is all part of a book club that meets in a restaurant/bar. (Note to self – next time snag a seat in the middle of a long table.)

This month’s book was “The House in the Cerulean Sea,” which I finished two weeks ago and basically forgot about once I moved on to another book in process, “Deep River.” No matter, it is still fun, and I remembered enough to participate.

Prepared.

After book club there was a visit to Market Basket for some "More for Your [My] Dollar" pre-snow shopping. The store wasn’t as crowded as expected, but oddly, there were still no carts inside the store. I boldly set forth with the “I’ll get what I can carry” shopping methodology which yielded in-store bakery iced cinnamon buns, granola bars, ramen bricks (insurance policy), hot salsa (first time “hot” has ever been seen), queso, two caramel filled chocolate bars, and hot cocoa mix, (seasonal addiction). The absence of a cart or basket resulted in a few forgotten items, but contained the cost to $12.

The highlight of the trip was the tiny tot first seen in the parking lot. She wore a pink parka, leggings, and boots, and pushed a tiny pink plastic shopping cart across the lot and into the store. In the store, she wrangled a large box of cereal onto the shelf underneath the basket when it was too large to fit into the cart's basket. As she and her mom came down an aisle, another shopper was heard saying “ohhhhh, did you see her little cart?” While exiting the store behind them, I saw she had a doll in the seat of the cart, a play can of vegetables, and a cannister of real oat meal. So cute. Her mom had the regular sized cart and the rest of the groceries.

The freezer is stocked with containers of random soups and bread. The ramen rack is full. There are eggs, cheese, coffee and creamer. The hot cocoa mix is plentiful. Realistically, though, it will probably be iced cinnamon rolls that provide sustenance for the snowstorm remote workday and weekend. It is good to feel prepared.