Snowpocalypse 2: The Milk Run

I was about to run out of milk tomorrow, which, of course, necessitated a run to Kroger during my lunch break. The parking lot was completely full. The store was full of people shopping for the storm, and mothers refilling their pantries after three days of having schoolchildren home. (They went to school today. They won’t tomorrow.) And the self-checkout lanes were full of people who never use them, so it was pretty funny to watch them try to figure out how they work. Last week I helped a woman who had set a canteloupe on the glass and simply waited for the machine to do something. (Or, as my friend Sarah said, she was waiting for the magic to happen.) I told her that she need to look it up and key in the code because it didn’t have a price tag with a barcode on it.

It’s fascinating to me that people have been around self-checkout lanes for many years, but so many of them haven’t got a clue how to use them.

I needed some fresh produce. I’ll be making chicken soup at some point this weekend. That reminds me, must take chicken out of freezer. Also, the most important item (besides the milk): Cat litter. That is something you don’t want to be low on during an ice storm/snowstorm/whatever the heck we’re getting here in Richmond. They’re not quite sure. The only thing they’re sure about is that the D.C. area is getting more. There’ll be a a blizzard happening up north. So glad I don’t have to drive in that. You folks stay safe out there.

I will be posting Tig in snow pictures if I get them. I have a few from last week that I can put up. I’ll probably be bored enough to edit the movie that I took. Tig is a mere two weeks away from his second birthday. If you scroll back through the Cats section, I’m sure you’ll find his baby pictures. My, how he grew.