Today's big foray into the fun, outside world was to the drive up ATM and a very crowded Supermarket run. One would think that having worked at a supermarket through high school and briefly in college, I would have remembered that Sunday afternoons are crazy busy. I had completely forgotten, or shopping patterns may have changed in the twenty odd years since I last donned a DeMoulas smock and stocked the shelves in grocery hell.
I was very proud of myself today. I did not get aggravated in the aisles when they were repeatedly blocked. Instead I took the few seconds respites as just that. Breaks from our hectic home life. When the person parked next to me, was blocking the back of my car with her basket, I did not say a peep. (I was not in a hurry, so I filled my trunk from the side.) When her grown daughter opened the back passenger door as I was trying to walk to my door, I did not yell at her. Instead, I took the opportunity to add a few more steps to my day and walked around the other side of the car. These are important steps because I usually would have asked them to move themselves out of my way and been a bit bitchy. So, I think this happiness project is starting to work.
My kids are unknowingly participating in my little happiness project with full gusto. I printed out glasses of milk for each of them and they are filling their glasses with good deeds that are noted via stickers. Then each sticker is being translated into change (just all the loose change I keep finding in my cleaning spree). This is our family project. All money will be donated at the end of the project to their Lenten Alms collection boxes. Win-win really. They are being nice to each other, helping around the house, and raising money for a good cause. :)
Here's hoping that you get a little lost in the supermarket. (Great song by the Clash)
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