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Can Errands Be Walked?

by kphirst

When I was growing up, stores were closed on Sundays - which put
the run in errands. Today's different. Today's 24/7 and there's
time to walk.

Once a week I walk to the farmer's market - the land of fresh
vegetables, free-range eggs and raw nuts. Once a week I buy food
to compensate for the packaged, frozen and take-out food my
family usually eats. Actually, I don't need to go to the farmer's
market every week. I've discovered that fresh food can't be
cooked with good intentions.

Good intentions, however, have reduced the amount of clothes I
take to the cleaners. Now I read labels. Now I buy clothes that
can be machine washed. My husband's shirts can be machine washed;
but because I'm ironing challenged, I've scorched a few. Thus,
for the sake of our marriage, I've asked John not to use
four-letter words when he talks about his shirts - and iron is a
four-letter word.

Then there's the car wash. It's not just for washing cars
anymore. While I'm waiting for my car to be returned to its
original color, I can buy greeting cards and inexpensive gifts.
Whoever invented car washes with gift shops is truly - gifted.

I'm definitely not gifted at the hardware store. Last week I
tried to find "one of those little things" that stops toilets
from running - from making the noise that sounds like water
torture when you're trying to sleep. Who knew those little things
came in different sizes. Things like that put the hard in
hardware.

Being over forty puts the pharmacy on my errand list at least
once a month - more often if I try a new weight machine at the
gym. Although I haven't qualified for handicap parking at the
pharmacy, I should qualify for it soon at the computer store.

Parking should be free at the library. This would encourage
reading and save my change for paying fines. I recently had to
explain to the librarian that I was going to look for a missing
book until the late charges were more than buying the library a
new book.

Because I can't do all my errands on Saturdays, I squeeze some
in on my way to and from appointments during the week. Because of
this I think I know what it will say on my gravestone. I think it
will say "Just doing another errand".

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