I really have no groceries in the house, and I really don't want to eat at a restaurant

today . . . but . . . it is still wind-storming something fierce PLUS the

powder hounds are all in town, and they board the bus in groups of 10-15, with all their

various skiing parenphenalia . . . I'm not saying I don't want them here; for the most

part, they're actually very fun to listen to because they're so cheerful and

energetic . . . nevermind the fact that most of them speak in various

foreign languages; of which I don't know any of them . . . it's

just that it gets awfully crowded on the busses during the winter daytime . . . especially

if the bus is not a bus but a large mini van / mini bus . . . which the town uses for

the town shuttle when it's not busy . . . but it's been busy for about a

week now and they're still using the mini busses . . . and do you know how

uncomfortable it is to sit on the bus with two bags of groceries in your lap because

there's no room for them anywhere else and your arms squished together because the

bus is that full . . . and I guess I could buy less than two bags of

groceries . . . but then, I'd just have to go through this even more times . . . and

besides . . . once I start swimming, I will only have one day a

week when I can go to the grocery store, so I'm trying to train myself now . . . and

the other day will be set aside for going to the laundrymat . . . which makes 5 days

and 2 remaining . . . well, I'll tell ya . . .I don't go to the grocery store on Saturday . . .

that's just madness . . . and on Sunday, I'm at home

church . . . and I don't really like going to the grocery store in the

middle of the day because that interferes with my projects . . . it takes an average

of two hours for me to go to the grocery store (or laundrymat) via bus, and the store

is only about a 5-minute drive away . . . but, there's walking

to and from the bus stops and the various waiting times at said bus stops . . . plus,

depending on when I leave the grocery store, the next bus will either be there

immediately or within 20 minutes . . . there's a lot of waiting involved when one uses

public transportation . . . but isn't it awesome that there is such a thing as public

transportation . . . do y'all like this run-on sentence . . . it's

beginning to make me dizzy . . . but anyway, normally, I

wouldn't go to the grocery store in the middle of the day . . . but today, I may just

have to . . . seeing as how the morning has already come and gone . . . and thus,

the opportunity for a morning grocery run for today no longer exists . . . poof

. . . my plan was to get to the grocery store by 7 this morning . . . because the

powder hounds usually don't start making their appearances until around 10 . . .

which, if I was in the store for 2 hours, then I would be coming home around

9 . . . way before 10, doncha think . . . I don't usually miss driving

. . . except for when I get an urge to take a cross-country trip . . . sigh . . . and for

times like these when I need to go to the grocery store and the laundrymat . . .

ever try taking your laundry on a bus . . . one of my friends

asked me how come I don't do all my laundry at once when I go to the

laundrymat . . . if someone doesn't drive, they don't realize all the pre-planning that

one has to do when taking a bus . . . for instance . . . I can only take as much as I

can carry . . . and with it being icy around here, as it has been . . . that

means that I can carry even less . . . she also asked me how come I don't do my

grocery shopping while I'm doing my laundry . . . LOL . . . where and how would

I carry everything . . . and . . . I don't like knapsacks . . .

I think they're called backpacks today . . . besides, I'm not a mule

and loading me down with bags to carry and then plopping a knapsack on my back

. . . well, it just ain't gonna happen . . . and people have suggested

getting a rolling cart . . . but in the middle of winter, on ice . . . and

besides, I'd still have to contend with getting on and off the bus . . . and once I got it

on the bus . . . where would I put it . . . in someone's lap . . .

except, certainly not mine . . . . . . these are just some examples

of things that people don't think about when they have a vehicle and can drive

. . . but then, why should they think about it . . . it's not pertinent to their life . . .

and that's absolutely fine . . . I'm not complaining . . . truly I'm not . . . things are

what they are . . . one can either do what's needed to be done or not . . . it's their

choice . . . isn't it wonderful how adaptable Our Lord made us to

be . . . anyway, this really is not a big deal at all . . .

it's just that I'm all warm and toasty right now and I really

don't want to go out in a windstorm to get two bags of groceries that's gonna take

2 hours to do . . . apparently, I'd rather spend those 2 hours creating this post

. . . hey, what did I just say about choices . . . LOL . . . ok, I think I have I rambled on

long enough . . . thank you for listening.