Grocery Store

..... one of the luxaries of having Collin in preschool is going to the grocery store KID FREE in the morning.

The only ones there are other moms and our lovely older citizens. This morning I guess wasnt a schedules grocery store run for the local assistant living places so it was just moms and employees stocking the shelves. This is one downside to shopping at 9 am... they are restocking - which means the produce and the meat departments are not fully stocked yet... but ya take the good with the bad I guess.

I navigated my way thru the aisles, getting much more then what was on my list (not that I actually HAD my list... you see I am the Queen of making lists but leaving them at home/in the car, etc). So as I am going along I pretty much stay on pace with a few others, we pass each other, I smile or say "hello" or whatever and they basically ignore me.

So, here is my thing .... is it part of the southern small town thing that I am the outsider and arent worthy of at least a nod back? Is it that I wore my LSU sweatshirt and for some reason everyone was OSU Fans? Did I smeel bad? Do I come across bitchy/negative even when I dont mean to be??

My bottom line is this: I am over people, its as simple as that. Its all I can do to get thru a day with a whiny 3 year old out here away from family (and apprently friends) and a husband who travels. So why bother adding more misery/self pity, whatever it is, to the fire when I can just be as happy alone without being "social?"

And what is even worse is that since I went thru the self checkout line I talked to no one ... I guess the teacher that got Collin out of the car this morning will be my only human contact today.