I really miss living near Walmart! I used to go twice a month. It was the highlight of pay week and I would make my list, cut my coupons, plan to go and it was my "shopping" fix if you will. Now I am the type that if you give me a nickel, I will spend a dime. I could spend hours in Walmart. Nick would say, when will you be back, I'd say - when I get here!
Now we live almost 22 miles from Walmart. In Altamonte it was less than 5 minutes from the house, depending on the lights between the subdivision and 434 and I could put my lipstick on between here and there and brush my hair and make a few cell phone calls too. Up here, there are no stop lights, so you have to do all that before you leave the house, otherwise you look like all the other Walmart shoppers. :)
I think what I miss the most is the fact that I would go, and then come home and write my sister about my adventures in Walmart. She would tell me she would sit at the computer and laugh her head off cause she could picture me rambling on about how I was wanting to slap this one and that one in isle 10 and come up with the stupid questions of the day about the simple things you just don't think about in life - just from visiting Walmart.
I tend to get this "giddy" side of me that I believe is a good trait. At OCS, I would call it my "I am gonna get my pinkslip kinda today" side of me. Almost like a high. Opposite of those "funks" that my friend Ulyses used to get in once in a while and I love these moments (not his, mine). BUT, my "pinkslip" side of me can get me in trouble. This is part of me that makes me feel alive again. I have a carefree, don't give a flip, I will tell it like it is and laugh, when I want, give you a noogy, call you up and harrass you, text you a harassing note, drive like a bat out of hell, whatever kinda day.
I can sense these kind of days when they hit, they don't come very often. I am anxiously waiting for them to build the Walmart here in Blairsville so I can have a few more than I am experiencing of late. Withdrawals would be a good word. This 22 miles stuff is for the birds. I NEED stories to tell. Think that's why I enjoyed Emily being here, I could tell stories from our adventures.
Who would ever have thought that Wally World would be such a source of joy for someone? And a savings to boot!
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I recall hearing stories about this side of you...giddy and full of michief!! You know, I think finding joy in the little things of life makes it worthwile...just enjoying those strolls down the aisle. We have a wally world right down the street but the one in apopka is a SUPER walmart. E calls it the apopka mall...and girl, dont go there at night cause its is full of er...shall we say..."Interesting" people! xo
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