Saturday, January 19, 2008
With My Friend!
Yesterday with the help of a dear friend and the tenacity equal to what is shown by Brandy in this picture I tackled a big shopping expedition. I had two lists on my mini clipboard and a plan to hit six different stores. My friend was there to drive and I didn’t want to have to go by bus to finish what was unaccomplished.
We started traveling 10 miles to Clio where a visit to Doty’s feed store allowed me to cross cat food (sensitive stomach), large hook bill, and small hook bill off my list. My animals were taken care of.
Next it was into Flint to Sam’s Club for an assortment of supplies from printer cartridges to a nice big pork loin to cut up into meal portions. I was doing fine on my walking so it was on to the next stop. Around the corner from Sam’s is Gordon Food Service. Jay asked me to pick up some Belgium Waffle mix there. My friend was looking for one of those long handle dust pans (like a butler’s dustpan) and we found one there.
Next we started back towards Clio when I spotted a K mart and remember Jay’s computer lamp dilemma. He had purchased a small clip on lamp for his computer area and the bulb had burned out just a few days later. Now $4.00 for a lamp is quite a deal unless you can’t purchase light bulbs anywhere except at a lighting fixture store in Flint or as I later found out on Amazon. So it was into K mart to purchase another lamp that took standard type bulbs and I bought a package of four bulbs to go with it. By now my walking was starting to hurt but I still had some things to get.
So down the street to Vg’s market we went. In there it was the bread, milk, eggs, and produce type stuff to finish off my second list. By now both my friend and I are starting to limp.
Our last stop was back in Otisville at Rite Aid to pick up a prescription that Dr. had called in to change my antibiotic to something stronger. This was the end of my adventure and believe me my ankles were screaming. But I knew I was set for another 4 or 5 days and that made it worth it.
This morning however walking is presenting a problem so I may use the wheel chair for the day and not do a whole lot around here. But I got a lot accomplished and enjoyed the company of my friend so it was worth it.
