Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Woke up this morning to find Dale quite anxious about getting to the grocery store early. The weather is supposed to start getting really bad around noon and the store is going to be busy anyway due to Christmas. After we finished breakfast he decided to take what he said would be a much shorter than usual morning walk so we could get to Kowalski's. I decided to take advantage of the time to get a list together and get my head on straight in anticipation of accompanying him through his shopping neurosis. I'd only gotten 4 items written on the list when he burst back inside saying we needed to go to the store ASAP.
Was I annoyed? Yes. Not because I felt he was wrong about getting to the store early but because I was being denied a few minutes to prepare myself mentally for what I was anticipating to be a stressful shopping with him. I was also annoyed with myself for how much shorter my fuse keeps getting throughout this pandemic. Part of the holidays is navigating our heightened emotions and expectations along with everyone else's. I decided to just let this one go.
The store was indeed busy but still manageable due to it being before 9:00 am. While we were trying to get in the check-out line Dale got annoyed with the woman ahead of us who wouldn't move up to the next open social distancing floor marker. Dale asked her if she was actually in line. She said she was but didn't want to block anyone who may want to get through. As she turned away Dale rolled his eyes. I reminded him of what I reminded myself of earlier. Part of the holidays is navigating our heightened emotions and expectations along with everyone else's.
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