Wednesday June 26th 2024

The temperature climbed into the mid nineties under a sunny sky this morning. As the afternoon arrived so did the clouds. Starting with fluffy clouds they soon turn more menacing. At various points in time dark black clouds would appear around the area. Sometimes the storms would emit thunder or show a bright flash of lightening. It was all in the hands of luck if you got caught in some rain or not. Today I didn’t.

My food supply was getting pretty low today. I didn’t have any bread for toast with my coffee or for lunch time sandwiches. In fact, even my supply of coffee was getting low. My freezer still had a few options that could be thawed, but the main part of the refrigerator was very sparsely populated. This afternoon I made the necessary food run.

The low supplies at home caused me to break one of the common rules. You should never go food shopping while hungry. I came home with breakfast pastries, mini donuts, eclairs, and cupcakes in the sweets and carbs line. One or two would have been plenty. In the primary protean area I bought a piece of steak, hamburg and more sandwich meet. While these are common purchases, the portion size I purchased today was on the bigger end of common. The rest of the stuff seemed to be fairly normal when I unpacked the bags into the refrigerator and cabinets.

Walmart was very busy this afternoon, but they had plenty of staff at the checkouts. There were actually more “assisted” checkouts in use than self checkouts percentage wise. Walmarts in this area get plenty of tourists. They stock the food side of the building with a lot of snacks and drinks. In the clothing area they have a fare selection of Disney merchandise and the pharmacy area seems to have areas focused on travelers issues as well. Today I was behind one family at the checkout that was clearly stocking a vacation home. Their shopping cart had snacks, drinks, microwavable items and Disney tee shirts. The only health items in the cart was some fruit. Seeing tourists in the store isn’t unusual. On several occasions I have seen apparent tourists speaking unknown languages basically gawking at the size of the store and the varieties of selections.

My daily walk this afternoon and evening was broken into two shorter walks. The threatening weather didn’t give me the confidence to explore beyond easy return distance. The black clouds seem to have a mind of their own.