Yesterday Melanie and I went shopping together for the first time in a very long time. We went to Costco together so we could buy some dinner and lunch ideas together. It has been interesting over the last 5 months as I never went shopping. Melanie use to say that I would buy mains with no consideration for sides. I find she would buy sides without thinking of main courses. She would come home with acorn squash, zucchini and lettuce and ask me to make something. Eating raw vegetables or vegetables in general is tough for me at the moment and there is not a lot of protein in it. Yesterday we bought plenty of meat products to eat. The two of us shopping together leads to really large bills.
I have some things that I dislike when grocery shopping. One of them is having bananas near any bread products as I find the taste is transferred to the bread. When we were going through the cash, I made sure the cashier kept it completely separate. Melanie explained why to the cashier and she thought it was amusing. Whenever we went back I tried to get her as a cashier because she was nice and she always remembered to keep the bananas away from everything. Yesterday I went to get something set for my membership and she was at the desk. She always remembered us and we would always chat. When I approached her I said hi and asked her how things were and she was a bit surprised at first because I was talking like I knew her. I was wearing my Quebec Nordiques hat and I am bald now so she did not recognize me at first. I told her I had cancer and I was bald. She replied like others have when they find out, she was sad about it and it said she was about to cry. I told her I was fine and that it was only a minor inconvenience. We ended up talking a bit while customers waited behind us. I always appreciated how she remembered some of the nuances for packing our food and how friendly she always was. A co-worker once asked her if we were friends outside of work because of our interactions, but we only ever chatted at Costco. It is interesting the connections you make talking to people. As much as I am an introvert, I love randomly talking to people and seeing how they react.
Yesterday was also the first time I had an adverse reaction. The doctors had told me to be careful with sugar and specifically told me to be careful when eating things like DQ. In the past I had eaten it and have not had much issue. Yesterday I realized that drinking a small milkshake in the evening is not a wise idea. Not a wise idea at all. It went right through my body and I ended up taking some pills to prevent myself from being dehydrated. Note to self. A milk shake after dinner is too much sugar as by that time it is hard to regulate how much I had through the rest of the day.
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