The Funniest Thing

The funniest thing happened to me while I was at Walmart this morning.  

But first, I'd gone out to the lake and walked the Lake Circle route three times, which amounts to just under two miles.  If I can keep this up after I have to go back to work, it ought to keep my sugars under control just fine.  Alas, convincing myself to go walk after a 10 hour shift is the difficult part.  I have good intentions, but once I'm sitting in that car, all I want is to come home, especially after it starts getting hot. 

So anyway, I went out and walked the Lake Circle route, then went to Walmart.  I didn't really need anything, but wanted to check out the clearance section to see if there was any good stuff left.  They had quite a bit -- a lot of wrapping paper, which I do not need -- but all I got were some fancy marshmallows for my hot chocolate and a new Pez dispenser.    

I also picked up another string of these lights, which I may put up next year.  

I have a few different styles and tend to put up different sets each year.  I was looking for some multi-colored icicle lights, but all they had were the ones with white wire.  I like the ones with the dark wire, so they're not as obvious.  But that's just me.  I might run up to Batesville tomorrow to see what they have and collect a few route badges from the Mounds.   Or I might not.  We'll see. 

I almost bought another box of Christmas cards, but put them back after reminding myself I still have five boxes at home -- three of which are still unopened.  Speaking of cards, I got home to find three more in my mailbox.  

All of them had been mailed before Christmas; one was mailed December 12!  Tell me this isn't a government operation...

I imagine by this point, you're wondering what was so funny about all this.  Well, I'll tell you.  

I was strolling down the aisle in the clearance section, when a man stopped me saying, "Ma'am, smell this candle" and held out a candle towards me.  At first, I thought he was looking for something for his wife and wanted my opinion, but when I sniffed the candle I noticed it had a very peculiar, yet very familiar, scent.  

I stood there trying to place the scent, looking puzzled, and the man said, "It's pizza."  A pizza scented candle.  We shared a chuckle over that, then I said, "Now, I'm hungry.  I need to go buy me a pizza."  

And that's exactly what I did, but not just any pizza.  I DiGiorno stuffed crust pizza.   

I haven't had one of those in ages, not since they got so expensive, and indeed this one was $8.47, but I decided to splurge.  

Now I done et too much.  

And finally, one of my coworkers called me a little bit ago and told me that apparently there have been some shenanigans out at the plant.  Someone had gotten fired, and didn't take to kindly to it, so she went out there in the middle of the night with a sledgehammer and busted some windows.  They say they have it on video surveillance, and know who it was.

The weird thing is, I drove by the plant this morning on the way to the lake, and didn't even notice.  I was too busy looking at the Dick's Sporting Goods blimp that was parked at the airport.  I said I was going to have to be sure to look tomorrow when I go walking.  

I mean, it won't look like much, because they've already boarded up the broken windows, but still...

And you only thought life in a small town was dull.