I Love Story Time!

This is my fabulous new room! I definitely still have some work to do as far as decorating goes, but it's lookin' good if I do say so myself!

So this is the portion of my blog I like to call Story Time...a couple little random stories that hopefully you'll enjoy:

-I made my way to Giant (grocery store) for my first big shopping trip here in Bethesda on Monday...I was very excited about picking out all my food since Margo's been teaching me a ton about cooking and eating healthier. In college my idea of cooking was Chick-Fil-A. So I go through all the isles with my little list of healthy stuff, planning meals in my head, and so forth...definitely expecting the money total to be high. It's definitely not cheap eating healthy, but that's a choice you have to make. I get all my things and stand in line to check out, admiring my cart of delicious and nutritious food. I load all my groceries on the belt, then look to my purse to get out my wallet...my stomach dropped. Yes, indeed...I forgot my wallet. Uhhhhhhh, this would happen! I played several scenarios in my head: wait for them to bag everything, take the cart and sprint all the way home with them chasing me; wait for the leading-man of my story to come and say "oh, no problem...let me get that for you;" get arrested right then and there for making them put all my food back. None of those seemed too likely, so I went the realistic route and told the woman I accidently forgot my wallet...she was very polite about it which made it a little easier. The worst part was my walk of shame out of Giant...leaving with no groceries in hand. They have this corral-type walkway when you exit the store like they are trying to herd you to the parking lot...and of course, at the exact time I leave to get my wallet so does the oldest woman on the face of the earth!...with her precious little walker. I don't think she was even aware of the line of 10 people inching along behind her, as we were held hostage between her and the store because of the dumb corral!

-Speaking of the elderly, there is this adorable married couple that come to work out in the mornings at NIH. They are both retired but still keep a membership to the fitness center, which is so great to me! I always spend a lot of time talking with them because of how sweet they are...here's a conversation I overheard between the two of them, as they were deciding when to leave:

Vivian is on the elliptical, Manny is on the stationary bike (across from each other)
Vivian: "Are you just about through?"
Manny: "I am if you are."
Vivian: "So are you finished?"
Manny: "Are you?"
Vivian: "If you're ready to go."
Manny: "No, I'm ok."
Vivian: "About 10 more minutes?"
Manny: "I think so."
Vivian: "Ok, I'm getting off."
Manny: "Oh alright." (Manny gets off too)

They went back and forth like that for a long time, and I sat there smiling and laughing to myself at how funny they were. Manny always brings me articles from this Jewish cooking website he gets emails from...oh yes, Manny's all high-tech with the email! They definitely make getting up at 5:30am a lot more enjoyable!

Hope you enjoyed those...I'm sure there are more disasters and funny people for me to encounter!