The battle for plastic-free groceries.
It's the start of the week and momma's got to plan the week's meal. Thay means grocery day. Every week I go to the nearby supermarket to sop for a week's worth of wet and dry goods. I bring my eco bags as I intend to help lessen the garbage we produce. This is one of the small steps I take to help mother nature. And I am glad that the awareness is spreading. I am seeing more and more people bringing their own ecobags when shopping. The reaction has also improved. Baggers in the cash register know now that there are shoppers who refuse plastic bags.
But today I had to cause a bit of a commotion just so I could be let inside the grocery store with my ecobags. The lady guard asked me to leave my ecobags in the baggage counter. I told her that I will be using those for my shopping. She insisted that she can't allow me to enter. I insisted that she allow me because I have been doing this for weeks already. She even said that I can have my items bagged in the plastic bags then put the plastic bags in the eco bags once I'm done shopping.
I was getting a bit furious but I kept in mind that she might be new on the job and that she might not be aware of the term environmentalism. But I stood my ground. And I meant literally stood my ground. I can't be not let in just because I want to use ecobags for my shopping. I was trying to educate her I didn't notice I was already causing a delay. There are people behind me trying to get in. But I don't want to give up. Well one of us, the lady guard or me, has to budge. I know I won't. She did. Haha!
And that's how I got most of my activity count. I was so angry while shopping I got lost in the isles. I walked and walked inside the store, even had to go back and forth for the items I forgot. I tend to walk a lot when I'm mad.
The tireless little kid
There's no other best way to burn calories than to try to tire a toddler out. Spent a lot of hours running around the house playing hide and seek and peek-a-boo just so my kid feels tired by night time. But it turns out I am the one feeling tired now.
The beautiful sunset
What other beautiful way to cool down after a hard day's work than to sit down in front of my plants, my kid sitting beside me, looking out for planes that fly by, and watching the beautiful sky painted with the afternoon colors.
A day well spent. Activity count well worth all the effort. Sleep still far away from reality because this little tyke seem to be not sleepy or tired at all. I guess I'm gonna have to have another cup of coffee.
