The weekly food shop

Is there something wrong with me? I love my family, I really do. I love being able to provide for them which includes shopping and cooking. But I hate the weekly food shop.

I really don't enjoy walking round the supermarket, up and down the isles, looking for the items on my list and slowly filling up the trolley. Then there is the wait at the checkout, at which point I have to take all my items out of my trolley, have them bagged up and put back in my trolley and then push it to the car. Take them all out again to put them in the car, drive home, take them all out again to get them into the house and then put all the items away. The final step is to put all the bags back in the car so that I can do it all again next week.

I am lucky in that usually either one of my sons will come with me. It has become our time together, and we sometimes have morning tea together as well. He does all the heavy pushing which is also very nice. I would rather spend time with my children doing something fun, like going to the zoo or the movies.

But stop. Time for a quick slap around the chops. How lucky I am?

As I write this and moan about my weekly shopping trip it occurs to me just how lucky I really am. I have a family to feed, that love me and I love them. I have food so readily available that if I really wanted to I could shop in my nightwear in the middle of the night (I have never been tempted by this one). I live in a country where I can buy just about any type of food quite easily and for a reasonable price. Add to this the fact that I am able to buy more than sufficient food to feed my family every week and buy them treats on top when I want to. I have a car to carry all the food home which is really great. I remember years ago when we first moved to Bristol that my mum had to carry all the weekly shop home on the bus. Now of course you can have your food delivered by the supermarket.

As all this isn't enough I am also lucky enough to have children that want to spend time with me. I know that this isn't the case for everyone and that some people don't have family at all.

The weekly shop doesn't seem so bad which just shows that it is all about perspective and how we feel about something rather the event itself.

love
Sarah