I Left My Brain on Aisle 7
We have been back in the Land of Plenty for a week now. I know it is the Land of Plenty because the backsides are much larger here on average than they are in the UK and because the grocery store here is about 400 acres in size. Emma, Lili, and I went to our local supermarket on Thursday where we found ourselves feeling completely overwhelmed and over-stimulated. I actually felt my brain lock up on the cereal aisle where there appeared to be thousands of varieties of flakes and puffs and o's. Emma and I scanned the aisle back and forth and up and down. "Where is the Raisin Bran, Emma?" "I don't know, Mom!! There it is! No, wait, that's raisin-something else." We were struggling. My fellow Americans, y'all are completely spoiled for choice! I had forgotten there could be so many different kinds of cake mixes and cookies and crackers and juice drinks and, oh, the list goes on! I have now been to the grocery st...