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The Unexpected Target Run
Sometimes its the Small things
Story time…
This past Sunday was a 3 time Target run.
By this point in the pandemic I think all of us expect shortages on various items.
Last Sunday, my mom and I did our Target run in the morning.
That night we decided we needed a highchair for a toddler coming over.
We looked at various places and several were back-ordered.
At the Target closest to me, we found the one we wanted and there were 2 left.
So we decided to run back and pick it up.
By the time we got back to Target both were gone.
We looked at the next closest Target and they said they had 1 left.
We knew the chance was slim that they would actually have it in stock, but we decided to go anyway.
There are main roads between the Targets or there is a back way with a-lot less traffic.
This is where my story changes.
The back way is through more residential streets, and when we got on it, there were so many houses decorated with Christmas lights. Both sides of the street and several side streets had lights and decorations everywhere.
Now, because this was our 3rd Target run of the day I can tell you, both my Mom and I were frustrated and not in a partially good mood.
We could have been so focused on getting to Target to complete our errand, we could have blown by the Christmas lights.
But the more lights and decorations we saw, the more we wanted to slow down and look.
And we did.
We did it with full knowledge we might not get the last highchair that was supposedly in stock.
We even turned on a side street to see a house that had a great Christmas display.
When we finally arrived at Target, both of us were more relaxed and in a much better mood.
And they had more in stock than their website said. Checkout was a breeze.
I’m sharing this story with you, because we all tend to get caught up in our errands, to-dos and schedules.
We forget self-care doesn’t have to be scheduled or planned out.
And that sometimes the best self-care is spontaneous and fun, even in the midst of an errand.
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