Grocery Shopping in New Mexico vs. Grocery Shopping in California

I drove to Albuquerque straight from Berkeley. It took about 16 hours. At hour 13 I began to halluncinate. But really it was all worth it because now when I go grocery shopping it is an extremely pleasant experience. During the year & a half I lived in California I never got used to the demolition derby mentality of people at the grocery store. I literally would get into fights with people nearly every time I went. People would bang into my body with their shopping cart, blatantly cut ahead of me in line, PUSH me, shove ahead of me, & on & on & on. I found this to be quite unpleasant. And I've got a mouth on me. So fights would ensue......

The first day I was here I went to the grocery store. gloriously cracked out, of course. And people said, "Excuse me" & smiled & said "Hello" & were friendly & affable. It was incredible! I was so excited! I wanted to hug them all & dance around the aisles & make up a song about why New Mexico isn't half bad after all. I realized that I had developed all of these odd shopping behaviors that are no longer necessary--- like leaving my cart somewhere & racing around psychotically gathering items on my list and not making eye contact with anyone. The best part? I only waited in line about 30 seconds, rather than the California mean time of 20 minutes.

It's good to be back.