Fact vs. Fiction

Proverb “He who fails to plan, plans to fail”

Fact
How to make a bachelor shop
There are only a few items that made me go shopping in my bachelor days. If I was out of any of the essentials I would have to make that dreaded trek to the grocery store.

The short list:
Toilet paper
Eggs
Ketchup
Bread
Diet coke
Beer
Hot dogs

What is it this time
The item that sent me out was Heinz Ketchup. I am predictable when it comes to certain brand names. I know what I prefer. Off to the local store I go around 9:00 PM.

Thirty some odd dollars later
When shopping without a list one picks up random unnecessary items. These are based on wants not necessity. Coming home loaded up with two bottles of my brand name ketchup and other odds and ends, I proceed to unload the car.

Guy thinking
Less trips to the car is better. Loading one hand with all bags it could possibly carry without losing circulation. Whatever else I could grab in the other hand. I close the trunk and juggle the keys and groceries. As I try to get the keyring out of the trunk, one bag decides 44 ounces of Heinz Keg-O-Ketchup in its glass bottle, is too much stress. The bag tears and onto the parking lot goes my reason to go shopping. Splat, broken bottle with a crime scene worth of precious red life fluid. No problem I have another bottle, checking I see that that one is in another bag and safe.

Get some newspaper for a quick clean-up.
Going to my apartment I turn off the main walk to my approach. A quick shift of the load to get the gate latch. The load swings after my hand and “Chink”, the other bottle of ketchup hits the gates metal thumb-latch and spills its contents into the bag. I just had to laugh at myself, and did.

Glass vs. Plastic
Gone are the days the local store stocks my favorite brand in glass containers. Now I can only find Heinz in plastic bottles. To me it just doesn't taste the same. I ponder, does the vinegar twang leech out some compound in the container, thus effecting its flavor?

Fiction
Plan for a storm
You got your hurricane supplies, secured the windows with plywood, you're ready for the storm. Before the outer rain bands hit, cousins Eddie and spouse Ellen knock at the door, trailing is their two teenage children, looking for refuge from the storm.

The realization
I don't have enough ketchup.

Today's Tarot card:
Six of cups Upright: Childlike Nostalgia
How fitting that I'm taking that trip down memory lane relating a story with happy memories. I'm embracing my inner Klutz. Nothing painful, I just need to learn the lesson.

Lessons
Never bite off more than you can chew?
Take care of what you value?
Gravity exists, s..t happens?

I'm going with: Roll with the punches.