Thank you hf. Good luck to you during your conquest for a better life.
Yesterday I went to the deli to buy another 2 lbs of Sara Lee Buffalo Style Chicken Breast, it's just so good and even better for my diet. I have taken selective advice on protein importance and this product makes a wonderful guilt-free snack in its intended moderation.
As per usual, I take my number off the paper number roll. I'm number 57. There are 2 customers ahead of me and the "now serving" counter is 55. Only one deli worker at the time, I'm not annoyed by the wait. In the deli world this isn't a bad wait. I know my role - don't move away from the counter, hold your ground. This is written in the Law of Deli Bible.
As I patiently wait another customer arrives, she snags her number. By my gorilla math she has to be number 58. I hear her sigh. The fidgiting commences, uh oh, here comes the annoyed pacing. I should've know this was trouble but I'm relaxed, I'm holding my ground, the math is not complex here.
The deli worker tends to the customers in front of me. Frig !! she forgets to turn the "now serving" counter up 2 numbers and only clicks it once. She says "Number 56". I said to the deli worker "ma'am, you need to correct the number counter, you took care of two customers and only clicked it once"
Before the deli worker could do a mental playback in her mind the lady behind me shouts out "I'M NUMBER 56 !!" and with calculated lightning speed crinkles up her paper number and tosses it in the "Please Discard Your Number Here" bucket.
The deli worker says "what would you like ??"
I butt in "Lady, I was ahead of you"
She replies "No I wasn't, I drew my number 10 minutes ago and went back out shopping because she (the deli worker) was busy"
I retorted "Are you really going with that bullshit story ????? I saw you pull a number !!"
She stated "I drew a second number in case they passed 56 while I was gone"
I left the deli and went on about my additional shopping. There was no battle to win here. Sometimes you have to know when you're defeated. This was certainly one of those times.
I had to hand it to her, she taught me that you NEVER out-think a woman in the pursuit of shopping, a man has no chance, we aren't prepared to know all the 'ins and outs' of competitive shopping. I even came to grips with her outplaying me and secretly said "nice hand" (poker-related) under my breath.
Upon leaving the store, I'm calm, nothing to be mad about really. I see a small commotion gathering at one of the many stop sign intersections that many shopping centers have. I approach the accident and I see a pick up truck stuffed in a front fender of a car. I see an irate woman hollering and swearing.
I walk past the scene grinning like a butcher's dog. I press my lips together and surmise that if she hadn't jumped in front of me would she be standing there hollering swearing right now ??
haha.
I was reading through the last few days of your diary and realized, if you aren't making your great comebacks then how am I going to make it through my next days to come? You have to stick around even if you do ease up on your dieting. You are such an inspiration to so many here. Hope you have a great day. I know that I will. 
