I'm kind of a nerd.

Today I hung out at the grocery store at lunch. Not because I had to but because I wanted to. I love grocery stores here. I like to look and touch and compare everything stocked on the shelves. Plus, today I went to a new grocery store. I think it will be where I do a lot of food shopping, so I wanted to familiarize myself with the products and the prices. For my actual meal, I hit up the salad bar.

I think the part that really makes me a nerd is that I sat on a bench outside of the grocery store to eat my salad. It was a little brisk, but I enjoyed the fresh air and people-watching. I don't think you would ever catch me eating a salad in the parking lot at Jewel or Garden Fresh, but I hardly think you can compare. At least I had my Cripsellos for dessert. I have been seeing so many commercials that I had to try them (I chose the ones with vanilla pudding). They were different than expected, but still enjoyable.

In other nerd alerts, on Monday night, as I dined solo, I was doing long division with paper and pen. Just some light number-crunching along with my meal. Does it make it ok if I used a pink pen? I was drinking a beer if that helps my case.

I wonder if anyone has a blog about dining alone at restaurants. In any case, here's one last anecdote (for now). Last week, at my table for one, I put my laptop on the empty side of the small booth. I could see it sitting there in its cute little orange bag and for one brief second I had a vision of myself having a conversation with it. Naturally, it spoke in that old-school computer/robot voice. I actually laughed out loud to myself. But then my buzz was killed as another solo diner sat down facing me at the next booth. Awkward.