Now we get to the rest of my day

Absolutely freaked out, Bad Thoughts subdued, I went about my shopping business.  I found a great item in the import section. 

The store is so huge, it has an Indian import section, and a Asian one.  They don't just sell bittermelon, they sell Chinese, and Indian, bittermelon.  I like going there for fun on a Day Out now and then. 

I found a 2 pound bag of Assam tea.  I have resolved to drink tea only once I get off the evil Aspartame.  I have sweeteners that won't jack with my moods, or my blood sugar.  [shudder]  Or make me suicidal if I stop eating them. 

I love Assam tea.  They always talk about it having a nice "malty" flavor, and they're right.  It's very delicious.  I also have a fondness for Assam tea because I help support a missionary working in Assam.  He does outreach to tea plantation workers; so the people who picked my tea could have been reached by "my" guy in India. 

Very cool.  I don't believe in Karma but it is a neat little circle.  It was $7, insanely cheap.  It's also very good.  It's looseleaf, so I can even compost the spent leaves.  I was happy to buy it. 

I also got a plastic canister with a purple lid.  Marked $1 but I just realized I paid $3.  I do like it; and probably WOULD have paid $3 for it, but I'll be more careful reading the screen as they ring me up.  It's perfect for my new tea. 

I also got a couple ounces of quinoa.  I really like it in some soup - a little can really thicken it up.  I prefer a really dense soupy-stew.  Low glycermic and high protien, what's not to love?

I also bought a Bad Thing; still feeling rather traumatized.  It's very humbling to realize I'm really that close to insanity at any moment.  My brain is not as strong as I'd like to think. 

I also think God allows this to keep me humble.  I am certain I can use more work on humility.  My uncle said I was humble, but I see room to improve.  I think the very fact I'm mentioning this shows I'm not as humble as I'd like! 

My readings during my God Time said God wants us to be humble and dependent on Him.  Well, that certainly worked for those goals!  It also highlighted that aspartame is as evil as I've heard. 

After the grocery store, I wasn't happy.  I really wanted some good decaf tea, affordable decaf tea.  The Assam tea is great, but I can only consume so many milligrams of caffeine before I have a high-flying mania.  I also enjoy sleeping at night! 

I went to Walmart.  Boy, did they have decaf.  I finally selected some giant teabags, some regular teabags, in the standard decaf orange pekoe.  It's actually better for antioxidants to drink the cheaper stuff; it's more broken up and more of the good stuff gets into the water.  Lowest price ever, I have seen, for decaf tea. 

I love lemons, and ginger.  They are also good for upset stomach, but that's not why I bought the decaf lemon ginger.  I like it.  I also found some packets of Erythritol.  I have had that, no problem.  It didn't even spike my sugar like aspartame. 

I also got a box of peppermint tea.  I LOVE to put a bag of peppermint in with some regular decaf tea - peppermint iced tea.  It's so flavorful; especially with a little lemon! 

I had planned to run some more errands after that, but I was pretty exhausted.  I went to Starbucks, waited forever on a couple of buses, and went home. 

I was sorry I opened the mailbox; a large icky bill.  UGH. 

Oh, and the final wierdness.  I saw a poster, had the word MURDERED on it and PLEASE HELP.  Guess whose photo?  One of the young men who mugged me in 2009. 

I'd been praying for him; I guess he didn't get out of the Life.