Walgreens checker

There is a cashier at Walgreens who is either my favorite or my least favorite. If I am not there on “urgent” business he’s my favorite. Chatty, friendly, I get to know the personal business of everyone ahead of me in line. If I’m at Walgreens because I have an active bladder infection, he is not my favorite.

Yesterday I heard him quiz everyone about their weekend plans. (“Sit on the deck.” “Eat chocolate.” “Enjoy this weather.”)

When it was my turn I was prepared to say, “Make new pot roast potatoes, because the old ones were bitter, somehow, and then feed them to my sick husband WHO HAS A HIGH FEVER,” but instead he asked, “Did the groundhog say it would be hot or cold? Do you know?”

“He said six more weeks of winter,” I answered.

“Here’s what I want to know,” he said. “They have all those camera lights pointed at the groundhog. How could he see his shadow? It’s behind him.”

I said, “Well … I think the groundhog lives in some special hole, and they observe it there. And then they announce it to the cameras.”

And then our transaction was done.

I was right about the groundhog. If you want more information about the groundhog divination process, click that link.

If you stopped reading when you heard Gary had a high fever, wait till tomorrow. He’s getting better, but I want to be sure the fix sticks.

I can tell you related temperatures though.

103 degrees: Gary’s temperature yesterday at 5 am. A doctor weighed in and Gary’s temperature this morning was 98.6. I really hope it stays there.

70: The projected high for today. That groundhog is unreliable.