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Weekly grocery shopping day

It is Saturday. Weekly grocery shopping day. This is a long-standing tradition in our family of three members. Every Saturday, without fail, my wife and I go to the market and do our weekly shopping.  It is not a planned activity. Which might seem strange. Considering that it is a family tradition. The workflow starts something like this.  Saturday morning, starting at around 9 AM, I start asking,“What time are we leaving?”  I repeat this every five minutes until we leave. The answer could be one of the following. ‘In five minutes.’ ‘After I hang the clothes out to dry.’ ‘After I finish boiling the milk.’  I switch off my laptop and get ready.  It takes me 5 minutes. I position myself on the chair near the door.  At 9.30 her mother calls. That is a call she has to take. They discuss topics ranging from death, disease, religion, recent… Weekly grocery shopping day