Schadenfreude

Let's face it, sometimes I make some really poor unimportant decisions in my life. Take for example last night. D and I have recently found a mouse in our apartment and so we decided to put down those glue traps as they have worked well for us in the past. Now, for the last two days I was supposed to stop by CVS or Safeway near work, but kept forgetting. When I got home last night I said, "As soon as we finish dinner, I'll go back out and get the traps." And folks that's where it all began....

There is a CVS on Mass Ave pretty close to our apartment so I hop in the car and head down that way. There is absolutely no parking so I drive to the one on 8th and Independence and much to my dismay they don't carry traps. Fine, I'll head further into town and go to a grocery store. Now in my head Whole Foods is a grocery store so I figure, "Hey, they have easy parking, I'll go there and get them." For any of you who are as uninformed as I, WHOLE FOODS JUST HAS FOOD. This was a sad revelation for me.

Fine, I'll just drive the few more blocks over to 17th and go the Safeway tucked neatly in the Gayborhood. Now, as a gay man I feel it is my duty to know about the goings on of my community. Boy, am I out of the loop. Last night was the annual High Heel Drag Race on 17th Street. Now I should know this for two reasons. 1) In case I wanted to go and laugh enjoy a night with my fellow gays/gay-friendlies or 2) To avoid this section of town because driving in it last night was like the 7th circle of HELL. But I digress.

Needless to say we didn't go to that Safeway either. What to do? Oh right, I used to live close to Adam's Morgan, I'll go to the Safeway there, it's just a few more blocks up. Finally, I arrive and fate smiles on me and gives me a parking space right in front of the store. I walk in and head straight for the traps? Nope, I head straight for the beer and grab a six pack of Heineken, it's been that kind of night. Then I proceed over to the traps and what do I find? NO F'ING GLUE TRAPS. So I buy a set of snap traps and my beer and I go home.

You may notice this posting started off talking about poor decisions. I live (according to yahoo maps) exactly (2) TWO miles from a Giant Foods store over near Rhode Island Ave. Why did I choose to drive all over DC when there was a store just 2 miles away? Well, I feel that the Giant is kind of in a sketchy neighborhood, so that is what pushed me away. Poor Decision? Absolutely.