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2022 Was Supposed to be Better
Feb. 9th, 2022 07:54 pm2022 was supposed to be better. A better job, a healthier life, the plague finally becoming endemic rather than pandemic.
But Monday, a man walked into the local Kroger Fred Meyer that's just a few blocks from my house and started shooting. He killed a man and another is critical. He ran out of bullets, or interest, or he heard the sirens and left.
My lunch is at 11:00. I thought of running to the store to put gas in the car and buy some sushi or a rotisserie chicken for lunch, but decided to walk the dogs as I had a vet appointment 10 minutes after work.
It takes about 3 minutes to get to that store from my house, which is why I go there constantly. I'm always there, at least 2 times a week because I'm always forgetting something.
The man started shooting at 11:04. It lasted 7 minutes.
I was walking the dogs and heard the sirens.
The store has been closed the past two days, but how do you go back? How am I supposed to walk down isle 14, the Asian food isle that has my rice and the gluten free soy sauce, knowing a man was killed there?
How do you walk passed the customer service counter, right near the entrance, knowing another man was shot there, and he is still in critical condition?
How can I walk into that store again, knowing a young man died, shot several times, bleeding out on the floor?
How do I not go back? It's my favorite store. I know a lot of the employees, smile and wave at them whenever I'm in there.
The man in critical always smiled as he worked. He sang and whistled and made the day a little better.
My heart is broken.
But Monday, a man walked into the local Kroger Fred Meyer that's just a few blocks from my house and started shooting. He killed a man and another is critical. He ran out of bullets, or interest, or he heard the sirens and left.
My lunch is at 11:00. I thought of running to the store to put gas in the car and buy some sushi or a rotisserie chicken for lunch, but decided to walk the dogs as I had a vet appointment 10 minutes after work.
It takes about 3 minutes to get to that store from my house, which is why I go there constantly. I'm always there, at least 2 times a week because I'm always forgetting something.
The man started shooting at 11:04. It lasted 7 minutes.
I was walking the dogs and heard the sirens.
The store has been closed the past two days, but how do you go back? How am I supposed to walk down isle 14, the Asian food isle that has my rice and the gluten free soy sauce, knowing a man was killed there?
How do you walk passed the customer service counter, right near the entrance, knowing another man was shot there, and he is still in critical condition?
How can I walk into that store again, knowing a young man died, shot several times, bleeding out on the floor?
How do I not go back? It's my favorite store. I know a lot of the employees, smile and wave at them whenever I'm in there.
The man in critical always smiled as he worked. He sang and whistled and made the day a little better.
My heart is broken.
