I know this is going to sound silly but I drove 20 miles to say goodbye to the Wal-Mart store in Mannheim. Every Saturday afternoon Jessica and I would drive over to Wal-Mart to go shopping. There are other stores much closer to home, but walking into Wal-Mart was almost like walking into America. You could buy almost everything there. Now they are closing their doors. Next week Wal-Mart will become Real. I'm a little sad. Jessica was sick today, so I made my last trip alone. I loaded my cart down with American junk food (Ben and Jerry’s Ice-cream and the stuff to make gourmet hot dogs).I feel like crying. Maybe I just feel home sick? I think it's because a very good friend of mine might be moving away. It does not matter how hard you try to "establish" yourself. Things change. Stores close, people move. I'm going to eat my ice cream!
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