SoCS Not the Express Lane!

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “express.” Use it as a noun, verb, adverb, or adjective. Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

If you were running errands with us today, you wouldn’t want to use the express lanes! They are for when you want to get there fast, and they are usually expensive.

We were shopping local and had to visit two places twice, so we didn’t need them anyway.

Kevin’s birthday is tomorrow, so we were trying to get groceries for the dinner, a birthday card, and some cheap clothes to replace some I’ve worn to bits by wearing them over and over for the last year and a half!

Three of the shirts were too small so far…told ya I’ve gained weight! At the VA yesterday the scale showed I’m over by about 20lbs, but all that wasn’t gained in Florida, yet I’ll bet 10 of it was!!

I can’t express how disheartening that is. As one gets older, it gets harder to lose weight and with my back hurting, exercise is also slow to get done. I try to walk a least 3,000 steps or more a day, and soon I’ll be doing pt also. I just don’t want to diet anymore.

So, do you use the express lanes, or do you even need to in your town/city? We have a toll tag, but use it less and less these days.

8 responses to “SoCS Not the Express Lane!”

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  1. We don’t even have express lanes here!! Maybe there are some near Charlotte.

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    1. Sometimes it’s worth the expense, but normally we try to avoid them! Happy Sunday!

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  2. Thankfully, Hobart is a small capital city and we have no express lanes and tolls. Hang in there, Kim and I hope the feeling of discouragement dissipates quickly. 🙂

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    1. That you, PJ! We’ve been having many discussions, but i feel it will all work out!

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  3. We use the expressway where I live, all the time, but in Michigan there are only tolls in certain tunnels and bridges, but not on any roads.

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    1. Girl, i was just trying to get the prompt in there somewhere, lol! We try not to much, it’s so expensive!

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  4. No, we don’t have any of those kind of roads here. At first I thought you were talking about express lanes at the grocery store, you know, 10 items or less. haha we do use those sometimes. 🙂

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    1. Haha, no. Just roadways. They charge such crazy fees here depending on the time of day!

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