Talk about not being present.

A friend of mine told me a story of an argument with himself and his girlfriend
because he didn't respond to her during an evening stroll...he said that she was angry because he wasn't present.
Ha!

That evening I had my own experience of not being present.
Here's what happened.

Once a week my husband and I make the same trip to the same parking lot and buy the same stuff.
This past weekend, I hopped in his truck anticipating the exact same experience.
This time however he pulled into another strip mall and I don't know where I
was, but I sure wasn't grounded in the now moment!
We got out of his truck and walked inside and I was shocked that we weren't in
the supermarket, we were in Home depot.
For a moment there I felt a little creepy.
"Where am I"?, I was thinking.
"I'm shocked that we are not in Publix's....this is Home depot....good god"!
It was the blast of the hot air that brought me back to reality. The supermarket
is always very, very cold.
What a jolt that was. hummmmmmmmm.............
Same ole, same ole....that's what happens when you let someone else do the driving.
Not realizing where I was....this was a first for me.
: )
My husband never flinched when I told him:
"I thought this was Publix"
Odd but true, the not flinching part and my not being present story.
Oh well..............just when you think you've seen it all and experienced it
all, you get snapped back into the now.