Walmart

I like my neighborhood Walmart. It is well kept, and is well stocked up on milk and groceries. 

The other day little miss Haana and I went to walmart together. We each had our walmart wish list, but then invariably we find other things we now want, that have never been in any lists! Little miss Haana found a sleep wear set she really really really wanted! I looked at it. It was cute looking. But then I noticed, it wasn't the right material. It was long sleeve polyester, hence for cooler weather, but the pj bottoms were tiny shorts. I told little miss Haana I'm not getting it, is just not very useful. She didn't like my answer. She was irritated. I paid for our stuff and had to do a return, so I stood in the returns line. Little miss Haana grudgingly came up to me, and was still very upset. She said "I'm going", and left me at the returns line and was off. I was irritated by her reaction too and did not so much as turn around at that time either. 

But once the returns were done, I turned around and couldn't see her anywhere. I thought maybe she's lurking by the car, so I went to the car to offload our purchases. She wasn't there. I came back into the store, I expected her to be by the cashiers. But she wasn't anywhere to be found. I went back to the parking lot and checked the car inside too. Nowhere to be found. I now realized I am unable to find her anywhere and a sudden panic hit me. I went back to the store, up and down the cashiers. No sign of her. I called up Raj, he said he'll come to the store and look for her too. I was talking to Keith and told him I can't find her too. 

Then as I was going back through the aisles we had been, didn't see her, then I went back to the cashiers. That's when finally I found her. Walking around and then, seeing me, coming towards me. I was so so mad! But i didn't say anything. I just called up Raj and told him I found her. Pinged Keith and told him she's found. 

We came back home and Raj met us at the garage. Asked her why she behaved this way.. I asked her if she felt all those emergency texts we get on the phone, of child abduction, are they happening on another planet? No, they're happening around us, in front of walmarts. I was so scared, so mad and also so relieved, all at the same time - I could hardly say much.