like a mule.

the contents of my backpack from sunday's grocery trip:

• 3 pounds potatoes
• 1 box Spanish rice
• 1 bottle soda water
• 1 bunch asparagus
• 2 pounds carrots
• 1 dozen eggs
• ~ 1 pound of coffee
• 1 jalapeno
• 1 cucumber
• 1 tub yogurt
• 3 pounds grapefruit
• 2 blocks of cheese
• 1 sweet onion
• 2.25 pounds collard greens
• small bags of garlic granules and caraway seeds
• 1 jar peanut butter
• 1 jar salsa
• 3 heads broccoli

this is possibly the heaviest grocery bag i have ever carried on my back. i did not have my panniers so i stuffed it all into the pockets of the backpack i was carrying at the time. i knew i'd have a lot of stuff, but then potatoes and grapefruits were on sale and so i bought them despite the weight. i know it does not look like a lot, and it's not actually that many items, but the weight was substantial for certain.

luckily, alex and jonathan were at my place when i got home, so that warranted a gin drink. but that's a post for another time.