Obsessed much? LOL!
I go to Sonic every day. Sometimes multiple times each day. I'm on a first-name share-real-life-stories basis with all of the managers at my Sonic, as well as many of the carhops. In fact, when someone new gets hired, they introduce me to them. Isn't that a hoot?
My order each trip is simple: cherry coke, no ice. Yum!
Contrary to popular belief, however, I don't spend a ton of money at Sonic - I get lots of coupons and free Route 44's for doing surveys - so I only spend $10 or less at Sonic each week. I rarely get food, as I eat most meals at home, but I can definitely say that when I do get food, it's always delicious.
Contrary to another popular belief, I don't just go to Sonic because I love their cherry cokes. I do, mind you. Love their cherry cokes, that is. There's something deliciously special about their fresh-dispensed Coca Cola with cherry flavoring added in at the end.
Rather, I go to Sonic because during a time in my life when I was very isolated, Sonic became my social life and my opportunity to talk to people other than my then-husband and my children (who were basically just babies at the time). We had just moved to Westworth from Fort Worth, I was experiencing major health issues, I worked solely from home, my kids hadn't yet started school, I was suffering from some major depression and anxiety that wasn't yet well-controlled with meds, and so I really had no socialization opportunities.
Enter Sonic. Going to Sonic got me out of the house for 20 minutes. Gave me a different adult to talk to. Gave me an opportunity to gossip and laugh. (Got me some yummy soda!) Reminded me that there are great people out there, you just have to go and find them.
And so, I'm grateful to Sonic for helping to sustain me during a hard period in my life. And that has continued as other hard things have happened. Dementia-laden mother-in-law moves in? Go to Sonic. Husband leaves you for another woman? Go to Sonic. Just need to think about something other than everyday life for 5 minutes? Go to Sonic.
And that, folks, is why I Sonic!
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