And where are all my leftovers?
Oh wait...my kid is away at
college. No one is eating my bagels or my leftovers!
So, I bought a package of
bagels the other day. In the past these would have probably been gone within a
day or two with both Shelby & I eating them. So, with that frame of mind, I
was shocked when I went to the pantry and was like "Oh yeah, I still have
bagels!"
I don't know if this is a good
or bad thing. I mean, I was always kind of annoyed when she would expect bites
of my food or sips of my drinks (but God forbid I want a taste or sip of any of
hers!). She would ask me if it was okay to eat my leftovers, and cheesecake
would not sit in my fridge for longer than a day or two (yes, we have had
cheesecake that has lasted for DAYS!). But food never went to waste so we
weren't just throwing money away on food.
Now I am not saying my kid ate
a lot, because she really didn't. I guess I just got used to her sneaking bites
and finishing my food if I didn't want it. Leftovers wouldn't stay left over
for more than a day
This is just one of the things
you aren't told when your child becomes an adult and moves out or goes off to
college. Before they leave you just think "Oh my grocery bill will go
down! How exciting!" You don't think for a second that you will miss those
little fingers sneaking behind you to grab your food to take a nibble.
It's an adjustment. I mean for
at least the last 18 years you have been preparing grocery trips and meals
around this person. Then suddenly one day you put leftovers in the fridge with
the assumption it won't be there tomorrow, and you are utterly shocked when you
open those doors and there sits the takeout container - with no bites taken out
of it!
I am sure I will get used to this, but...just when I do, she will be home on break and will be sneaking my food again.
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