Eat and Run Back

I used to get groceries delivered to my home in an attempt to eat better.  After about a year of doing this, and throwing out a lot of expired food, I canceled the home delivery and began using the cooler as a stoop stool.

Being that food is no longer delivered, I have to occasionally go to the store for cheese, eggs, bread, milk, and produce. Even with all of these foods in my home, I rarely cook. Instead, I go out to eat. After working with The Leaver on our project, she mentioned she was hungry. I knew that of all of the grocery items I owned, most was expired, so I didn’t offer to make anything. I had remembered That’s Not Chinese made homemade chili, so I suggested we stop by her house. “Will she mind?” The Leaver asked. “No, she loves when I do this. Opreggano and I do it all the time,” I replied. This was not entirely true – Opreggano and I had only done it once.

Luckily, That’s Not Chinese did not care. Unfortunately, she was deep into the fourth quarter of a Chicago Bears game and they weren’t doing well. The Leaver was too hungry to wait for the game to end and the corn muffins to bake, so she ate the chili and then said, “I think I’m bad luck for your team. Maybe I should leave and go feed my dogs.” “If you must, you must,” That’s Not Chinese replied. “Are you coming back so that I’ll have a ride home?” I asked. “Of course, I don’t want to eat and run,” she told us. “No, you just want to eat and run back,” I said. “That’s true, when I get back I may have to try some of those corn muffins.”