THAT'S MY BLONDIE

I don't know why, but I've always been very protective of whatever food is on my plate.  Through the years when I've thought about it, I have always come back to the conclusion that this territorial feeling I get when I eat is most likely due to my birth order.  The feeling is usually strongest when I'm eating with the genius (which is everyday!).

Last weekend we were celebrating another one of our family milestones -- I think it was Annie's graduation from fifth grade -- by eating out with Jim IV and his family.  We were at Ruby Tuesday's and after my meal, I decided to order a dessert.  On the menu was something called a blondie, and it came in single and double sizes.  I asked everyone at the table if anyone wanted to share because the double was more economical if it was shared.  No one wanted any, so I placed my order for a single along with the kids' (theirs was a delicious looking concoction labeled chocolate lava cake.)

When  the desserts arrived, my comment was, "Wow!  I wonder what the double looks like -- this is huge!"  So big, in fact, that when the genius asked for a bite, I felt very generous, even though that is usually not my reaction to such a request.  (If someone wants dessert, they can get their own!!!) Of course, he took the best bite -- the front end of the triangle-shaped blondie, the part that is the gooiest.

Then he decided he wanted one of his own, so he proceeded to order another single for himself.  After the server put the order in, he came back looking sheepish while he confessed that he had mistakenly put a double order on my plate, but for the genius, the portion would be half the size of mine. Five out of six of us had a good laugh, and the genius chuckled a little but thought the server was kidding.  When the dessert arrived, it looked somewhat pitiful with a puny slice of blondie cake looking lost next to ice cream with a little caramel sauce drizzled around the plate. 

The somewhat confused look on his face while the rest of us rolled around on the floor was something I'll never forget.