Blessings Heaped Upon Charlie…

I was just over getting my diet Cokes for the day.  My father was in the kitchen putting the final touches upon a cheesy chili dip he was taking to my sister’s house for game day. There was a big bag of Fritos on the kitchen counter. I looked on extremely hungrily.  The smells were truly intoxicating.

“No beans?” I asked of the dip.

“You know we don’t like beans in our chili,” my father replied.

I immediately thought of my friend, Jennifer. 

I reached into my parent’s refrigerator to grab my Helen to-go plates.  They were very heavy which bode promising that there was a lot of leftover food. I was especially keen on getting more of that glow in the dark yellow saffron rice Helen cooks to perfection.

“Charlie’s bringing your medications at 4pm before he takes Horsefly to the movies,” my father told me as I was leaving.

No sweeter words could have been spoken by anybody in recent memory.  I nervously thought it would be 10pm or 11pm tonight before I would get my medications because of football which takes precedence over such things in my world. 

Photo credit:   http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/02/chili-cream-cheese-dip-or-ghetto-dip.html

Odd Man Out!

Saturdays in the fall are when my usually normal, sane, and extremely intelligent male members of my family are turned into Neolithic cavemen and blathering fools. My brother and father will actually shed tears over a loss by Auburn.

Somehow, I did not get the football/gladiator gene and can think of a thousand more pleasing things to do than watch a leather ball thrown about a field by men in tights. Do I sound bitter? Actually, it is just that I do not care and I just can’t understand the fervor heaped upon these games.

Photo Credit:  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1759633-auburn-football-ellis-johnsons-4-2-5-defense-is-a-game-changer-for-tigers