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Friday, February 17, 2017

(S)Licked Up

Notice the cute little boys.
One with hair. One with . . . cheeks.
Ignore the glasses.
When I was expecting my second son, I craved anything 'tomato'. Pizza, spaghetti, anything I could put tomatoes in or on.
But especially tacos.
Mmmmm. Tacos.
There was only one problem. I couldn't get them hot enough.
I would buy the hottest salsa I could find.
Not enough.
Add a couple of drops of Tabasco.
Still not enough.
A few more drops. (I admit it. My spice world was limited to salsa and Tabasco.)
Almost there.
Seven drops.
Perfect.
And that's the way I ate them the entire nine months.
My baby boy was born without any hair on his head.
I think I burned it off.
This is relevant.
Moving on . . .
After the baby arrived, my husband took his little family out for fish and chips.
Mmmmm. More food.
I had our newest baby in a snuggly on my chest toasty and comfortable.
Just the top of his little, bald head peeking above the dark green corduroy of the carrier.
My dinner arrived. 
I looked at the loaded plate. Then at my baby.
I could take the carrier off and lay it on the table, I suppose.
But that would take effort.
And the food was there, waiting to be devoured.
Hunger decided.
I would just eat.
Over the baby. It was just like being pregnant again.
Sort of.
All went well.
The mushy peas went first. That was easy, I just held the bowl close and spooned.
Then the fresh, deep-fried, perfectly cooked fish.
Mmmm.
And finally, to top everything off, the thick, golden brown chips.
With ketchup.
Paradise.
Dip.
Munch.
Dip.
Munch.
And so it went.
Then . . .
Dip.
Splat.
Oops.
Right on the top of my baby's bald head.
What to do?
I could get a wipe and clean it off politely.
Pfff. One swipe of my tongue would take care of it much, much better.
Done.
I happily went back to eating my chips.
That's when I noticed the woman sitting at the next table. Looking at me. A frozen expression of horror on her face.
Clucking in disgust, she stood up and marched huffily from the restaurant.
I remember being a trifle embarrassed. And briefly uncomfortable.
Then I shrugged.
In the days before wipes, Mom used to clean entire faces with mom spit and a Kleenex.
It's all a matter of perspective.
Mine.

16 comments:

  1. That's hilarious! I can see my daughter doing this!

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  2. Disgusted? I would have laughed so hard I've had fallen off of my seat!

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  3. As I'm dying laughing, I'm also craving tacos and fish and chips!!

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  4. Your kid, your ketchup, your choice. That sounds a bit militant doesn't it?

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  5. Hmm. I wonder if that woman ever had kids?

    My face was cleaned many a time with kleenex and spit!

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  6. When you have grandkids the whole cycle repeats itself. I enjoy taking the grandkids down to the beanery and watching the other customers get all grossed out. You see that one of the kids has got a big green booger running out of her nose and you just get a napkin and have them blow. It doesn't bother you but the patrons on both sides of you ask to be relocated.

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  7. I would have done the same thing! I wonder if that woman with the frozen expression of horror had ever been a Mom.

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  8. Lol! You were doing a good job. Shame on Ms. Judgy McJudgedALot at the next table!

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