It Was a Belly-Binge Kind of Day (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 15 2019	Views/Reads: 1198/873	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Nothing nourishes me more than serving God. When serving God he will take care of all my nourishment.

It's not often that a day goes my way. Occasionally, I have a day that
focuses on my desires and me. 

It was a Monday evening right after supper and the Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage and I were watching TV. 

“Oh,” my wife said, “by the way, the girls and I are going to go thrift
store shopping all day tomorrow.” 

At first, I was a little stunned. I wasn't quite sure why she was
telling me this. It's not like she needs my permission to go thrift 
store shopping as long as she doesn't take my truck. But, being the 
veteran husband I am, I did not ask any questions. 

I have found that after a long marriage as I have had, that when you ask
a question you will get an answer. Most of the time, the answer is not 
what you really want to hear. So, I keep my questions to the very 
minimum to say the least. And usually, I do say the least. 

The next morning as we were finishing breakfast my wife said, “The girls
and I will be going thrift store shopping today and therefore you are 
on your own.” 

That kind of news is the kind of news that I want to hear. I will be on
my own? What better day can you have? 

“You will have to get your own lunch,” she said. “The girls and I will
have lunch together.” 

I almost said, but I didn't, “What did you say?” But I knew if I did I
would get an expansive answer which would take time and I did not want 
to waste any time. 

Trying to hold back a smile I said, “That's all right. I'm sure I can
take care of my lunch.” 

With that, she joined the girls and they went off on their thrift store
shopping spree. 

I had to sit down a little bit and try to catch my breath. Here I was,
with the whole day before me to do as I please. Believe me, those days 
do not come often enough, at least for me. 

As excited as I was about the day, I had to sit back and prepare my own
To-Do-List. I got that from my wife. I wanted to put down everything 
that I could do today. 

After finishing my list, I looked it over and then a thought captured my
imagination. 

What about eating? Did my wife say that I had to take care of my own
lunch? Yes, she did! So now, my focus was on what should I eat today? 

Believe me when I say I was going to take this very seriously. I could
choose whatever I wanted to eat. Of course, at the top of the list was 
my favorite, Apple Fritters. As far as I'm concerned, I can't have 
enough of this “fruit.” 

Without wasting any more time, I got to the neighborhood Publix to do
some shopping. I was going to buy everything that I liked and nobody 
was going to stop me. 

There was one major item missing in my shopping cart. That nasty word
starting with the letter V. My whole day was going to be spent without 
eating any vegetables whatsoever. I was so excited. 

Looking at the cart as I went through the cashier made me hungrier than
I've ever been before. 

On the way home, and this was before lunch, I stopped at McDonald's and
bought a hot fudge sundae. All this shopping made me hungry, so I 
thought it would make me happy. And boy, did that sundae make me happy. 


All the way home I was singing, “I did it my way.” I was gloriously out


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