Chewing has become increasingly difficult for me recently. Because of that, I drink both my breakfast and lunch in the form of Atkins shakes. Because I do this, it kind of makes me laugh and I think of the Slim Fast commercials from the 1980s but that is not why I do it.
My, “Sensible dinner” for the past three days has been Chorizo and eggs. My Mom makes flour tortillas to go with it. I haven’t eaten flour tortillas in years! But, carbs and calories don’t count for me between Christmas and New Year’s day anyway.
I sat in the kitchen with her as she made the tortillas and she handed me a warm tortilla with chorizo and eggs in it. I also have not had chorizo in years because it is pork meat and I don’t eat pork but I decided to get myself, “A pass” on this because I knew it would be easy to chew.
The first bite I took was just of tortilla which was warm and soft. The second bite I took, I tasted chorizo and closed to my eyes and saw a vivid memory that I have stored in my mind. I think of this memory with extreme fondness.
I had a half day of school and wore some reason, my Dad picked me up. Because it was the middle of the day, we most likely would go out to lunch together. However, it was the,”Family Planning” week in my Morality class at school. Before we received our ranks as our newborn children, the girls had to be “Pregnant” so I had a book bag filled up with magazines strap to the front of me under my school shirt.
My Dad laughed when I came out of school and commented on how I had the, “Pregnant waddle” down quite well. I told him it was because the book back was hanging too low and the magazines were weighing it down so it forced me to waddle. I told my Dad that we get extra points in my class if I wear my belly out in public. My Mom made me take it off when I was in public with her but my Dad didn’t mind so much.
I clearly remember struggling to get out of my Dad’s truck in the parking lot in the back of the restaurant and walking with him on the side street to get into the restaurant door at the front of the building. As we were about halfway to the front door, my Dad looked over at me and nonchalantly told me that, “If we see anyone we know, I don’t know you!” I vividly remember us both laughing as we walked into the restaurant. We went to El Rancho And I had chorizo and eggs.
I don’t know how much chorizo is left but I’m cool with having it again tonight given how easy it is for me to chew and I like revisiting this memory. I can still hear my Dad’s laugh and that makes me happy.
I was this old with my pregnant belly and this is my school uniform which I was wearing when I went to eat with my Dad. I never would have thought that In just one year, I would ACTUALLY be pregnant!:
