Sunday, March 14, 2010

There's always room

My mom would sometimes make JELLO chocolate pudding for my sister and I as a treat.
Much like many things way back when in the 80's (I'm thinking about things like Chex Mix and Rice Krispie treats) we would do the little required to make these treats ourselves, or rather, my mother would make them for us.
My mother wore creamy yellow sweat pants.
She often wore sweat pants and a sweatshirt, not matching, and I don't seem to recall her ever taking part in an activity that purposefully made her sweat.
My mother would stir the very few ingredients with a wooden spoon into a stainless steel large bowl, just balancing the bowl on her crotch while lying on the couch.
Her eyes would be fixed on the television, a multi-tasker.
And this day she did just that, stirred the ingredients with the wooden spoon into the stainless steel large bowl, just balancing the bowl on her crotch while lying on the couch.
But on this day she lost the balance and dropped much of the stirred contents on the crotch of her creamy yellow sweatpants.
Weirdly enough I don't remember me or my sister's reaction to the news.
My mother scraped the bulk of the pudding off of her crotch and back into the bowl and served it to us.
My sister and I ate the pudding happily and declared it "PeePee Pudding".
(2010)