Val doesn't ask for much. She's not a compulsive shopper, doesn't demand gewgaws and doodads and tchotchkes, nor fancy jewelry, nor lavish vacations. Just the occasional ride to a casino, and a Reuben sandwich from the Senior Center once a month.
Hick comes and goes as he pleases, starting eleventy-billion projects, working three hours four mornings a week on the flip houses, then traipsing about the countryside gathering collectibles and sellables before returning home for supper. We (mostly) peacefully co-exist. Yet now I feel betrayed!!!
It's almost the middle of May. Since the end of April, I've been asking Hick for the monthly menu handed out at the Senior Center. Hick says he forgets to pick one up. He even had the audacity earlier this week to declare that he DID get a menu, but left it lying on his lunch table. A lot of good that does ME!
"I just wanted to look it over and see if there's anything I might like."
"Well, you could always go there and eat it at lunch."
No. I don't eat lunch. I generally don't have my breakfast of a banana and a handful of fake honey nut cheerios until noon. That's when the Senior Center lunch ends.
On Thursday, May 8, Hick brought home a menu for May. As I looked at it, my heart fell into my stomach.
"NOOOO!!! You made me miss REUBEN DAY! The one lunch that I always ask you to bring me. And you didn't even tell me!!!"
"Oh. They didn't have it. They had a turkey wrap that day. They couldn't get the Reubens."
A likely story! I know the Senior Center sometimes serves off-menu. But it's never happened before on Reuben Day. Hick is no dummy. He knows better than to tell me he had a Reuben for lunch, and then I had none!
I'm pretty sure this delay in getting me the menu had something to do with self-preservation. Not with trying to spare my feelings. Only the wrath.
These senior center meals are so important. Mom went to one in her small town until the Gov. Bloganavitch (sp?) of Illinois cut funding. that was the main meal of the day for her.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's the main meal for the people who have them delivered every day. That's why I worry when the Senior Center doesn't serve a lunch, like when the power goes out, or if there's snow.
DeleteI think you should now demand (DEMAND) the menu on the first of every month just to be sure you don't miss reuben day.
ReplyDeleteJust because I DEMAND doesn't mean Hick will comply. He's got a stubborn streak. It's easier to make him feel guilty. So I can use this scenario in the future. "Remember when I missed Reuben Day because you wouldn't bring home a menu?"
DeleteI know that my husband never feels guilty if he has a treat and brings me none. I baked a cake today and he said something smart. Nothing really mean, just playing with my mind. The cake was in a 9 X 13 pan. I just picked up a fork and scooped the middle out and ate a big chunk. I didn't feel guilty either, I felt empowered!
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! You showed him!
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