making do......

ok, so this morning when i reached for my half-and-half....there was none.......somebody must have fed the rest to the cat....so i reached for the milk.....and there was none.....somebody must have used up the remainder with cereal or such.......and so i looked for dry milk in the pantry....but there was none.........and in desparation.....mm cannot abide black coffee........i spooned in some coolwhip.........it was decent......a bit sweet....but since i prefer hazelnut coffee....it came out more like dessert than anything else......the whole scenario is my fault.....i came close to stopping at the grocery on my way home.......but convinced myself that it could wait one more day because 1) i was tired 2) there was a lot of traffic coming the other way and a left-hand turn is required to get to my preferred grocery.....and 3) i was being_________fill in the blank.....there must have been a third reason......3 points make for better symmetry, eh?.........oh yeh......i remember......we had plenty of stuff in the freezer for supper......and it is the need for something for supper that usually spurs a stop at the store........something for supper occurs to nobody in a family except for the mm.......not just my family.......most families......i hear tell that there are men who take over this chore......and not only work all day, but fix supper as well.......i may have met a few over the years.......but that is not how this works in most households........and in my youth i can recall my mother calling me about 4:00....just when dark shadows was coming on...with instructions on starting dinner.....i was in the 5th grade at the time......and i somehow managed to cook dinner most nights.......or at least out the potatoes on the stove and the pork chops in the oven......i cannot imagine my 7th grader doing anything of the kind......partly due to inattention....partly due to lackofinterest......and so i worry.....when i have exhausted other worries on my list....that she will live on ramen noodles, or starve to death........but she has great survivor instincts....and will surely make-do somehow........