Friday, April 09, 2004

posted by: copernicus on 4/09/2004 03:53:00 PM
=====OPERATION TAQUITO FREEDOM=====

So I took 10 days off of work recently for a much needed and greatly loved vacation, and when I got back I had trouble getting back onto the schedule full time. As a result of this, money has been tight, and today's paycheck (due to post to my account at Midnight this morning) is mysteriously lost in the network between my job and my bank.

My fridge was empty, cabinets bare, stomach growling and wallet empty.

Upon the advice of my girlfriend, I re-instituted former commando tactics honed and perfected during my college years.

Today's lunchtime mission: Sneak into my Mom's house while everyone's at work and raid the fridge and pantry (the pantry - referred to as "The Bomb Shelter" by my friends in high school because there was enough food down there to feed a family for months).

I pulled up in Mom's driveway -- no one home & no neighbors outdoors to become witnesses and blow my mission.

I opened the refrigerator hoping for the desired treasure of Chinese food or the scrumptious leftover morsels from last night's home-made meal sealed in tupperware, but there was no such luck.

PLAN B:
Check the pantry for canned goods and the freezer in the basement.

I grabbed a paper bag and commenced the search.

Mission successful, I snuck out to my car and rolled backwards down the driveway ready to make my escape. I paused as I realized that on these clandestine missions I used to leave a calling card, a subtle sign of some sort that I had been there. I took the empty trash cans and recycling bin back up the driveway and returned them to their places in the garage.

Now home, I laid my haul out onto the counter and took inventory:

-1 box chicken & cheese taquitos in flour tortillas
-1 can refried beans
-1 bag Tostitos
-1 can lentil soup
-2 cans tuna in spring water
-1 pound butter
-1 box Ritz crackers
-1 bag Lipton rice (creamy chicken)
-1 bag Lipton rice (creamy mushroom)
-1 jar fig preserves
-1 handful chocolate Easter candy
-3 bottles Corona
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It's now about 30 minutes later, I'm eating taquitos with hot sauce and drinking a Corona.

Mmmmmm, taquitos!

Thanks Mom!
(Be glad it's not the college years, or I would have left behind dirty laundry)
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On my way home I passed by a Catholic elementary school and saw about 50 cute little kids on the playground having an Easter egg hunt.

More about Easter later.