Getting My Just Desserts

There are some negatives to only having one kid at home:

• The audience for my evening comedy routines is smaller.
• I have fewer opportunities to ask "Who are you texting?"
• I actually have to take my turn bring the garbage and recycling down to the curb.

Of course, there are also some positives:

• I have almost exclusive control of the family room remote.
• There are fewer light switches for me to turn off as I walk around the house.
• There are fewer stools for me to push back into their proper position around the island each time I walk into the kitchen.

The best thing, though, is that Kim is still making the same size desserts even though the head count in the house has fallen from five to three.  Early last week, I had razzleberry pie three nights in a row -with Cool Whip, nonetheless.  Then, it was on to Kim's world-famous lemon bars.  She cut them in extra-large portions and it still took me almost a full week to finish them.  In fact, I polished off the last square at lunch today.

Fifteen minutes ago, I just had a slice of cherry pie.  That was slice number three.  And, believe it or not, there's still a slice waiting for me to finish off tomorrow evening.  I may need another pair of shorts with an elastic waist band before summer's officially over.