I think I was just given a taste of my own personal Hell. I'm on a strict fitness regimen and I've been watching what I eat. That doesn't mean temptation isn't out there. Anyway, I decided to treat Mathias for some good ol' fashioned ice-cream. He was ecstatic. We go and I order just one single vanilla cone. Nothing else. The gal hands us a cone and a small bag. In a hurry to get home, we drive off. In the rearview I see Mathias happily licking up his vanilla ice-cream. I smile and keep driving......that is until I smell something familiar....something delicious...something cheesburgerish. The damn people at the drive thru gave me someone else's food! And I had to endure the smell of something I couldn't eat on what seemed like the longest drive home ever. To top it off, my Jeep's a mess.
ME: Mathias? What's in the bag?
MATHIAS: A cheeseburger.
ME: Did Mommy order a cheeseburger?
MATHIAS: No. You just said one ice-cream cone for Mathias cuz he's a good boy.
ME: Exactly.
MATHIAS: Huh?
ME: Nothing. Hand me that bag please sweetie.
MATHIAS: No thank you.
ME: What???
MATHIAS: No thank you.
ME: Mathias hand me that bag please.
MATHIAS: Are you going to eat it?
ME: Of course not. I just want to see it.
MATHIAS: (lifting the cheeseburger in the air) See?
ME: Young man....give me that bag now.
MATHIAS: How about I eat it for you Mommy?
ME: You just had dinner - are you still hungry?
MATHIAS: No. I'm not hungry.
ME: Then give me the bag please.
MATHIAS: I dropped it Mommy.
ME: What?! Where?
MATHIAS: It's on the floor and I can't reach it cuz of my seatbelt.
ME: OK well don't get up, stay seated and we'll pick it up when we get home.
MATHIAS: Uh-oh Mommy....the cheeseburger fell out of the wrapper!
ME: What?! How?! Don't touch it leave it alone!
MATHIAS: Mommy, every time you turn, the cheeseburger rolls around!
ME: Is it leaving a mess???
MATHIAS: Uh-huh...ketchup, cheese, hamburger, pickles...
ME: I know what's in cheeseburger!!
MATHIAS: This one has a lot of cheese!
ME: *silently sobbing*