I used to have an earthquake kit and a medical emergency kit stashed someplace in the house. Luckily I never needed to use them because I have no idea where they are. But I do know where to find the more important stuff. The brown stuff.
So do my kids, who routinely bust me when they come home to visit. Even the cat tries to control my habit.
I’ve tried to clean up my act as if anyone will believe it.
But sometimes you just need a fix. Like tonight. And every other night.
So after V went to sleep I went around the house checking on my stash.
Posting this is humiliating hopeless strategic. I figure maybe public shame will work as a cure.
So here’s a status report:
FOUND: desk drawer ACQUIRED: Unknown
FOUND: pantry ACQUIRED: Unknown. But safe to eat because I ate some last week
FOUND: in my purse ACQUIRED: one month ago on my way to Israel
FOUND: On desk ACQUIRED: 7 years ago on a trip to Australia
FOUND: bowl in the office ACQUIRED: Trust me it won’t make it till next Christmas
FOUND: bedroom shelf ACQUIRED: two years ago in Times Square
FOUND: wall in the kitchen ACQUIRED: 30 years ago
FOUND: in a purse I never use ACQUIRED: too scary to think about
Scarier: the feeling public shame isn’t going to work.
Laurence Gonzales says
Hi, Darryle!
I’d like to catch up with you for a new book I’m writing if you’re up for it. It’s a sequel to Deep Survival.
Hope this finds you well.
LG
Kira says
don’t even start with those choc-covered Acai berries at Trader Joe’s–dark chocolate at it’s best…but they’ll keep you awake at night if you eat them after 6 pm. No chocolate stash lasts long in my house…..I know where every lint-laden, stale, halloween survivor lurks.
Darryle Pollack says
So glad to hear from you. Love that you’re writing another book about survival.
Darryle Pollack says
Haha, it’s amazing anything lasts here either. Wish you hadn’t mentioned those chocolate-covered Acai berries at Trader Joe’s….