"When The Deal Goes Down" - BD

guilty.

I'm selfish.

I often find myself making "deals" with others.  Business "deals" - those seem to be the easy ones [re: my work/business].  Family "deals" get slightly trickier. 

You know, like this, "Mom if I remove your dead toenail - you have to pick up the dog's poop for two days." 

OR

"If you let me stay up 20 more minutes - I'll rub your feet for 5 of those minutes".

This "dealing" often reminds meof a show I used to watch almost daily.  "Let's Make A Deal" [with Monty Hall].

I loved everything about this show.  The weirdness.  The suspense.  The selfishness of the players.  They may already have a new car in curtain #1 but they sit there really stressing about how curtain #3 may have something better.  Ya, like a 187 year old camel.

Low point.  Yesterday.  When [can't believe I am going to admit this but . . ] I actually found myself proposing a "deal" - wait for it.  wait for it. . . .  with God.  Yep, you read that right.  The thought/prayer went up something like this [sorry if this is hard to follow, but it's the honest truth]

"....if You can please help me with my "A" [wait that doesn't sound right]."

started again.

"....If You help me with my #1 then I'll do #2 [wait, that sounds even worse]."

[self slap.  Emz, stay focused.]

"....if You help me with XYZ then I'll make sure I take care of ABC that I've been putting off."

and before I could get to my next thought my eyes poped open.

Really Emz?!  Really?!

He scratches your back and you'll scratch HIS?  Get a clue Lady . . . . He is already scratching.  Ya, for like 30 something years.  Feel it.  Realize it.  Be grateful for it.

[Note to self.]

A few less deals in life, may be a really good thing.  I truly, don't feel like I ask a lot of others.  But when I do . . . why are they always in "deal" format?

So please feel free to call me out on this, if I do it.

deal?

let's make a deal

If I show you mine first.

Will you show me yours?

Grab your camera.

Open your fridge door and take two photos.

One of the inside [main] & one of the inside door.  Ahhhh, crap, Kovas do you see what I see?!

No tidying up.  No cleaning.  No hiding [unhealthy or illegal] things.

Then mention:

*a few things you like in there. 
*What you can't live without in it. 
*What you should live without that's in it currently.
*What you wish was in it.

This is my version of "cribs" - the best part.  I love when they show what's in their fridge.  WAY better than when they show their bedroom and say, "this is where it goes down".  So lame. 

Thanks for playing!

**post edit**

Ok, Melissa caught me . . . Here are my answers:

~ a few things I like:  powerade zero, muscle milk shakes and my not-so-little wedge of Stilton Cheese with tiny bits of dried apricot.


~What I can't live without:  see above oh and eggs.


~What you should live without:  see above minus eggs and soda.  And possibly the gynormous brandy glass scorpion holder on top of my fridge.


~What you wish was in it:  my mom's bran muffin batter and a chopped salad from Sammy's Wood fired Pizza.