We all have stories of the time(s) we have put something in
a “safe place” and then we forgot where that place was. We all have stories of
never, ever finding those things again.
But this is a LEMON. And it was in my fridge.
Now, I know it was in there on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a big
truck from Three Square (a group who distributes produce/food to folks in our
area) was at our senior mobile home park’s entrance. When we supplied ID to prove
we lived there, we wandered on home with 6 big beautiful apples, 6 big fat
oranges, 6 big ol’ ornery onions, some bottles of water, and a nice box of 10
8-paks of hostess mini-donuts. When I rearranged my fruit/veggie bins in
the fridge, I do remember seeing that elusive lemon at that time.
That was, what, all day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, for
that lemon to find a hiding place.
I’ve looked in the fridge. I’ve sort of moved some things
around, thinking I placed it on a shelf while putting the other things away. I’ve
even looked in the freezer (I know, I know, but after all, I am 77 now, and it
could happen!).
I even looked on TOP of the fridge!
Very carefully, I thought back, and I know I did not use it.
At this point, I even did a sniffing routine. Perhaps, I
thought, I left it “out” and it is slowly rotting. So far, I do not detect a
smell. So far, I do not detect any fruit flies. So far, I am drawing a blank.
So, tomorrow, after I come home from delivering half my
route of our monthly newsletter, and after I run into a neighbor’s home to make
sure she shut off things before she left for the summer. I will try once again.
Tomorrow, I will go over that fridge. I will do it shelf by
shelf. I will do it drawer by drawer. I will even look at every inch of the
door shelves. It is only a fridge and limited in space.
And hopefully, I will find that elusive lemon!
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