Cheese is Power

Today I went over and traipsed around lovely Point Defiance park. As I was heading home, I decided to take the "scenic" route and explore streets I really don't know. And then there it was - a shiny and lovely 7'11 calling my beverage-loving name =-). Shababbler! Psssssst......Shababbler - you know you want a gigantic soda!!! How could I resist? I went in to get my tank of soda, opting for the 44 oz. super big gulp as opposed to the 64 oz. double big gulp (which I later regretted as those extra 20 ounces would only have cost 20 cents more.....you always regret it when you slurp up the last drops =-(... and I almost always get Diet, so it's not like the calories really matter).

Anyways - as I capped off my super big gulp and grabbed a long, colorful straw (yay straws!! I love straws =-)!!), I saw the nacho chip machine. You could choose your container of chips and then go crazy with the cheese and chili. Unlimited amounts of cheese and chili at your disposal!!! I'm not a big chili fan, but lord do I love cheese. YAY CHEESE!!!!! And I had just practiced restraint the night before in the grocery store and told myself that it really wasn't necessary for me to buy shredded cheese (even though it is quite hard to resist shredded cheese=-(). So here I was with my tank of soda in hand face to face with the marvelous gooey cheese machine. Cheese at my disposal, as much as I wanted! I'm sure there must be a small corner in heaven that has a gooey-cheese dispenser =-). So I grabbed the chips and opened the bag. My approach was to be one of maximum cheesage. A small layer of chips topped by loads of the warm, creamy, cheesy goo =-). Another layer, topped by another river of cheese goo. Followed by another and another and another....until all of my chips had been placed and were floating around in a lake of lovely cheese goo =-). Woohoo Cheese Goo!!!!!

My ride home took a while because I was guessing at the streets. Those who know me well know I have a tough time waiting to get home to sample tasty goods such as this, so at one light I risked getting cheese lap in order to partake in a bite of my warm, lovely, cheesy nachoey goo =-). A bit spicy for my spice-wimp tastebuds, but it was LOVELY, WARM CHEESEY GOO!!!

I finally got home and I did what I had to do and then set down my feast of cheesy-nachoey goo, along with the remainder of my "I-wish-you-were-a-double-but-you're-only-a-super-Big-Gulp." As I started to partake in this cheesy delicacy, I realized that, even though I didn't think it were true, it was possible to go overboard on the cheese =-O!! You can imagine my shock and disbelief....how can there ever be too much cheese?!?!?! But it was true, and my beautiful cheesy loveliness possessed perhaps a bit too much cheesy loveliness =-(. By this point the once crisp chips were soggy remnants that had long since drown under the demands placed by the cheesy lake. I had to bust out the spoon - and the spice was still a bit of an obstacle. Believe it or not, I actually put them in the fridge to come back to later. I'm hoping when I approach them later things will be better. I know the chips have now fallen from grace, but I can't just throw away all that cheesy loveliness =-(.

So the lesson, dear friends, is that yes, there can be too much of a good thing. Well - at least if that good thing is an endless supply of what you believe will be cheesy heaven. One must learn to pace themselves in the land of cheesy loveliness and realize that, the chips should not be entirely lost and forgotten in the lake of cheese. A river of cheese would have been more appropriate, but I was simply too excited to have control of the cheese button. Let this be a lesson for everyone - so that my chips will not have drown in vain!!!