A Lesson in Priorities.

As I was waiting for dinner to begin, my phone rang.

I reluctantly pressed the answer button, managing to not take my eyes off the food.

It was someone talking about some foolishness or another. I honestly can't tell you because all I could hear was the sound of steak and baked potato telling me about how delicious they were.

I called him back a few hours later.

"What exactly was it that you wanted? I'm going to be honest, I wasn't listening to you earlier."

"What!? You weren't listening to me?!"

"Of course not! I was preoccupied with monitoring the steak for doneness so I could eat the crap out of it."

"Oh, I see. Given the choice between me and food, you'd choose food."

"Well.....if given the choice, I'd prefer to have food with you, but since the food was here and you were not.......yeah, I have to side with food on this one."

Priorities. I have them.