Pop Tarts and Pirates

On our recent sailing vacation, as captain, it was my responsibility to inventory the ship's supplies. To my delight I discovered not one box of strawberry pop tarts but two! Two boxes!

In our home I'm the only one who likes the strawberry pop tart. Question, am I the only one who relishes finding a treat no one else in the family enjoys? Seriously, no worries about coming home and finding the last one gone. You know the one I'm talking about. It's the last one which provided motivation through the day. You see, when you are the only one that likes them the last one will always be there when you get home. In a family of six, finding a treat that no else likes is huge! For me it's the strawberry pop tart.

So, you could imagine how excited I was at finding two boxes on board. I quickly ran the numbers and noted that I could have two delicious tarts each day during this vacation. Wow! What a vacation this would be!

Somewhere around day three of the vacation, I noticed someone on board must have developed a sweet tooth for the beautiful and tasty strawberry pop tart. I can't blame them with the tart's flaky pastry crust filled with sweet strawberry jam (made from real fruit!) and topped with white sugary frosting and rainbow sprinkles. Yummy!

However, we now had a crisis on board. The supply diminished rapidly each day. Soon, I had no other choice but to hide the remaining stash and self-impose a rationing strategy. Even with these drastic steps mutinous pirates ravaged the remaining few. By Wednesday not a single strawberry pop tart could be found on board. Scurvy nay!

I managed somehow to suffer through the rest of the vacation and limp back to civilization. I've been encouraged to get help for my strawberry pop tart "problem" (it's been called that, but frankly it's only a problem if we don't have any). Note to self: next year bring four boxes of strawberry pop tarts and hide two from the start!