Seize the Pancakes

I finished a job interview and called my wife. She said she was nearby in the mall. I quickly found her and looked at my watch. We still had 45 minutes before we had to pick up our little boy from pre-school.

"Let's go to the new pancakes restaurant!" 
She agreed with no discussion.
We ordered the most sweet thing on the menu: a triple chocolate stack of pancakes.

Sometimes you just have seize the moment, even for pancakes.




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