M&M's

I just finished sorting the reds out of a big bag of dark M&M's. I'm allergic to them; the red dye #5 turns my neck red. Same with MSG...Anyway, it reminded me of sorting M&M's as a kid.

Whenever I was given or bought a regular-sized package of M&M's, I would carefully spill them out on a table or counter and sort them by color. Next, I would eat the ones that made the groupings unequal. Finally, I would grab each color group in one hand and fill my mouth at once. Needless to say, my M&M's never lasted long. I never saved any for later, and rarely did I eat one at a time. I have never been able to savor anything that sent my taste buds tingling.

I wonder if this sorting was the beginning of my organizational skills or were my organizational skills in my DNA? Is there anyway to find out? Not that it is important. Just curious.

If you are wondering at my eating M&M's at my age (62), there are two reasons. One: I munch on them when I write. When the words are just flowing so quickly and easily, munching helps slow me down, because I cannot type faster than my brain can think at those times. Two: My husband and I take our own candy to the movies to eat with the popcorn. Ummmm.