I should have known something was amiss. In
looking back, the clues for a rip in the space/time continuum were there. I
cannot believe I missed both clues.
The first was an abrupt weather change. One
day it was hot and dry, 107 degrees and 8% humidity and the very next day it
was 91 degrees with almost 40% humidity, a tad uncomfortable. Our always blue
skies suddenly had clouds in them (more on that in a different post), big,
white puffy clouds that built up during the day, turning grayer and flattening
out until the distant rumbles of thunder could be heard. We then had several
days in a row that ended with thunderstorms and about an inch and a half of
rain in about 5 days. We started getting flash flood warnings on weatherbug. A
rip was obviously starting.
The second clue was much more subtle but it
was there. We go to Nellie’s for breakfast every Saturday. Haven’t missed any
since we arrived in Las Cruces. We have become regulars. Mrsfabp has a
breakfast named for her – huevos rancheros, scrambled, with green meat. She has
it almost every time. Our friend Bill has a Bill Special too. He NEVER has
anything else. His wife Clair and I change up every few visits. We might be
called adventurous, or maybe indecisive. One day recently in an email about
something entirely different, Clair offhandedly mentioned that she was needing
something different. I missed that clue. Went right over my head. Completely
forgot about it. Then, last Saturday, when the orders were brought to the
tables (we were a group of 8 that day), Josie, the waitress and co-operator of
Nellie’s said “who got the French Toast and bacon?” I dropped my fork to the
table and looked around, only to see Josie put the dish in front of Clair and Clair
was smiling. Clair got the french toast. But this was Nellie’s. You eat Mexican
food at Nellie’s. She got french toast and bacon at a MEXICAN RESTAURANT! IN
LAS CRUCES!
This was all the proof I needed. I expect the
zombie apocalypse to begin at any time now. We are doomed, there will be no
turning back. By the way, she did it again this Saturday. My faith in humanity
is now officially shaken.
1 comment:
I will posit that since this is your first NM monsoon session, that you and nellie, et al, have yet to establish a complete cycle. Next year, at tarantula time, if Nellie doesn't order french toast, THEN you have a problem. Get a year behind you, gather the data.
- MM
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