Yesterday was quite a day on several fronts.  I didn’t want to take away from the HUGE DEAL of the groundbreaking so I decided to do a separate post about the other happenings.

1.  Los Tres Amigos Mexican Restaurant & Our Future Normal

Joshua and I have a borderline disturbing attachment to the local Mexican restaurant near our current house.  When times were different and we could dine-in at restaurants, we would go there once a week.  Given the current situation, we have ordered delivery from “Tres”, as we fondly call it, every Friday night and it is pretty much the highlight of my week when the fajitas and sangria arrive.

Well, last night, we had quite a scare.

At 4:58PM, I picked up my phone and called to place our order.  It didn’t ring.  I got that “beep, beep, beep” sound that signifies a call has been dropped and my phone said the call had been “canceled”  (What does that even mean?!).

I kept trying for the next fifteen minutes and the same thing kept happening.

Emotions were running high and I was distraught.  We tried calling from Josh’s phone.  Same thing.  Panic had set in.

Josh suggested maybe we look into ordering from a different Mexican restaurant.  I couldn’t even talk about it.

So many things were going through my head:

• Los Tres Amigos was closed for good because they weren’t making enough money from delivery and take-out during the pandemic.  I should have ordered from them every day! How could I have let this happen?!
• All of the people who work at Los Tres Amigos were sick with coronavirus.  OMG I hope they are OK!
• Will I ever get to eat Los Tres Amigos again???

I tried one last time and miraculously the call went through. I was so relieved! Evidently since the tornado last month, their phone lines haven’t been quite right.  I made sure to tell them they gave me quite a scare.

After this traumatic experience, it occurred to me that I may not make it out in the country and a 50 minute drive from Tres.

     2. Tiger King & A Moment of Self-Reflection 

After savoring every morsel of our Mexican food delivery with a new-found appreciation, Josh and I decided to start watching Tiger King.

About 2 or 3 episodes and 2 or 3 glasses of wine in (don’t judge me…it had been a long day and I certainly wasn’t driving anywhere), I was wondering how people become “large cat people”.

I reflected on this blog and how I’ve spent that last 100+ days fascinated by the “exotic” creatures on our property.

I turned to Josh and said, “Let’s not turn into ‘large cat people’, OK?…well, I guess we are ‘large ‘house cat’ people’.”