Thursday, December 20, 2012

Were Those Mayans Right Or Are We All Still Here?

While I wouldn't call the last three days eventful, they have reinforced my belief that in the Husband Lottery, I have won the Big Prize.  We drove from Tulsa to Southern California to be with our kids for Christmas.  I say "we", but I never drove at all - not for any of the over 20 hours it takes to get from there to here.  We spent the night in Galllup, New Mexico, and much as I love the food, choose to eat at a chain restaurant, because you can't risk getting bad food when you are on the road.  Long story made short, I woke up yesterday morning, for what the Mayans want us to believe was to be one of the last days of earth, with 6 inches of new snow and raging food poisoning.  He ran over to the Walmart, bought some tire chains, gloves, and Pepto Bismal, and drove the rest of the way, with me throwing up occasionally - all the while being sweetly attentive and trying to entertain me to relieve some of my misery.  Driving through a snow storm.  What a guy!!
So instead of going to Disneyland today, I'm just resting and making a comprehensive list of food stuffs to bring back from Trader Joe's, my favorite natural food market, which doesn't exist in Oklahoma.    

14 comments:

  1. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear you're ill! Love the Husband Lottery, you definitely won and so did I. Hope you feel better before Christmas! (I can tell you that the incubation period, that is time from exposure to time of onset of illness, is generally about the same length of the illness. IE, if you get sick a few hours after eating a bad food, you will usually only be sick for a few hours.)

    I love Trader Joe's too - and it's certainly not found here in Britain!

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  2. Thanks Shelley! I wondered how I could be so sick for only 10 hours and now just be very tired with really sore stomach muscles from all the throwing up. Dinner at 6, and getting sick at 4 am is the same 10 hour interval. I do think that the best way to win the Husband Lottery is to buy more than one ticket. And the parent company of Trader Joe's is Aldi's, which has many European markets, as well as the great ones in Oklahoma.

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  3. Oh dear, what a dismal journey Beryl. I hope you are feeling better now. Hubs is a treasure caring for you so well. Well, only a couple of hours left of the 21st here, and we are still alive and kicking!!

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  4. Give that husband of yours a gold star! Glad it seems the worst of it is over. If you are able to think of food shopping then I'd say you are on the mend. Don't pass up the choc. truffles at Trader Joe's - they are great and at a very reasonable price.

    Darla

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  5. Oh you lucky people with a Trader Joe's! Suppose I will have to settle for Aldi's and Publix. What a miserable thing to be sick during a road trip but glad you are all better. Must have been a "sign" that the world wasn't going to blow up after all. And thank goodness for good husbands!

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  6. Oh Beryl, how dreadful! Hope you are all better, and kudos to John for being a trooper.
    Thank you SO much for your offer - however I convinced E that we need to go to Dallas for a few days, so I plan to scour the new TJs for my favorites, especially the tinned trout which I literally live on during the school year.
    We'll have to do something fun when you get back!
    -s

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  7. As a native New Mexican I can tell yo u that not much good happens in Gallup.

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  8. Hi Patricia - Glad we're both still alive! Bet those Mayan's are embarrassed to have been so wrong.

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  9. Hi Darla - Thanks for reminding me about those truffles. These are the things I get back home and suddenly remember that I forgot. You are so right about how delicious they are.

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  10. Hi Sanda - I see your point that I did have my own little Mayan Calender episode, but the world didn't end afterall!

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  11. Hi Simone - I'm so glad you're getting a trip to Dallas. REI, IKEA, and In & Out Burger are my must stop shops there. I should have known they had Trader Joe's too.

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  12. Hi Yogi - Didn't Gallup used to be a hot spot for filming Hollywood Westerns in the 30's and 40's?

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  13. I am so sorry you have been ill; food poisoning is so utterly miserable! But the news that you are thinking of going food shopping must mean that things are looking up... :)
    You husband sounds like a sweetie.

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  14. Hi Carolyn - My husband is a Sweetie - and in fact that has always been my pet name for him. When I was given a message at work that he called, the secretary just gave me a note that said "Your Sweetie called." And the name stuck.
    Speaking of husbands, Happy Birthday to yours! That is a wonderful shirt you made for him.

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