The count down to the Ren Faire has begun. I only have to work tonight and then I get to go to the Faire for the weekend. I know I promised that I would reserve my real cheat days for the faire, but I have had an early cheat. I went to IHop and had a chicken salad. I suppose as far as cheats go this one was not so bad. The chicken was grilled, instead of breaded and fried, however, there was bread involved. For anyone that has been to IHop, you know that with many of their main course entrees comes a side of garlic toast. I suppose I could have said no to the garlic toast, and I thought about it, then this would not be considered a cheat day. I made the mistake, however, of inhaling after seeing the crispy golden outside of the bread. Not only did this piece of toast smell wonderful, I'm pretty sure it was the best piece of garlic toast in the world. It had the perfect garlic:butter:crispy ratio. I now have to avoid IHop at all costs for a while, at least until I can get the thought of garlic toast out of my head. I guess I will have to start thinking about my faire cheat... Meat Pies, Spiced Nuts and Funnel Cakes oh my...
The food cheat aside, this has been a very unusual Las Vegas day. Normally in October the weather is not even contemplating a cold spell. We would be lucky to not still be in the 100*F range, however, this year it seems as if the triple digits is the last thing on the weather's mind. Is the world tilting on its axis, or is it just flipping around so that North America is heading for the section designated for below the equator? Are we trading places with Australia, causing the changing of the years to be marked by summer instead of winter? This of course begs the question, are we closer to the next ice age than many of us are willing to admit? Start stocking up on your supplies and cold weather gear and if you know someone with an old war bunker, or fallout shelter, now would be the time to become best fiends with them. Whenever the next ice age comes it had better not be coming during the Renaissance Faire because I have plans weather and you a not a part of them. I would like to make a request of the weather gods, however. If you could please make sure that the Ren Faire is not subject to weather that is too hot, too cold, or too wet, then I would be eternally grateful.
Sincerely,
An Avid Weather Lover
