A swing and a miss

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

I woke up at 6:23 this morning, which is exactly what time I got up yesterday for work. But today was not a work day, so I (quite easily) convinced myself to snuggle in and sleep some more. The weather was cool and perfect for sleeping. (Remember the hot from yesterday? Gone. Very gone.)

I woke up at 8:58 to a tiny crinkling sound. I opened my eyes and Keith was standing next to the bed. He said, “There’s an egg-a-muffin and oatmeal in this bag. I have to go to a meeting in two minutes.” He had been to the doctor for a cortisone shot to the shoulder and brought me McDonald’s breakfast. What an absolute treat.

I unpacked the bag for breakfast in bed. I organized my oatmeal – add apples and raisins – mmm, so good. I unwrapped my egg-a-muffin. I love love love egg-a-muffins. Before pandemic, McDonalds had started offering them all day, which was dangerous, because I ordered my regular food AND an egg-a-muffin. Pandemic and staff shortages made them cut it back to just breakfast. Sad, but probably ultimately better.

Anyway, I unwrapped my egg-a-muffin and it was not an egg-a-muffin. It was a sausage-a-muffin. I do not like sausage in general, I took a bite. It was okay. I took another bite. It really wasn’t my thing. I took the sausage out. It was just sad. I recombobulated it and snuck it to Keith in his meeting. He was so disappointed his treat had failed. About a month ago, he tried to bring the same treat back from a doctor’s appointment, but when he got home, there was only oatmeal in the bag – no egg-a-muffin at all. He specifically checked this morning – not wanting that to happen again. A sandwich was there, wrapped in its yellow paper; just not the right flavor.

So, he tried twice and gets full credit. He is a sweetie.

4 thoughts on “A swing and a miss”

  1. Nothing worse that expecting something and receiving something else, especially where food is concerned!
    Sorry to hear Keith’s shoulder is troubling him. I trust otherwise he is okay now.
    Our temperatures are dropping over here as we enter Autumn.
    🙂

    1. He IS finally over his covidy or whatever it was. The shot is likely to set his shoulder straight.🤞It feels like fall now, but only a few trees have a bit of color. I think we are going to have a colorful year

  2. I order sausage and egg biscuit but occasionally receive the muffin version instead.
    So disappointing.
    Edible, but not the treat I’d imagined.

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