What?

Here we have a picture inside the little restaurant where I so often take myself to lunch. Habana's Boardwalk Cuban restaurant. I generally get there later than the lunch rush and I've often noticed that other ladies of a certain age take themselves to lunch there as well. I wonder if this is because the place is just so comfortable. I had my favorite server today- Jesse- and as always she was efficient and serious and very professional. I had a cuban coffee with sugar which is one of my favorite treats in the world and a cup of black bean soup AND a tamal of some sort which I can't remember the name of although I've had it twice now and it does have grilled onions. 
Perfect lunch. Just perfect. 

Costco was almost empty if you compare it to the usual packed-to-capacity situation. I got to see BRENDA! She was my check-out lady. She is so beautiful and so sweet. 

And then- best of all, I got to visit with Lily at her Publix. We managed a little chatting between her customers and then a couple of very good hugs. "Let me give you a little kiss," I said when I was leaving and she leaned over and I kissed her cheek. 

When I got home, I made a pot of my creamy curried cashew butternut, etc., etc. soup to take to St. George this weekend. I had texted my ladies and asked if I could bring a soup because it looks to be rainy, as I said two days ago, I think. I named off a few different types of soup I could make and they all agreed the creamy curried cashew, etc., etc, sounded the best. 
Of course my soup has no butternut squash in it but it does have two Seminole pumpkins and a sweet potato. The Seminole pumpkin's flesh is sweet and delicious and I believe the soup will be too. I cooked it and pureed it and will freeze it to take with me and add the coconut milk when I thaw and heat it on the island. I also plan to make the dough for naan bread and freeze that too. According to the recipe, the dough freezes quite well. 
I wanted to do this because of course I want to bring a gift of love and as we all know, food is love in my heart. Also, let's face it- I need to know for my own peace of mind that we will have food. 
Which is ridiculous. I think it's a primal thing though and primal things do not always realize that there's a very adequate although very small grocery store less than four miles away. If that. You may recall this store. It is called The Little Pig because it is a miniature version of a Piggly Wiggly and this delights me to no end. 

So I'm relieved that soup is made because tomorrow is pottery and somehow that takes all day long. I'm sure I'll have time to make the naan dough, however. 

And...well. There is a small situation occurring in the Gulf of Mexico which is what they call a disturbance. 
I just checked Rob Nucatola's last FB post and here's what he has to say:

It’s Tropical Depression NINE.

Small changes is movement early mean big changes in direction later. So let’s not fixate on any points of potential landfall for Friday just yet.

I promise a full breakdown tomorrow on the News and even more on The Morning NUC.

And I’ll have a full battery of graphics and a text explanation here around 11am Wednesday.

You may recall, or you may not, Rob is my go-to weatherman. He is slow to make predictions, waiting until he feels he has the proper information, and I trust him implicitly. But the point is, there is a chance, however small, that a storm may be headed our way. Or, alternatively, that we'll just get a bunch of rain and maybe a little wind. Or...perhaps nothing at all! And by the way, it is STILL raining here.

So we pay attention.

And to top off this entire day, there was what is being called an underground electrical explosion with a resulting fire early this morning near the state capitol building in downtown Tallahassee that blew manhole covers off and blasted roads.

Traffic was understandably messed up, there were electrical outages as well as internet outages, and state and county businesses were affected, of course.

As Rachel said, "I need an advanced astrology gay to tell me if the planets are doing something or if Mercury is in gatorade or whatever."

What the fucking fuck?

I'm going to go make a spinach and rice casserole. I am roasting a chicken. I may poach some pears. What else can I do? I can post this which seems rather frighteningly prescient.

Big Love And Hang In There, Y'all...Ms. Moon