I wandered into Trader Joes this evening because I was out of food and seriously people had ravaged the store. I was so utterly shocked "WTF? Is this Armageddon?" Slipped out before I could control myself. I figured I missed the news bulletin announcing an asteroid was about to hit the earth. But apparently 8 inches of snow and people freak out.
More disturbing than that was that they were out of peas. I know. Big deal you might say. But for me it is. I really have to stick to my paleo diet and it's hard. Tonight I had a moment where I suddenly had a profound level of sympathy for parents and children with peanut allergies or celiac disease etc. I wanted something simple like a scrambled egg and can't because eggs are something I'm apparently really allergic to. Who would have thought but it's an autoimmune trigger for me. Scrambled eggs with cheese and avocado is also one of my favorite meals ever. It's major comfort food for me. As a back up so is warm toast with peanut butter. But check it out I'm gluten intolerant so no bread AND are you ready for the mother of all insults? The doctor had also asked me to stay away from peanut butter. So incase I forgot to mention it I actually haven't had peanut butter in like 4 months. Now that is a HUGE deal for people that know me. Peanut butter was literally a food group and a staple in my diet for most of my life.
I was having a moment today. So let me continue with Trader Joes. Long story short they were out of peas. No fresh peas. No frozen peas. I went to the frozen food guy and asked. He started nodding his head no before I finished my question and told me I was the 22nd person to ask. They were out. It's one of those moments were in my head I was actually trying to think of a different way to ask the question because that might get me a different answer. Yeah I hate people like that. And there I was being one of those idiots. I let out an audible noise that sounded like disparity. I asked if this was a thing. You know a pea shortage of mass levels. He suddenly took my question as more of a declaration and started speculating that "wow man maybe it IS serious".This is how rumors start. Two people in a grocery store. One is sarcastic by nature the other one has been taking hits off the whip cream cans in back and BOOM we have a pea famine on our hands. By the time I left the store the news had reached the checkout stands and I just looked surprised when the checker asked me if I'd heard there was a pea shortage. Shrugged my shoulders and said "wow who would have thought..."
Peas are my new ice cream. My new treat. A big bowl of steamed peas with some butter and I almost forget all the good food I can't have. There I was in my kitchen literally on the verge of tears if I had to eat another piece of chicken or steak and broccoli. Literally I was going to f-r-e-a-k out people (all two of you that read this people).
I then pulled my shit together, ate three lame pieces of bacon and some butter I mean some yams with butter and yes some mother' &$$@!) broccoli.
And noooooow I'm watching the movie Troy and comforting myself with Brad Pitt in a lion cloth.
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