Nearly Gone with the Wind, and Just Two?

                          The exact moment I realized my breakfast consisted of exactly 32 calories."

  Camping is the life—especially when I’m the guest and others are responsible for all the work.

We woke up to the sound of high winds rocking the camper, then… a huge crash! The awning. Yes, the awning. We had left it up, because why be sensible when the night is warm and balmy? It had been so hot that we hated following the “no generators after eleven pm” rule. We suffered in… not silence exactly, we were having a major flopping competition, twisting and turning to find some relief, drenched in sweat, like we were sleeping in a sauna.

Finally, a bit of relief as the wind quickly cooled everything down. And then—the huge crash! Oh no!

The awning pole was bent just a little. Not catastrophic… yet. Clint, Pam's #4 son swooped in like a  superhero and helped us get it down and put away. 

Sweet Clint always the thoughtful one, brought us milk and cereal for breakfast. Tiny problem: no bowls. He found a huge fruit bowl; all three of us could have eaten out of that thing! He did not offer to share. 

 I said, “I can eat out of a coffee filter, just give me a couple."

He dumped out TWO tiny mini–Frosted Shredded Wheat bars. TWO.

“Really? Just two?” I asked, my voice dripping with disbelief, when I said give me a couple, I was expecting the filter to be at least half full or go the other way and fill it over the top, but TWO?

Clint looked me dead in the eye. “You said you wanted a couple, so two is a couple.”

“Oh my word. I didn’t want it filled to the brim—I just wanted… well, more than two.”

"Note to self: Next time the wind starts howling, pull the awning in. And more importantly, when asking for a 'couple' of anything around Clint, be specific. Very, very specific. Otherwise, I’ll be back to counting my 32-calorie shredded wheat bars while everyone else is at the buffet."