I'm at a resort in Arizona. I stumbled up to the breakfast restaurant, settled in to a slice of toast and oatmeal when all of my attention was drawn to the entrance of the joint. In walked a woman with a sun visor pushing a baby buggy. I am usually up for checking out a newborn. There is something about the promise of a new life that catches my attention. Maybe it is because I pipe dream that I would make better of my life than I have if I were, somehow, given the chance to do it all over.
I should have known this woman was operating on a different plane when she sat herself at a table and whipped around the baby buggy to reveal that there was no infant inside. Rather, two fluffy dogs popped their heads out. My untrained eye tells me that they are poodles. This is unprecedented. Never have I seen someone wheel two poodles into a restaurant in a baby buggy. My drooped jaw caught the attention of the couple at the table next to me. We exchanged looks with each other which indicated that the three of us agreed we were superior to this baby buggy pushing dog lover. I like those kind of instant connections with people when you can tell that you are on the same level of intelligence with one another, albeit a low level.
I push my chin back up so my lower teeth can reunite with my upper teeth just as this woman wheels the dogs over to another table. This was a good move in my mind because now I could have an even closer look at the goings on. It is so much easier to make fun of people when they are in plain sight with unobstructed views. Do you agree?
The baby buggy driver hopped up and helped herself to the breakfast buffet as the dogs began what I can only assume was salivating. Mama came back to the table with bacon, eggs, etc. She gave several hand signals to the dogs before preparing them each a breakfast sandwich of sorts. Egg, bacon and a slice of bread. They gobbled it up as she settled into an omelet.
I managed to capture a few pictures of the action on the sly, or so I thought. The server walked up to me and said, 'That is a bit odd, isn't it?" just as I was aiming the camera to capture a shot. - Another person on my level.
Vacation are fun! Not because you get to relax, but because you get to see that there are a few people crazier than yourself out there.
