I'm not sure if everyone is familiar with the theory of "Basic Needs", but it states that there are three main things that every person must have in order to survive. Food. Shelter. Clothing. That's it. And throughout the last two weeks, I thought I was going to lose out on one of them. Shelter? No. There haven't been any hurricanes down here yet, so thus far I still have my shelter. Clothing? Once again, no. I have plenty of clothing and multiple options for laundromats to keep my clothing clean, so that's not it. What does that leave us? Food. As most of you probably know, I am an avid fan of the Subway on campus. It's just a little taste of home and for the price, it's a pretty filling meal. I typically eat dinner there 6 out of 7 nights of the week. But over the last couple of weeks, I started to notice a trend. First it was the chocolate milk. They had it one night and the next night it was gone. Then went the chocolate chip cookies. Ooooh boy, you don't want to mess with my chocolate chip cookie cravings. When those began to disappear, I started to get a little peeved. So peeved, in fact, that I began to use the word peeved. Then it was tomatoes...followed by green peppers. You see where this is going. Then last Thursday, when I went to Subway for dinner, they were out of cookies, chocolate milk, bread, tomatoes, green peppers, yes I said bread, and the toaster for pizzas was broken. At that moment, I told myself that I had had enough and I walked out. A trusty establishment whose sole purpose is to serve delicious and nutritious subs to people couldn't even throw together a decent meal. Sad day.
So, I told myself that I would not go back there for a while. I couldn't face the disappointment of walking in there to find half the ingredients available to make a sandwich and still get charged full price. But then my prayers were answered! For some reason I was walking by the other day, probably because I was having Subway withdrawals, and I saw the cookie container stocked full of double chocolate, oatmeal raisin, macadamia nut, and chocolate chip cookies. Jackpot! All the ingredients to make every sub on the menu were available and I was back in business. So it was a quick scare...and that's all. Apparently, sometimes the shipment of supplies from the US can be a tad late, but it will eventually get there. And when it does, what a glorious day that is! Subway...eat fresh!
UPDATE: As I sit here writing this blog, a friend sends me a picture of the path of Tropical Storm Chantal, which appears to be heading straight towards Dominica. Now my Theory of Basic Needs seems very appropriate. Hopefully, it will provide some blog material this next week. And rain. We are in desperate need for rain (THIS COULDN'T BE ANY MORE SARCASTIC).
Big week coming up. Three and a half days of classes and one lab with a long weekend ahead of me, which will be spent studying for Mini II on the following Monday. Thanks for reading.
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