A few weekends ago, Sean made himself breakfast and came to my room as I was trying to awaken from my groggy state. He had a plate of scrambled eggs, beans, and rice. The beans and rice were left over from the Taco Tuesday four days before. He came up to my bed and sat in my wheelchair and ate his eggs and told me that what he was eating was, “Low-key delicious!“ I asked him what he was eating and he told me.
I immediately thought of my youth! I thought of beans, eggs, and Texas! I told Sean that what he was eating was NOT low-key and that I used to eat it all the time when I was in Texas!
The leftover rice has way too many carbs but he gave me the idea of having beans with my eggs. I am technically not supposed to eat pinto beans on the BED diet but the thought of those three things was too delicious to pass up! So yesterday, for Taco Tuesday, I made sure to order a small side of beans and rice. The rice because Sean likes it and the beans because I wanted to have some with my eggs this morning!
This morning, my Mom made me, “Hard eggs” which basically is sunny side up eggs that are almost cooked completely through with just a little bit of yolk. She heated up some beans for me as well! As I ate them, I am mediately thought of Texas!
I was six the first time my family went to Texas and the weather change was strange for me to say the least! It was SO HOT! On that trip, we stopped in Oklahoma to meet up with his old war buddy, Van and his wife, Beverly. It was the strangest thing for me to see my Dad and his friend from young adulthood walk toward each other and they both puffed their chests out and sucked their guts in at the same time! I never saw my Dad laugh as much as it did when we were with them! My Dad was always happiest when we were in Texas!
Now that I think about it, I think I only went to Texas with my family three times in the summer and once for Christmas (Talk about weird! We barbecued on Christmas!). Because I saw my Dad so happy there, I have the fondest memories from there! All my “Texas relatives“ as I call them have a VERY SPECIAL place in my heart!
I think that is why when I watched the NCAA tournament with Sean, I really cheered for Texas Tech! If I’m being honest, it really is because they knocked Michigan State out of the tournament by winning but I bought two Texas Tech T-shirts after that win just the same!
I was in need of new T-shirts anyway so why not get some Texas T-shirts?! They were on sale so I got two. They arrived yesterday. So today, as I ate my breakfast and thought of eggs, beans, and Texas I also am sporting my Texas Tech T-shirt!