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Pancake, French Toast with thick sourdough bread topped with powdered sugar, and a Waffle topped with powdered sugar; served with loads of butter and maple syrup.

You all know my rule of thumb: When you can’t decide between one or more things, just get one of each and save yourself the headache and stress of deciding. Why put yourself through all the torture for crying out loud?!

Here was such an occasion. I decided to go eat breakfast at that newly discovered diner I found. (Not to be confused with the regular diner I go to for 6″ x 5″ x 2″ cinnamon rolls and whatnot.)

I knew all morning I wanted something that required syrup—a pancake, a waffle, or French toast. And at this new diner I discovered, all three are phenomenal. So it was tough choosing.

After all, I had given this a lot of thought on the home front from the moment I woke up and up until I left the house. It also consumed my thoughts on the 20-minute drive out to the diner, and during the 10 minutes or so that I told the server to give me after I was handed the menu once I arrived. Geez!

It was IMPOSSIBLE to decide! In my head, they all seemed so great that I knew I could devour any one of them at a moment’s notice. As I was sitting at the table, it hit me all of a sudden—my rule of thumb! If there ever was a time to apply my rule, this was it. I mean, I had already marinated on it a little too long as it was, ya think?

Man! Once I realized my rule of thumb was available to use—the stress of thinking about it all and making a decision about what to order just seamlessly floated away. ‘Just give me one of each.’ Now I can consume my thoughts with something else or leave it entirely blank. Ahhh, the good life.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, see if you can apply my rule of thumb to any given situation you find yourself in.

Take-Away Life Lesson: No need to rack your brain with hard decisions. The rule of thumb is there for a reason.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Hash browns, Biscuits & Gravy, Pancake, and Cinnamon Sugar Toast.

Now this is one café I could have done without going to altogether! I tried this café on the advice of a couple of ladies (whom I did not know) who said this was an absolutely great little diner to get some good eatin’.

I had never heard of it and didn’t even know where it was located—but I found my way. Boy, did I ever!

Dead flies on the window sill are always a plus.

Not a smile to be found.

Empty-ish.

The café was pretty much empty except for the neighborhood regulars—who, surprisingly, can eat subpar food. I couldn’t even eat all mine—it was so NOT good. Only the cinnamon sugar toast made me smile a tad.

As you can see from the windowsill, there were two dead flies who seemed to have found themselves a permanent burial site as well. That’s always a plus. (I noticed this as I was eating my delectable breakfast, no less.)

Nobody that was there was happy to be there—or at least as you can tell from their faces they looked unhappy or grumpy.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, try a new little café in your part of town—even if only to give you the knowledge of how great or not it is. Maybe you can save a friend from a similar fate.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Not every little café/diner that someone else thinks is over-the-top fantastic is going to be that way to you.