We found Ted in case Bill is looking for him...

We drove through some weather on the way to Christmas this year. We left after I got off work and headed out into what the weathermen told us would be a dark and stormy night.

And it was.

What are the odds the weathermen would be right...this time?

So about an hour into the drive, my MIL called to warn us there was a tornado warning pretty much in the exact spot we were driving.

Well, we didn't really know the odds of being hit by a tornado along I-20 two days before Christmas but we knew enough to get off the road.

We pulled into this little wide spot in the road. They had a Cracker Barrel and that was really all that mattered.

After we were seated, Chris started doing his iPhone trickery to figure out if there was in fact a tornado warning and if so, where said tornado had been spotted. Chris was able to determine there was only a watch.

Which is totally safe.

It took a while but our waiter finally showed up. Young kid. Hair a little long. And we feel pretty certain a little high. Like party on, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure kinda high. Party time. Excellent.

Chris figured it was time to have some fun.

SIDENOTE: This is absolutely zero fun if you don't make Ted actually shound like the character in the movie. If you haven't seen the movie, then shame on you.

Me: I just want a house salad and two sides.

Ted: Ma'am, why don't we just make that a kids vegetable plate. You'll get your drink for free. And it is the holidays after all.

Me: Well, I am carrying a child so we'll just say it's her's.

Ted: (Shocked stare) Oh ma'am. Congratulations! I did NOT even notice. You should take that as a complement.

Me: Thanks very much.

Chris: I think I'll have....

Ted: Oh, and congratulations to you too, sir! Don't want to forget you.

Chris: It's okay. It's not mine.

Ted: (Stunned silence)

Chris: I'm just kidding. It's mine.

Me: (rolling my eyes. Not at Chris. At Ted. Because seriously, that was way too easy.)

What followed was a lot of laughing and Ted attempting not to say Dude. I mean, like you could see the physical restraint it was taking for him not to shout it out.

Never really known Chris to play tricks on stoned waiters working in Cracker Barrels in tiny towns along I-20 in east Texas. But there's a first time for everything.

I ate my salad, sides and drank my free drink then we loaded up and headed back out into the tornado possibly-filled night.

But that stop was totally worth it. Party on, dude.