Breakfast Sandwich

The early morning, pre-coffee even, is taken up with rescuing an errant chickadee chick that flew in through the open balcony door and wound up trapped behind the shelving unit filled with glassware and kitchen appliances. The bird is finally, after unloading and moving the shelving unit, wrapped loosely in a towel and released on the balcony where it happily flies away with no harm done except to R&D's nerves.

Breakfast has to be simple and fast. Raul fries two eggs over easy, toasts hamburger buns with melted cheese, and then layers on slices of capocollo. Drew gets a squirt of wasabi mustard and another of ketchup but Raul prefers his flavours pure, especially in the morning and after trauma.

The dog, whose job it is to keep the balcony clear of vermin such as pigeons and squirrels but has napped through home invasions by both of the aforementioned, sleeps through the bird incident but is up and begging the instant breakfast is plated. Plans to bbq chicken breasts are put on hold for the immediate future.