ramen-less in texas

So Austin is bracing itself for what appears to be the next big apocalypse--by this, I mean, there is neither bread nor water nor Ramen left at the grocery stores.

No, I'm being *literal* here. Not a loaf of bread, a container of water, or a package of Ramen Noodles, even the icky faux-creamy shrimp ones.

My family, not one to be left out of this charming semi-suburban/urban panic, stocked up on such necessities as Dr. Pepper, cheese, crackers, sausage, the ingredients for cheese dip, and a lot of English muffins. Mostly, I'm just trying to figure out what emergency will entail needing *English muffins*. Also, how we will make cheese dip should it turn out that we do lose electricity.

I'm guessing that we'll all get out our lighters and *melt* the cheese that way.

*rubs forehead*