He grinned and shrugged mysteriously, turning his gaze back to the newspaper as if to finish reading an article, pausing as he took a sip of his coffee, "Yep it is, ma'am.  But, the rain here is a bit warmer then back home.  Not so bad really."  He then twitched the paper again, neatly folding it in half and setting it aside, tossing the last bite of his pancakes downrange, chased with a last sip of his coffee.  "Had some work to do that went much later then I had hoped, ma'am.  And, like you said, only place nearby with coffee."