April showered Mets fans with wins. With May underway, Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen wonder whether we can stop and smell the roses of first place — or is it our nature to wait for the other shoe to drop? Also, Deep Bench continues with a salute to Met utilitymen of the 1970s; Nationals Park comes under the National League Town microscope; and Mets fan Nora Ephron has us thinking about Mother’s Day.