Yes, I like to think of my husband and I as good hosts. As in life, it’s all about knowing your guests’ needs and how to meet them.
Granted, things have gone crazy on dinner, with one being vegan and another gluten-free and my husband can’t eat anything that swims.
For overnights, we do have a guest room/office and separate bath. But that’s not what this story is about. My husband traveled for business last week, and I made him pack his bag mostly himself (I organized it) as he has not done so for 12 years.
He stole the travel pillow we bought for the dog several years ago. He left it at the hotel. I called the hotel and they found it and charged me to send it back. Then I found out he left his cell phone charger as well.
Tonight, a FedEx package arrived with Zoe’s travel pillow (she’s asleep with it now) and my husband’s iPhone charger. Thank you, Ruth! She is amazing.
Now we spent the weekend finding a replacement pillow, which he left on a plane yesterday and someone stole. Let’s see, three pillows in a week, one returned by FedEx for $25 and an extra $20 phone charger. Solo travel is getting expensive.
The answer is to add to the method. Always put the pillow in your suitcase or if you actually unpacked, into the underwear and sock drawer. Always place the charger in your laptop bag. Honey, you can do it. You usually sweep the room for me, you just don’t bother doing it for yourself because you’re on to the next thing and don’t multi-task.
In my life, will I ever understand the mental processes of a man? Even my husband of over ten years? Probably not. The not multi-tasking thing drives me nuts. He expects me to cook and talk and get him ice for a soda and feed the dog and it’s done. Venus and Mars, I guess. Dogma (one of Zoe’s nicknames) has been lifted to the bed so I should go before she jumps down to find me. She is a herder, after all. Cheers, have a good night. Dee
Cooking with Dee 