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About a month ago my in-laws made the 1300 mile trek by car to visit as they do each year and each year I'm torn between it being my house, them being my in-laws as well as being petty. But this year they taught a few things.
First, when they hard a hard time finding a pet friendly motel during the trip out and back so my wife suggested the obvious reserving a room in advance. The reply was, we don't do that because we like to have a plan...wtf? Plus, they don't have smart phones as they refuse to conform. So, a good plan involves not planning.
Two, at dinner time we usually say Grace before we dig in, but when her dad's around I pass it off to him so when my wife made a big pot roast dinner I sat down and was waiting but everyone to say Grace but everyone started getting their portions. I am fine, God surely could care less about that. But, then when we had KFC two days later I started to grab my food and was told they were waiting to pray. Lesson two, pray after beef but before chicken.
Tres, I asked my wife to grab me another butter knife one night as I don't like a single one putting food back in the butter dish (I'm OCD this way), her mom said we already have one. To which I replied my dishwasher doesn't mind. Sure enough two nights later there were none on the table, the second damn time we had KFC so her mom asked for a butter knife, but just one because she could share. Lesson three, dishwashers refuse to clean more than one butter knife.
Anyway, it is always the longest week of my life every year, but I always come away learning some good life lessons.
Hawk
First, when they hard a hard time finding a pet friendly motel during the trip out and back so my wife suggested the obvious reserving a room in advance. The reply was, we don't do that because we like to have a plan...wtf? Plus, they don't have smart phones as they refuse to conform. So, a good plan involves not planning.
Two, at dinner time we usually say Grace before we dig in, but when her dad's around I pass it off to him so when my wife made a big pot roast dinner I sat down and was waiting but everyone to say Grace but everyone started getting their portions. I am fine, God surely could care less about that. But, then when we had KFC two days later I started to grab my food and was told they were waiting to pray. Lesson two, pray after beef but before chicken.
Tres, I asked my wife to grab me another butter knife one night as I don't like a single one putting food back in the butter dish (I'm OCD this way), her mom said we already have one. To which I replied my dishwasher doesn't mind. Sure enough two nights later there were none on the table, the second damn time we had KFC so her mom asked for a butter knife, but just one because she could share. Lesson three, dishwashers refuse to clean more than one butter knife.
Anyway, it is always the longest week of my life every year, but I always come away learning some good life lessons.
Hawk
