After three months of luxury, we were happy to find the house still standing, but I forgot where I put the house key. It was raining lightly when we arrived Tuesday evening. I found the correct suitcase on the first try, but I searched all of the inside pockets before remembering to try the top outside pocket where it would be a cinch to find.
It was not much better in the house. Rather than leave the dishwasher running when we would be away three months, I left it full of dirty dishes. Shortly after arriving home, I was unloading clean ones. I totally could not remember where I kept the dinner plates. I had to open the cupboards until I found the right one.
But slowly it all comes back to me. We have three months of mail, of course, to deal with plus the unpacking and laundry, but we were cleaver enough to leave the message machine off on the grounds that it was better for people not to get us at all than to think that we were ignoring them.
We give our eternal thanks to the good friends who watched the house while we were gone and left us not only enough milk for breakfast but fresh fruit as well.
It was not much better in the house. Rather than leave the dishwasher running when we would be away three months, I left it full of dirty dishes. Shortly after arriving home, I was unloading clean ones. I totally could not remember where I kept the dinner plates. I had to open the cupboards until I found the right one.
But slowly it all comes back to me. We have three months of mail, of course, to deal with plus the unpacking and laundry, but we were cleaver enough to leave the message machine off on the grounds that it was better for people not to get us at all than to think that we were ignoring them.
We give our eternal thanks to the good friends who watched the house while we were gone and left us not only enough milk for breakfast but fresh fruit as well.
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