5. Tell us something your spouse is legitimately better than you at.
If Pat and I were one brain, I would be the left side and he would be the right. Where I am creative and follow my heart, he is rational and follows his brain. I select books that make me feel something, he selects books that help him learn something. He will tell you to take a left on 4th street, I will tell you to take a left just after the 7-11 near the elementary school.
Pat knows better than to ask me how many people I think were at a volleyball game for example. “I don’t know maybe like…50? 100? 1,000? Hard to tell.” I cannot guesstimate. And also I don’t know why it matters. Similarly, I know better than to expect him to plan a birthday party. At least not if I expect one where people show up and there are presents and food.
This past weekend Maile and Laina had travel volleyball tournaments in two separate states. Pat took Laina to her tournament in Utah and I took Kainoa and Maile to Vegas. I scheduled Pat’s flight, purchased his tournament wristband, and booked his hotel. I printed every bit of his itinerary out for easy access and we headed in our separate directions.
I can manage traveling on my own, but I lack any real sense of direction. The last time we went to Vegas, Pat navigated every path. Many of the hotels on the strip are connected by hallways and tram and there are bridges that safely guide you from one side of the street to the other. Pat is the one who will wake up before everyone and retrieve Starbucks to start our day. He will tell us what time we have to leave each and he will lead us to the gym in a timely fashion.
But for this trip, I was on my own. And I’ll be honest, I didn’t know the hotel we were staying in was connected to the others by hallways until nearly the last day…even though Pat claims he told me. I would have loved avoiding the 108-degree weather if I had Pat with me to show me his little hallway trick. I did manage to find the tram and was quite proud of myself when it went to the hotel it needed to go to, but I wasn’t at all confident about where I was going to end up when I climbed on board.
I told Pat about the trouble I was having getting around and he was like, “But Kat, we did it all before the last time we went to Vegas!” And I was like, “Yeah, but I just followed you. I wasn’t paying attention…there were so many bright lights to look at!” From now on, I prefer to travel with my husband so that he can do all the navigating and I can look at lights.
In my defense, he needs me too! Not only did he forget the boarding pass I printed out in the car so that the person dropping us off had to turn around and come back with them, but he also left the wristband ticket I printed for him back at his hotel and needed me to text email another.
We are going to be quite the traveling duo when we’re retired.
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1. Write about a lie you told when you were younger.
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4. Write a blog post inspired by the word: final
5. Tell us something your spouse is legitimately better than you at.
John Holton says
And this is why we stay at home… 🤣
Patty says
The Husband and myself are two Virgos and, at times, it ain’t pretty!
There is almost always a debate and we both rush to finish each others sentences, each demanding to be heard first.
Like you, I get everything in place when the need arises, yet, there are his constant questions…”did you pack this, that, the other thing?” And, as far as directions, HE knows better than Waze, Google Maps, Siri and Rand McNally.
Today, he announced he’d like to take a trip up to Niagara Falls. I hope he enjoys it!