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Reflections on a Hotel Stay

We are staying in a Best Western Hotel while we are visiting my son & daughter-in-law in Eagan, MN. We are hosting our 11- & 5-year-old grand-daughters, which is our self-less contribution to this long weekend's festivities...meant to help ease the stress in particular at bedtime.

My reflections:

• I remember when you used to have to bring your own soap & shampoo. Now you usually get "free soap & shampoo, which I collect. We got new bottles of shampoo & conditioner for the 2nd day, but no fresh soap. I "took measures" to try to ensure fresh soap & another set of fresh shampoo & conditioner.

• I remember when you had to find breakfast at a nearby cafe. Sometimes the motel where you stayed had its own cafe attached. Now I get a little grouchy when I can't get my favorite hotel breakfast, which is biscuits & gravy. This morning I had an English muffin w/real butter (always use real butter!), half-a-waffle w/maple (allegedly syrup), sausage links, the cinnamon-raisin toast my niece decided she didn't want, & coffee--lots of coffee.

• And I can remember when you didn't have a coffee maker in your room. Or a refrigerator or a microwave. Or free newspapers in the lobby.

I like to get up before Lois, wander down to the breakfast nook, read, eat some breakfast & drink coffee at my leisure w/o waking her up. That's my typical breakfast routine at a hotel. 

One more thing...you can tell what part of the country you're in by what's playing on the t.v. in the breakfast nook. Out west it's generally Fox News (love it) or TWC (tolerate it). In the Chicago area it was TWC or CNN (gag me w/a spoon). In the Twin Cities it's CNN (you heard me).

I wrote today's entry just to practice. Don't hesitate to respond, but please continue to take into consideration my fragile mental & emotional state.