You know, I ended with the weakest Spokane story. The night the sister and I got into Spokane and forced our Mother to tell our Father that she wanted a divorce we also stayed in a hotel. You know, to give them their PRIVACY. Since we spent most of the night trying to get her to tell him, we didn't get there until after midnight.
When you are about to do something you really don't want to do, you act like a nut and everything is extremely funny. Therefore our drive to Spokane was a but guster. Seriously. So when we went to the hotel, there was a lot that just made us laugh. When we checked in, the barely-old-enough-to-work kid asked, "How many nights are you staying?"
We looked at each other and said, "Two."
"Sorry, we're booked tomorrow night," he replied.
Huh? Just exactly WHY did he ask, then? Yadda, yadda, then we give up the AAA card, give out a credit card just in case, and then ask, "Can we just split it on two cards tomorrow morning?"
"Sure, as long as you check out after 7 am."
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Of course, he's brand new and gets off at 7am, therefore we are in happier hands at that point. As he gives up the form to sign I notice on either side of his desk at cups FULL of pens. Long story short, a pen is always a good thing to have and something I never have. Therefore, I covet this bounty. I don't even remember what I said but it was something about wanting to take all his pens and he says, "Hey, if you want, you can take the whole box."
He then proceeds to take a box out from under the counter that would hold HUNDREDS (500? 1,000?) of pens and passes it over the counter to me. Hmm, tempting. I look inside. "Oh, these are black pens? Sorry I only want the blue ones."
Can you imagine if he had a box of BLUE PENS???????
The next day we are driving around town trying to find a hotel to stay in. At one place we go to see if they have space and scary toothless girl says, "No problem. Just one bed?"
I'm sorry. I love my sister and all, but do we look like a COUPLE?
We ended up at the Red Lion near Riverfront Park. They had the best pillows and mattresses (note the plural) of ANY hotel, ever. I love how they were concerned about how much the room might cost. "That will be $120, is that oookaaaay?" Just WHAT is in the water over there?
Seriously.
Posted by kerewin at June 15, 2005 10:27 PM