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I love the wife, really.
\nBut she can drive me crazy by over thinking things.<\/p>\n

\"LasVegasSign\"<\/a>Case in point:
\nOur yearly pilgrimage to visit our money in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

It’s still\u00a0six months away.
\nThat’s twice the life span of a roach or six generations of house fly.<\/p>\n

Save that information for small talk at your next cocktail party.<\/p>\n

People will be impressed.<\/p>\n

She and I can take about four days there before the money runs out and we get tired of the place and want to home.<\/p>\n

This’ll be the first trip in years without all her high school reunion friends.<\/p>\n

I suspect she’ll be tired of me by the second day.
\nOr maybe by the time we land.<\/p>\n

This year is a bit different as we’re going to swing through Arizona to hit up my sister and brother-in-law for Thanksgiving dinner on the way to the land of enchantment and riches.<\/p>\n

That’s assuming they haven’t disowned me by then.<\/p>\n

With all that out-of-the-way…
\nMy bride has been watching the airfares like a hawk for over a month, waiting to pounce on the best price the moment it happens.<\/p>\n

Trouble is, like just about everything else, the price of a ticket has been steadily going up.<\/p>\n

“Should I book now or wait a bit more?”
\nIndecision is a terrible thing.<\/p>\n

You know as soon as she books the flight Hawaiian Air will drop the price.
\nIt always works that way.<\/p>\n

So then her attention turned to when would we come home.<\/p>\n

I leave that stuff to her because I really don’t care.
\nAround the 3rd or 4th day I’m ready.<\/p>\n

\"Mud_Wrestlingfunny\"<\/a>My job is Vegas is drive her around to the various store sales and then go find something interesting to do for a couple of hours while she shops.<\/p>\n

Just anything to kill some time.<\/p>\n

Your idea and mine of what might be interesting\u00a0probably is different.<\/p>\n

Don’t be afraid to try new things.
\nBikini bull riding certainly qualifies.<\/p>\n

Also part of my job is\u00a0win lots of money to give to her so she can blow it on video poker.<\/p>\n

I know my place in life.<\/p>\n

The latest one-sided discussion centered around whether to take the 1:45 AM or 9 AM flight back.<\/p>\n

I really didn’t care.<\/p>\n

There was at least 15 minutes of explanations from her on the pluses and minuses of each choice.<\/p>\n

My answer remained the same: I don’t care.
\nPick one.
\nAnyone will do.<\/p>\n

That bought about 5 minutes of peace and quiet.<\/p>\n

Then she poked her head back in my office and we were off and running again on the same subject.<\/p>\n

\"da<\/a>It was time someone made a decision.
\n1:45.<\/p>\n

“Are you sure?”
\nYes, cast in concrete.<\/p>\n

“Are you really sure because…”
\nYup.<\/p>\n

That opened the floodgates for another round of pros and cons.<\/p>\n

1:45.
\nReally.<\/p>\n

“Where do you want to sit?”
\nPreferably on the plane.<\/p>\n

“No, what seat?”
\nDon’t care as long as it’s\u00a0a two-seat row so it’s just her and I.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to sit next to the all-too-common crazy person on planes these days.<\/p>\n

That started another long discussion and a visit to the seatguru website.<\/p>\n

“Rows 13, 14 or 15?”
\nWhatever suits my princess.<\/p>\n

“If we leave at 1:45 AM we get into Honolulu at 6 and we can pick up the dogs from the kennel.”
\nThey don’t open until 8.<\/p>\n

Off\u00a0we go again.<\/p>\n

The key to a happy, or at least less painful marriage, is knowing when to quit.<\/p>\n

Fine, we’ll kill time and be at the vet at 8 AM.<\/p>\n

I expect the next chapter of this most excellent adventure to unfold about Wednesday as she has second thoughts on everything.<\/p>\n

Every time we go on a trip she buys new luggage.
\nWe got empty bags stuffed in closets all over the place.<\/p>\n

I like my old beat up one, thank you.<\/p>\n

Sometimes she wonders why I’m grumpy by the time we get there.<\/p>\n

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