We're good. We're in my hometown area, so it's pretty relaxed. Had dinner with the D.A.R.E. officer from when I was a kid, and then last night with some friends in my home town. Today we meet up with my cousins and then have dinner with some of my dad's old friends who helped us a lot when he died. He was basically living with them when he died. So We're just making the rounds, seeing people. Tomorrow we'll head to South Dakota and see the badlands. We haven't really had any serious problems since our mountain detour. My husband did book us at a real stinker of a hotel in Casper. He hadn't helped me with any of the planning and I was feeling really overwhelmed with it all. The suddenly he says he wants to take a look at all the hotels I booked, because I booked through booking.com where I had free cancellation with everything, since we weren't sure our flight would go, that Yellowstone would be open, etc. But I didn't know he already had Genius level 2 on booking, where I was starting from scratch. So suddenly he wants to check all the hotel stuff and see if he could get us a better deal. I had booked the cheapest hotels that looked decent and had the amenities I wanted. Like, when we were staying a few nights, I wanted a pool so we could unwind at the end of the day. Well, when he looked, he was kind of upset that I hadn't booked the cheapest of the cheap places. I explained that I didn't want to stay in a carphole, so there were some I had purposely NOT booked. He was pressuring me to change them to the cheap places. I refused on most of them, but he was getting really frustrated and saying that you know, we could stay at THIS place for a lot cheaper, and did I really need a pool, etc. I had booked us in Casper at a really nice place....the only NICE place I had booked us. I figured for one night, we could splurge, and it wasn't THAT expensive...most of the places I had booked were under $100 per night and this one was like $160, but it had a nice indoor pool, it had a gym. He kind of threw a hissy fit about it and we could stay at the motel 6 for less than HALF that price. I tried to explain that Motel 6 doesn't have a great reputation...it's not going to be a very nice place, and I really didn't want to stay in a hole. He says "Well I didn't book us in a hole, now, did I!?" He kind of forced me to change that one, and I had refused all his other choices because they didn't save much or didn't save anything. So I felt like I HAD to give in to this one. I really shouldn't have. At least I was spared telling him I told him so. We got there and there were some people loitering outside being loud and obnoxious and the gal had to go out and tell them to go away, there were police there for some reason. We went into the room and it REEKED of smoke, there were stains on the walls, on the bed, it didn't look clean, the beds were small and not comfortable. He says "Well should I go see if we can change to a non-smoking room?" I said I thought the whole hotel was non-smoking. E looks and shows him that there's a no smoking sign on the door. I told him, they are ALL going to be like this....that's Motel 6." He seemed kind of shocked that it was not a nice hotel, like he hadn't believed me when I said I didn't want to stay in a carphole. He honestly thought I was exaggerating because I wanted to stay in the expensive one. Well, a few comments from the kids about feeling unsafe, about it being about the same as one he booked us in in Germany one time, about not wanting to shower there because it felt unclean, and the fact that there was a drug deal going down there when we came back from dinner that night, and then A couldn't sleep because there were people being really loud outside...I think he got the picture all on his own, without me telling him I had told him. I could tell by the pictures on the website that it wasn't going to be a nice place. The room was so small, there was barely room to put the suitcases in the room, but you couldn't leave anything in the car....it was not a good neighborhood. And it was super basic....there was nowhere to plug things in, we couldn't get connected to the wifi, there were no amenities...they didn't even give you soap or shampoo like most places, there was no hair dryer...I don't need luxury, but it wasn't even clean or comfortable, and it wasn't in a safe neighborhood. Hopefully he got the message and will listen to me next time when I say it doesn't look very nice. There was one other one in Cheyenne, I think also a motel 6, that I refused because it looked hideous. He was upset that I wouldn't budge on that one...I hope he gets it now.
I did nothing and kept working out. I don't owe him an explanation of what I was doing. If he wants to think I am filming myself workout, let him.
, but so rich. A small piece is more than enough.