Packing efficiency is essential when traveling. You never want to be unprepared but you also don’t want to be the person with 6 bags for a weekend trip. My motto is phone, wallet, keys I go anywhere I please. My wife’s motto is “if she forgot it, I had better have brought it. So let’s run down the list of what she brought and forgot.

She brought three pair of shoes. Multiple types of lotion. Forty – seven different outfit combinations. Multiple lists of potential activities and stops.

Things she forgot. One green bag. It’s a leather bag that she received at Christmas from her loving husband. She carries it everywhere, everyday, all the time. Inside this one green bag she keeps her identification card which gives her driving privileges, her bank cards and all of her cash on hand. Well… she at least she didn’t forget her phone.

It’s a good thing that at least one of us is responsible. One of us is also hilarious and he is taking full advantage of this opportunity for sarcastic comments and jokes at the expense of my lovely yet forgetful wife. Here is a sampling.

“Hey Brenna, why don’t you pay for breakfast?” “Breakfast is free Cole.” “Yeah lucky for you.”

Brenna “Look kids at the pretty scenery.” Me: “ They don’t care about scenery.” Brenna: “well I’m enjoying the scenery.” Me: “ Yeah because you can’t drive and that’s all you can afford to do because you’re broke!” Brenna: “ Shut up Cole”

“Hey look there is a Purse Museum in Little Rock. I would take you but you would just forget about it.”

There was also a reenacting of when she realized that the purse was left behind. It morphed into an entire skit of Brenna pouting and blaming me for pretty much everything . Things like her snoring, the rain spoiling her outdoor plans, hotel carpet, her hotel waffle, small pillows and the unpleasant smell of Little Rock. You really had to be there but let me tell you it was hilarious.

Later we visited the Clinton presidential library. There was an exhibit recognizing influential women and all women’s voices and rights. Now my wife is intelligent and kind. She is a wonderful mother, a caring therapist who is successful and will continue to be so with or without me. She just needs help remembering her purse.

I’m working on a new rhyme to help her remember her things. Here are some options.

Don’t be a nag and forget your green bag. Things will get worse if you forget your purse. Your mood is fragile if you leave your satchel.

So…. When the purse is left by Brenna, We all are stuck with a big dilemma. The mood will be set with worry and drama. While poor poor Cole will get some trauma. There will be pouting, there will be strife. And I will catch all the blame from my lovely wife.

Told you I am hilarious.