My mother-in-law told me to get up at 4 a.m. to cook Thanksgiving dinner for her 30 guests. My husband added, “This time, remember to make everything really perfect!” I smiled and replied, “Of course.” At 3 a.m., I took my suitcase to the airport. – usnews 0/2
I picked up my phone and, on impulse, opened a travel website—just to look, just to see what was possible.
The first result made my breath catch. “Last-minute Thanksgiving getaway to Hawaii. Limited seats available. Depart early Thursday morning. Return Sunday.”
I’d always wanted to go to Hawaii, but Hudson preferred destinations with good golf courses and business networking opportunities.
“Hawaii is just beaches and tourist traps,” he’d always said. “What would we do there all day?”
I clicked on the listing before I could talk myself out of it. The flight departed at 4:15 a.m., almost exactly the time I was supposed to start cooking. The price was high, much higher than Hudson would ever approve of for a spontaneous vacation. But it was our money too. Our joint account that I’d contributed to just as much as he had, even though he made more, and somehow that gave him veto power over major purchases.
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