Travel: The Return of the Wife | Sybaritica

Regular readers of my blog will recall that, while I was attending Court in Qikiqtarjuaq last week, my wife was in Prague attending a conference (or performing an international assassination, if you are not inclined to buy her ‘cover’ story). Well, about an hour ago she returned safe and sound on a flight that almost didn’t make it.

When I awoke this morning, the weather looked fine (just a little overcast) but at about 10:30 am… WHOOMP!! Down came the fog. I ‘googled’ her flight and discovered that it had been in the air for a half-hour at that point, which was not good… If she was delayed in Montreal it would have been a mere annoyance, but if she made it within a few miles of home and then got diverted to Kujjuuaq in Northern Quebec, for example, her ire would have been biblical and frightening at the very least. Thankfully though, the fog lifted as quickly as it came and we now have five very joyful kitties and one happy husband indeed…

As it happens, my wife and I both travel a lot. However, we are not usually away at the same time so this past week was not a good one for the tinier members of our household. When I returned home a few days ago, there was a brief flurry of excitement followed by a few hours of a studied (and snotty) silence whilst I was subjected to a cold expression of feline disapproval. Eventually, though, the domestic climate warmed again there followed two days of definite ‘clinginess’ and many vocal inquiries as to when the Mistress would return.

Our oldest cat (‘Big Fat Kitty’) was perhaps the least traumatized and may not have actually noticed the absence (other than to perhaps be dimly aware that the ‘food bringer’ du jour looked vaguely different), but ‘Good Kitty’, our only male cat and definitely a ‘Mummy’s’ kitty, was truly bereft and inconsolable. There was barely a twenty-minute period when he was not on my lap for a petting and I couldn’t go from one room to the other without a little shadow. Now, thankfully, his primary source of comfort has returned (see the above picture) and all is right with the world once again.

Naturally, I too, was very happy at the return of my wife (see the above picture). Baconbiscuit21 over at Cool Cook Style, made some great suggestions for places my wife should visit, and for some food and drink she should bring back. Three of these suggestions, the Moravian Wine, the Slivovice and the Becherovka, are shown above.

Oh … I hope nobody thinks that it is the liquid refreshment is the actual cause for my happiness at the wife’s return. Perish the thought, please! Obviously (and I cannot stress this enough)… it is the actual return of my wife herself (light of my life… reason for living, etc., etc.) that occasions my unadulterated joy. Certainly, that goes without saying (doesn’t it??)

Well, anyway… It is still early but we are sampling the fruits of my wife’s shopping as I write (it *is* Canada Day, after all, so a double reason to celebrate). Sometime, over the next few days, my wife will show me the pictures of her trip and I am going to get her to do a guest post or two on a few of the great meals she had. Stay tuned, as they say…

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