It Might Be Time

By Heather
I’ve been traveling a lot lately. A LOT. Here, there, everywhere. Some for writing, some for family to-dos.

Seven weekends ago, I was in North Carolina.

Six weekends ago, I was in Chicago.
Five weekends ago, I was in Gainesville, Florida.
Three weekends ago, I went to Louisville.
Two weekends ago I was in Cleveland for Bouchercon, one of the biggest mystery conferences around.
Last weekend I was in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
It was in Alabamathat an incident occurred that made me think that it might be good to stay home for a while.
Here’s how it went down...
After a loooong ride to Alabamafrom Cincinnati, Mr. W and I had checked into the hotel, dropped off our stuff, and went out to dinner. When we came back, I pulled the keycard out of my purse and swiped it through the lock. Once, twice, three times. I double-checked the room number to make sure that I was swiping the right lock (I was). I tried the card again. Turned it upside down, backwards. The thing just wouldn’t work. 
Mr. W was just about to try his hand at it when I noticed something unusual about the card...
It was for the Marriott in Cleveland – not the Country Inn and Suites in Tuscaloosa.
Oops. Turns out I had quite the stash of keycards in my purse from various trips.
Now, Mr. W thinks this is a cautionary tale about not cleaning out my purse more often (ha!), but I think it’s a clear sign that I need to stay home for a while... 
Either way, I still laugh just thinking about if I had brought that card to the desk and complained about it not working.Thank goodness it didn't come to that.
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