Chirpycat — I thought that sticking with a chain that I’d stayed with before was safe — I guess I thought that a Quality Inn should be a step above a Comfort Inn. I was mistaken.

Aunt Ginny — I might just try the Holiday Inn Express next time. Thanks for the suggestion.

Mali — The experience really didn’t make me not want to stay alone again — but I don’t know when I’m going to have the chance anytime soon. Working part-time from home doesn’t offer exciting travel opportunities (even when I worked at an office — or in a classroom — I never got a chance to travel). If the opportunity comes up again, I’ll be ready for it though.

Loved your list of good things, however, since my husband travels a lot I can do all of that when he’s gone.

IB — Thanks — PINK, huh?

Helen — thanks for your comment – I’d not thought about a B&B. (and with that I do recall that I did once spend the night in a B&B alone — a former teaching friend from Illinois and stayed in one (Virginia) Eastern Shore many years ago. I’m almost certain we had our own rooms. Forgot all about that.

Bridgett — this was actually not the worst hotel/motel experience I’d ever had. Back before kids we traveled to Farmville, Virginia to attend a wedding of our next door neighbors. We were young and inexperienced in the ways of weddings away from home and didn’t pick up on the clue that we could stay in a hotel where other wedding guests were also staying. We rolled into town and found a motel called Bradshaws. It was so disgusting that we didn’t touch the bedspread and wondered about the carpet. The bathroom was basically a huge shower — the showerhead was attached to the a wall and a drain was in the middle of the floor. If you needed to use the toilet after someone showered the bottom of your feet got wet. It was awful and the neighbors laughed that we stayed there — it was a notoriously horrible place to stay.

Lali — I like your philosophy.

I loved the caption for your photo.
.-= bridgett´s last blog ..Interview with Bridgett =-.

Love this line: “I didn’t shower, having seen Psycho several times…”

And glad Mali weighed in with the good. Not TMI pour moi.

1. You can eat on the bed, without guilt.
2. You don’t have to look after anyone else but you.
3. You can sprawl out over the bed.
4. You get all the pillows to yourself.
5. I always sleep really well on my own – no-one waking me up, snoring, or trying to talk to me when I want to sleep.
6. You don’t have to wear clothes, or hold your stomach in! (sorry, TMI?)