I recently arrived home from being on the road for just over three weeks, and was greeted by a FedEx package at my door. I knew it was my Grammy, and I was excited to open it up, but I decided to wait until I was fully unpacked and settled back into my house. I threw in a big load of laundry, walked to the post office to pick up the rest of my mail and dropped off my dry cleaning.
Then I settled in to open my package.
There it was- my shiny Grammy. I was surprised by its weight. I placed it on my coffee table and started laughing. It was just too surreal. I held it up and pretended I was making an acceptance speech and burst into giggles again.
Now…where to put it? One friend thought I should display it outright well others suggested somewhere subtle, like the bathroom. I couldn’t decide.
Finally I spoke to friend J on the phone. He agreed that subtle placement of the Grammy was a good idea, and suggested the pantry. That way, when I had friends over for dinner, I could go to the cabinet, open it up and say,
“Hmmmmmmm…what should we have with our spaghetti tonight? Perhaps a little GRAMMY?”
Or-
“I know what will be just perfect with the Chicken Marsala, a side of GRAMMY!”
Better still,
“Hey, could you grab the olive oil for me please? It’s in the cupboard above the microwave right next to the GRAMMY.”
So for a while anyway, I thought I’d try it out. I put my Grammy in the cupboard. I honestly forget it’s in there, especially in the morning. So when I go over and open that cupboard to take out my morning tea…I smile when I see it.
