digressed—i am certain there are millions

of others who have gone through this also. Our friend asked: “How many times a day do you change clothes? You change before going out, when you return, to do dishes, watch tv, throw out trash. You constantly change clothes.”

Not that I had that many, but the point was that I would not do dishes with a nice shirt in case it got wet or dirty, walk to the market with the clothes I did dishes on, wear newish clothes before a shower or immediately upon waking up … and shoes? Same thing. Shoes have their time and place. So, a discussion ensued. Laughter and banter. But what he said stayed with me, and I still remember it because he was right.

I never thought anything of it until I read Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and learned that it was common in Russian royalty. It was probably the same as other royalty or most, but it was the first time I read it, so it impressed me. After that, I shrugged off the “constant” change of clothes and attributed it to being royal.

a royal what some might ask 😄

I try to pack as little as possible, and in June, when I went to Maine unexpectedly, I packed so little and precisely that I had to go shopping while I was there. But that was because I had to extend my stay. Truly. Will endeavor (my husband told me just yesterday that no one should use the word endeavor when entreating the masses. How dare he! You are not the masses. Does he think “entreating” is not hoity-toity?) to pack appropriately. Wonder what he would say of that. =>