B.Y.O.M.

One of the cool things about living in teacher housing is that we own virtually nothing. This became apparent when our friend John was planning to stay with us. The evening he was to arrive, I double-checked to see that everything in the guest room was in order. I looked in the room and saw that the bed was gone! One of the other teachers had guests coming in, and they forgot to tell us that they were removing the bed. John had to find another place to stay.

Two weeks later John needed to stay with us again. This time, he brought his own mattress. Talk about feeling like a bad hostess! It didn't seem to bother him at all, though. What a blessing to have such laid-back friends.

We love having guests come stay with us, but we learned right away that things won't always go as expected. I just hope all our guests can be as patient with us...