Sister Solo

A couple of weeks ago in mid week, we had an empty inn. A woman called to inquire about a room - we sighed and took her reservation. We usually ask the question, “And this is for two adults?” She replied “No, just me.”

The next day she arrived and we welcomed her, joking that she had us at her service for the whole two days of her stay. She wanted to be low key and non-demanding. She had her own stash of food in the guest fridge and asked for peanut butter on toast or scrambled eggs and salsa for her breakfast.

On her second morning Richard was chatting to her in the common room and she said to him. “I am having such a wonderful time, it is so quiet and restful here, but I don’t want you and Virginia to feel like you have to cook anything special for me. I’ll just eat whatever you are eating.” Richard thought for moment. The statement had been made in an effort to be easy, since she knew she was the only guest at the inn.
“Well, its like this.” He said “It works the other way around...we eat what you eat and if you don't eat it, we have it the next day.” It made her laugh and the following day she called to ask us what kind of ice-cream we liked at the local homemade ice cream shop down the road.

One guest at the inn could be a pain when you need some down time, but this one so enjoyed her quiet stay here that it was a total pleasure for us too.