It’s Good to Be the King
Domestic Serfdom
We’re driving to Italy tomorrow from the UK. There are so many little things to do. I wonder what I’ve forgotten. Just yesterday, I realized we needed the UK sign you stick on the back of your car to tell drivers in Europe your steering wheel is on the other side.
Wondering what else I forgot, I ask my husband.
“We need passports,” he says, and walks out of the room.
I can’t tell if he’s kidding.
Over the past two weeks, I’ve…
cleaned the car, filled it with fluids, checked the tires, updated the Euro toll pass thingy, verified the car insurance in Europe and roadside maintenance, scrambled to get the UK sticker (thank you Amazon!).
And that’s just the car.
I’ve booked hotels and restaurants, the Euro Tunnel. So much paperwork, payments, and codes to put on phones.
There was the travel insurance issue to sort — thanks Boris for Brexit! — and dog documents and organizing unnecessary tape worm appointments in Europe and the rabies shot— ditto, you’re the worst, Boris — and digging through drawers to find European converters — not your fault Boris.
I’ve called in favors from neighbours to take out trash bins, water the garden, and push mail through…
