Brain cancer is...

...the master of work-arounds.

Staying in a hotel during COVID means giving more thought to issues such as:

Obtaining food: The hotel restaurants, including room service, are closed. Somehow we manage.
Disposing of trash: No daily cleaning service means we've located a couple of hotel trash bins.
Getting clean towels: Pick up the phone and dial 0? If only it were that easy! Cue today's story.

Today I was on a conference call in my office. Here's the view from my office, by the way:

Darrell used the time to forage for towels. We particularly needed washcloths. He approached the woman with the housecleaning cart and asked for washcloths. He was wearing a mask, which makes communication harder for all (right?).

When the third house cleaner got involved, Darrell switched his communication strategy to a work around: Using other words that mean the same thing. "Little towels. Little towels," he exclaimed. "Ah! Washcloths!" was the response. You see Darrell's bounty in the top photo.

When I told him that his choice of set ups for the photo was risky, Darrell replied, "It's okay. I know how to get more." Darrell Guillaume, the master of the work around.

On a different note, today the birthday beach trip became more about the place than the people.