In article >,
The Bubbo > wrote:

> the problem with traveling is that when you leave you don't leave a whole lot
> of food in the house and the food you did leave was left for the dog sitter to
> eat so there's no food when you get back.
>
> And your car is covered in snow and ice and you're too damned tired to go
> scrape it and besides, you have to do laundry.
>
> so you end up ordering pizza and your boyfriend grumbles at you from 1300
> miles away because he wishes you would eat healthier...but you're so damned
> tired and you just don't want to face the snow and ice...

I have not noticed that problem, but I don't have a dog so there's no
need for me to hire someone to watch my dog when I go away. Unless my
freezer dies on me, I usually have something decent to eat when I get
home from a long trip.