Lyle and I
have never been to Maui before this trip, and so the place where we are staying
is unfamiliar to us both. Because he is able to see, Lyle has overcome all the
little obstacles presented by unfamiliarity. I have not. There are way too many buttons I cannot
distinguish on the remote control for the TV. There are black knobs and
settings on the black surface of the stove and flat black settings on the
surface of the microwave. There is the different lock on the door to the
balcony which as yet I cannot open. But
let me tell you about the sink!
Last night
after we finished eating, I decided to make myself useful by washing the
dishes. Did you know that there are some sink plugs that fit in the sink
equally well right side up as they do upside down? I had no trouble actually
washing the dishes, but when it came time to pull the plug, it simply wouldn’t
come out. In the end, I had to call Lyle. With infinite patience, he scooped all
the water out of the sink, removing the pressure on the plug, and finally we
were able to pry it out of the hole with a knife. Turns out this plug is shaped like a dome
with a knob on top. I put it in the sink
the other way around, which meant it was now like a bowl without a grip, and
the water in the sink forced it firmly down to seal.
As I say,
sometimes it is the small things that can trip me up.
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