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I’m serious – like a child, I am ‘not to leave my room’. LOL if I wasn’t so exhausted I would fight him on it or just slip out but I am too warn out to argue. Sue and Annie and I have been busy these past few weeks. Doing nothing really wrong you understand but not always being on Tom’s time line, not always answering our cells (if we were having too much fun to stop), drinking more than he things I should, spending too much money and in general running wild.

I have been enjoying my freedom I will have to admit. Tom has had to work many days and even came back east for a few days. I didn’t like that but as I said we girls have managed to keep ourselves occupied. But I said something I really shouldn’t have this morning, I didn’t mean it, and I never meant for Tom to hear me but his uncannily timing was again my undoing.

He seemed to wake in lecture mode this morning. And since he and the boys were planning to golf all day he wanted to tell me how I was to act at brunch and at a tea I was to attend this afternoon. I was still in bed, trying to ignore him (in a loving manor of course) but he was just going on about how I had been acting and how a lady should act I was getting aggravated! If there is one thing I know after 38 years of marriage is how Tom thinks a lady should act!

So as he kept talking as he walked into the bathroom I said very quietly (yet unfortunately aloud) into my pillow “Kiss my ass”. Tom heard – he had walked back into the room – and suddenly lecture mode was gone!


He grabbed up the ivory brush and lit into me before I even realized he had heard! He hasn’t spanked with the brush in a long time but absence does not make my heart grow fonder in this case! He was pretty mad and he did a thorough job before he stopped. He said – still not letting me up – “I don’t know what has gotten into you lately but I am not going to put up with it. You are not to leave this room today for any reason. You may not call or text anyone except for me and yes ma’am I’ll check!”

I couldn’t stop myself from saying “But I have a brunch and a tea today. They are expecting me.” Tom gave me another half dozen hard swats as he said “Then perhaps your friends will be disappointed just as I am. You need a day to get hold of yourself and your behavior or so help me Cassie, this will have just been a warm up.” I was on fire and in no way did I want that to be a warm up!

Tom let me up and held me as I was snubbing. I finally asked “What will I tell Sue, she is expecting me to go with her. You know she’ll come up here.”

That won’t be a problem he said dryly and he called Sue from his phone. Now Sue knows I get spanked of course but I still don’t want it advertised and I was hissing at Tom, “Just tell her I don’t feel well. Don’t tell her you won’t let me.” I might as well have been talking to the wind!



The conversation went something like this “Sue I’m afraid Cassie won’t be joining you today she is not feeling well.” I was slightly surprised that he was going along with my request when he went on “She has a raging fever when she sits. I don’t want you coming up or talking with her today or I can promise you it will be contagious!” I really was annoyed at him but couldn’t help laughing in my head. Tom is so Tom and I do love him to death!

Deep down I know he’s right I have been a little wild on this trip and part of it is that I am very tired but I just keep going anyway. Tom brought me up a picnic basket for the day with plenty of food for breakfast and lunch a thermos of coffee and the paper. But he was dead serious about me staying put. He didn’t mention the computer possibly because he didn’t know I had brought it into the room last night. He has been keeping it in the room he is using for an office and once I am a free woman I may just put it back before he notices it! But I slept for 4 hours after Tom left so I know I really was tired. And I have played on here and watched old movies all afternoon.

I expect I’ll be behaving, mostly because I can tell Tom is not going to put up with much more. I don’t want to have to leave before Thanksgiving as he has threatened. So wish me luck! And I’ll go see if I packed my halo – it must be around here somewhere.