I’m so glad I have friends who know how to give me good fun things!! :)
Who always gets the window seat on planes: Cassandra. Jenkins really likes letting her have it because she stares out them and gets super excited and he rather enjoys watching her…or falling asleep.
Who is in charge of the radio during road trips: Jenkins actually. He has a very large working knowledge of music that Cassandra doesn’t have. She enjoys his random flights of going from one genre to the other.
Who over packs: Both. Dear Lord Both. It’s a mess and it’s why they don’t go on overnight trips anywhere much because it’s just too much. That or they have Eve and Flynn help pack.
Who initiates car games: Cassandra. Hands. Down. She starts all the cute and fun and even mildly annoying games when they drive in Jenkins’ Station Wagon. Jenkins tolerates them in his usual sassy way.
Who, without fail, accidentally leaves something important at home: Neither. Since both over pack they never forget anything. Yes they misplace it in one of the suitcases but it is most assuredly with them. It’s really a plus of them both overpacking.
Who takes all the free things (shampoo, soap, shower caps) from the hotel: Usually both, but sometimes neither. It depends on the products themselves. If it’s the nicer hotel, Jenkins figures out how to get a ton of free stuff. If it smells like flowers and gardens, Cassie will keep it all.
Who gets searched at the airport for looking ‘suspicious’: Jenkins. Always. Cassandra is so cheerful and happy that she is usually fine but Sir Grumpy pants McGee is almost always stopped because sometimes airport security is rude for obvious reasons.
Who wakes the other up at 7 AM to go eat the complimentary hotel breakfast: Cassandra when she wants to eat with Jenkins she will wake him up with like their outfits set out and try to make it easy on him. But usually they both get up early or if one gets up earlier than the other they let their partner sleep. Or get food for them. Jenkins does that mostly, He gets her food and brings it back and just is a caring sassy noodle.
Who insists on using a map to guide them around an unknown city: Cassandra. She loves patterns, plans, itineraries. Thrives on them to explore and just have a good time even. Jenkins really has no ‘unknown’ city so he lets Cassandra lead the way with a smile.
Who is in charge of keeping up with the passports and other important documents: Jenkins. Cassandra sometimes looses them. By sometimes I mean she has no idea where she just put them if she isn’t holding them. So Jenkins just takes care of paperwork to safe her the hassle.
Who buys the most novelty gifts for friends/family back home: Cassandra. She picks out the most cutest and quirkiest Novelty Gifts for the gang. I’m talking awful touristy gifts. It’s fun only for Flynn and Cassandra. The others all feel like they have been punned and novelty-ed to death. Jenkins and Eve just think their respect nerds are the best.
Do they go on more adventure type vacations or somewhere they can relax: Mostly relaxing, once in a-while they do the adventure thing. But more often than not it’s a relax and research kind of vacation. Because science babes. Doing Science things.
Who takes pictures of every single thing: Cassandra. Tons of Selfies, tons of couple selfies, tons of pictures and everything. Thanks to no doubt Jenkins getting her the top line of cameras with like a small book of sd cards.
Who is the first to try the local cuisine: Both actually. They like food adventure and Cassandra hasn’t gotten to experience as much as Jenkins but he likes doing things with her so they go to weird food dives together and get crazy new things. Sometimes they trade food, sometimes one or the other eats all and then orders new food but they always try it together.
Who forgets to put on sun screen and gets burned to a crisp: JENKINS. ALWAYS. FORGETS. Cassandra has always been a red-head and knows the price of forgetting but Jenkins? He has been inside too long and forgets the sun can and will hurt him. Cassandra has learned to take both tons of sunscreen and aloe because someone is a forgetful caretaker.
Who uses packing/vacation checklists and who just wings it: Both do checklists, unless Jenkins is in a hurry and then he wings it but that is rare. Both would probably explode without their checklists though I’m afraid.
Who says “I want to go back” the moment they get back home: It’s almost always Cassandra except for after vacations from Wales, or Scotland. Because then Jenkins gets so soft and far-away and almost cries because he misses old friends and tells Cassandra honestly that he wants to go back. He wishes he could still see his old friends and he misses it as much as fish would miss water on land. On those days Cassandra holds her tongue one saying she wants to go back as soon as the Back Door Closes, those days she just holds his hand and leans on his shoulder and makes him tea.