Guatemalans

Barb saw a lady next store picking weeds in the garden.  She looked foreign so Barb thought she was the maid.  She found out it was the neighbour's wife.  Sarah said Barb was so racist. We had not seen her before.  Barb started talking to her about the sculptures on our tree and called them Guatemalans.  Barb meant to say iguanas but they are not iguanas either.  They are geckos.  The neighbour's wife used to be a big time tennis player and instructor.  She said she hurt her shoulder.  She said her husband plays tennis too.  Barb was surprised and asked her how he can play with a cane.  She said he has figured out how to play with his cane and he is pretty good.  The neighbour's wife told Barb how impressed she was that Barb would climb a ladder and clean out our gutters in a dress.  She thought Barb was so energetic walking so fast and with such good posture.

Terminal B

I thought we should meet at the baggage claim but Barb, Sarah and Julia said they would meet Laura and I at the car.  I said we were in Terminal A.  Then I found out we were in Terminal B but Julia never got that message.  So Laura and I went to our car in the Terminal B garage.  We waited and waited and then I got a message from Julia saying they were in the Terminal A garage and couldn't find the car.  I said that was because it was in Terminal B garage.  They wanted us to come back in the terminal and find them but I said no just find Terminal B garage.  Then Laura said she had to go to the toilet and she went back into the terminal.  I waited and waited and then Julia, Sarah and Barb arrived but Laura wasn't there.  Finally, Laura came back and we loaded up the car.  Barb was amazed that Laura's stuff was already in the car because she thought she was the only one with a fobb to open the car but I had mine too.

Three Girls

All three girls arrived on the same day which made it very convenient for us to pick them up at the airport.  Laura arrived first but was very sleep deprived at 5:05 am so she had a nap while she waited for Sarah arrive from Toronto and Julia to arrive from Ottawa.  We had a little trouble finding the right gates but we had no trouble finding Sarah and Julia when they came into the airport.  However, Laura wasn't replying to our messages and we couldn't find her.  Barb and the girls went down to baggage claim and I went to look for Laura.  Laura had sent us a picture of where she was sleeping in front of a picture of some Minions.  But there were lots of pictures of Minions in the airport.  I searched Terminal B and then I walked to Terminal A and found her lying across two seats with her scarf over her eyes.  I went up to her and pushed her and said she would have to leave the airport in a deep voice.  She woke up with a start not knowing where she was and who was talking to her.  I guess her phone had died and so her alarm didn't go off when she was supposed to wake up and meet us.  Barb was amazed that I was able to find her at all.

Carry On

Laura freaked out when she found out that she had to pay for carry on baggage on her Spirit flight.  She had packed specifically so that she would minimize the cost of her luggage.  I had read good things about Spirit and when I looked it up on Wikipedia it said that it was the first Ultra Low Cost Airline.  I guess it is Ultra Low Cost if you have no luggage.  Anyway Laura had to pay $45 for her checked bag and $47 for her carry on.

Rain Juicer

I thought it would be fun for the girls to squeeze the juice from a few oranges from our tree at Christmas time.  I had broken our two electric juicers last year and I knew that my sister had a manual juicer.  So I emailed her to ask her to bring it with her when she came at Christmas.  She replied that she had three juicers.  So I replied asking her to bring them all.  When I replied I realized that the title of my email was Rain Juicer instead of Orange Juicer.  Damn spellchecker.

Password

Laura always has trouble with her credit card.  It wouldn't work when she wanted to buy her flight to Florida.  So I bought it for her and she sent me an e-transfer to pay me back today.  Her password question had the answer Ilikeitrunny.

Too Sad

Our neighbour who lives behind us has only one leg.  He often sits out in the back of his house which is also the back of our house and we can see him through our bedroom window.  Today, Barb saw him out in his wheelchair trying to rake the leaves.  Barb said it too sad to watch.