Airports and Such

I am up way earlier than I want to be! I am only on my third cup of coffee, so please bear with me.

Last night, at 10:30, Laurie and I went to the airport to pick up our mother and her suitcases full of shoes. If you have never been to the Newark airport, you are truly missing a life changing experience. The smells, the sights, the lights, the police, it's like a carnival, without the rides or cotton candy or... o.k. it is nothing like a carnival, it is just the airport.

Anyway, we have a standard plan that we always follow. We leave for the airport shortly before the travelers plane is scheduled to arrive. You can either mortgage your house to pay for short-term parking or you can do, what we affectionately refer to as "The Circle". The Circle is basically circling the airport until the traveler calls you on their cell phone to alert you that they are at the curb, have their bags in hand and are ready to jump into the vehicle as you slow down. Last night we tried something new, we "hid" (you really can't hide a red Tahoe too well) in the Marriott Hotel parking lot. We have to do this because the police don't let you stop or park anywhere.

Picking people up at the curb requires a plan of action and Laurie and I have recently figured out a good way to get around the police shooing you away. When the traveler has called to say that they are at the baggage claim waiting for their bags, you park at the curb and open the trunk. You then stick your head in the trunk and begin to shuffle the same bag from place to place within the trunk to give the appearance of bags being loaded. Sneaky, yes. Illegal, probably. Convenient, definitely. This worked for our Colorado trip but last night we got busted and I had to do, everybody say it with me, The Circle. Fate was on my side last night and I only had to circle once. When I arrived back at gate B there were mom and Laurie, waiting at the curb with the bags. I pulled over to the curb, loaded up the suitcases and my girls and off we went!

We are so happy that she is here.

So now mom has her own blog and Laurie really needs to write one. She is very funny and completely wacky! If you like my blog, you will love her! C'mon sister, get with the program!

One final thing, the plant. I know you all think that I have a green thumb of death and that I killed the gift that I received for Mother's Day, but I did not. It really is perking up! Laurie said the plant should be called Lazarus! I will post a picture of it so you can see. I will nurse that baby back if it kills me, or I kill it, whichever comes first!