Friday 13 March 2020

Friday, March 13th

A cooler day with a few sprinkles of rain that were short term.  The sun shone in the early part of the day and it was nice until later in the afternoon when the cool winds picked up.
  We were up fairly early and getting organized.  Although all 3 of our visitors had their main suitcase packed and in the truck last night, they had a lot of last minute stuff to do.  Our plans were to be on the road by 8 as aside from the rush hour issue we also had concerns with the heavy rains last night in the Scottsdale area, one that we would be going through.  Our group were pretty good and we were a couple minutes ahead of the planned time.  Normally they require you check in for 3 hours on international flights, but Cassie had checked them in yesterday so it was only 2 hours in their case.  I parked in a handicap stall using Marg's pass.  They are large spaces and the closest to the terminal.
  Traffic was lighter than expected, probably just one more example of how the virus panic is impacting the city.  There are reports of many cancellations where they will have large groups of people congregating.  There are reports the cancellations are having a significant impact on the local economy.  It was good for our group as we made it to Sky Harbor about a half hour earlier than the deadline. The airport was busy although there were some domestic flight cancellations as a result of people changing travel plans.  Fortunately that was not the case on the West Jet flight the kids were on.  We watched until the cleared security and breathed a sigh of relief they were gone.  LOL  No not really but we were glad they didn't have any glitches.
  Back to the vehicle I had left in the oversize parking lot.  Marg came down to the ground floor with me and waited at the smoking area outside on sidewalk.  After checking out it was easy to pick up Marg on the ground floor.  Traffic home was light as rush hour had passed.by that time.
  When we got home we stripped beds and assembled all of the laundry.  There was a lot so we went to the laundromat on Delaware.  Marg used one of the largest washers [it took 32 quarters for a load], two of the medium washers [15 quarters a load] and one regular washer [10 quarters].  It was kind of funny when the huge machine went on spin as it had a duvet and mattress pad which were no doubt heavy when wet.  The machine was shaking a lot, so we just pretended it was someone else's load.  Hah.  They advertise it as being good for sleeping bags, so I never saw the attendant looking troubled about it.  Then it took four of the over-size dryers to finish.  These were only a quarter for 8 minutes.  unfortunately nothing seems to dry in 8 minutes.  This was good news / bad news.  Good news - we had enough quarters.  Bad news - they were all my poker winnings.  That was my safety net should I have a run of bad luck and I have not had a winner for 4 weeks.
  Back home it was pretty much lunch time, so we put the bed in the Az room back together then had a bite to eat before getting into anything more.  Marg did the steaming and put everything away while I went to play pool.  I think I had more fun than her.  Duh.  My game was good today and I managed to get on a few winning teams.  When I got there, they were talking about the corona virus, so I told them I had been drinking the antidote, Corona beer and that it didn't seem to help me feel better.
  At 4 it was happy hour at our place.  It was cool out by then but we still had 3 couples and a few single folks.  It was a good group and we had lots of laughs. 
  Supper was eat in tonight, we had enough eating out to last us for a while  Well hopefully I am back on track with the blog posts.

2 comments:

  1. When you were winning big at poker and dreaming of how to spend your winnings was that part of the plan?

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  2. Glad all went well with the airport trip and flights. Guest room is officially closed now. Hope you get some rest too xx

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