It’s a Big Week

Today my BFF Suzanne flew in for a visit and a trip to High Hampton for Mah Jongg week. She had quite a journey getting here from New Hampshire. It should have been easy as they have a great bus that goes to Logan, but the bus had a little trouble. The driver took a google inspired detour through some tiny Massachusetts hamlets with roads made for a cart and donkey. The full sized motor coach clipped a cement barrier and tore off a lower portion of bus siding. Suzanne reported the last three miles had an awful dragging sound like a radio flyer was being run through a grinder.

Her bus was late. She ran into the terminal with a bag to check. Thankfully the agent told her the flight was delayed half an hour, and perhaps more due to the possible need for deicing.

That turned out not to be the case. The crew was late. Then the pilot discovered a computer glitch which took many more fifteen minutes chucks of time than he reported, the first two times. Eventually they took off without the need to deice because they sat their long enough for the weather to improve.

After all that she only ended up being two hours late. I think she had a whole day before she even got here. So we did what we do best, laid around and talked. Eventually we cooked dinner when Russ finished his day.

As all that got done by seven Suzanne and I decided to watch a movie. She had heard about the new Saoirse Ronan movie, The Outrun. It was really quite extraordinary and she is in every scene. We both loved it and wondered why is was not nominated for an award.

I am certain we will discuss this more on our travels this week. We have an early morning to pick up my friend Jan, who finally gets to meet Suzanne in person. We will be off to the mountains. It’s a really big week.