He said, she said....

For those of you who can't get enough of the Brett Kavanaugh debacle, I'm sorry, this is about someone else, Cookie and Pete!  I know I said I would write about them occasionally because of all the funny things they do.  I have not been very consistent because much of what they do, say or happens to them is hard to explain in a tactful manner.  I already have several family members who no longer get the blog because they are offended.  Oh well, here goes nothing....

Last week Cookie or is it PJ?  Well either way, she and Pete traveled to Florida to take care of their two wonderful grandsons for a week.  I know what you are thinking.  Who would trust them with their children for a week?!!!  I mean I struggle leaving Cooper there overnight not knowing what latest bad habit he will bring home.  Not to belabor this topic, but he never begged, ever.  After an overnight at Cookies, he was constantly begging for food.  I asked her, "Did you give him people food?".  "Never!" she respond offended that I would even ask.  Ok, that is so strange that all of a sudden he would start begging.  A few days later while Cookie was at our house having a snack, I watched her pass a bite over to Cooper who was anxiously awaiting a treat.  I almost jumped out of my chair!  "Ah-hah!" I bellowed.  "You are feeding him. " "Never!" Cookie responded indignantly.  "But I just saw you!"  "Just small bites", was her justification for A). feeding him and B). not considering that feeding him....

Anyway, they watched the kids and everyone survived without lasting damage that we know of.  They were leaving on a 7:30 AM return flight to fly directly to Las Vegas.  They Ubered for their first time and arrived at the airport two hours early, plenty of time to catch their flight.  They missed it anyway!!!  After checking in at the gate, Cookie decided she wanted a Starbucks...some chocolate, whipped cream, pumpkin, sweetener, latte crap.  Doesn't anyone drink black coffee anymore?  While she was in line, Pete went to McDonalds for a power breakfast.  You can already tell these two are health nuts.  Pete picked up his order and passed Cookie who was now about eighth in line as he went to the gate.  10 minutes later the plane began the boarding process.  They were in the C group so there was plenty of time.  Pete waited....  Finally it was the C group.  Pete got in his place and eventually made his way onto the plane, no Cookie in sight.  As you all the know the boarding process can be lengthily.  Pete spent about 10 minutes in the jetway before boarding.  Still no Cookie.  Finally he was on the plane and held a seat for Cookie.  Another 15 minutes passed and they began paging Cookie on the plane to see if she was there.  After all she checked in at the gate a LONG time ago.  After several attempts, Pete informed them reluctantly that Cookie was his wife and had not gotten on board yet.  Meanwhile they were paging her in the airport.  "Ms. Cookie, please come to Gate 12 immediately, your plane is leaving".  Eventually they told Pete they could wait no more and he had the choice of remaining on the plane Cookie free, or getting off.  Surprisingly he left the plane and it immediately departed.  As he entered the now empty boarding area there was Cookie, sitting all alone sipping her latte with not a care in the world.  When she saw Pete coming out of the jetway, she immediately assumed they had given him a tour of the cockpit!!!  Seriously!  According to Cookie, Pete's head exploded and he began yelling, "Why didn't you get on the plane?!!!"  "Can't you see there is no one in the boarding area, I'm not in the boarding area!!!  Did it not occur to you that the plane had boarded?!!!!"  And so on....  He was not happy and to this day she has no plausible explanation for returning to the gate long after the boarding time and not even considering it may be empty because people had actually boarded at the designated time.

They eventually got on a flight to Houston and from there waited on standby for a flight to LV.  As it turned out, there was only one seat available.  Using his head this time, Pete took the seat.  Besides, he had to go to Costco and Sam's Club in LV.  When you ask Pete what he is getting at Costco, he says he has not idea, but needs to go.  In his defense, he did pick up copious quantities of alcohol which he eventually smuggled to us across state lines.  Cookie made it on the next flight out and Pete picked her up after half of his shopping was complete.  He took her back and finished it.

What should have been a 4 hour flight ended up as a 12 hour travel day.  Lesson learned, never let Cookie go to Starbuck within two hours of your flight, stay on the plane if she does not show up and thirdly, understand your dog is going to have all kinds of bad habits after a night at Cookies.

For the official record, we do appreciate her taking care of Cooper, smothering him with love and perhaps returning him with some new "tricks.  Next blog will be about our upcoming MOAB bike trip with Western Spirit.  If anyone is interesting in going there is still some room, just contact Western Spirit for details.