Now it's off to the mall for those Shoes
But for most of us
this ain't Big News
Other errands she will run
Having way too much Fun
While Chucky Hums the Packing Ballet Blues
Still no Nantucket … getting
close though 'cause he’s running out of Rhyme… but still safe so far.
Yes… we’re back to the Packing Ballet Blues – to the tune of
Bob Seger's “Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll” but much more softly this time. As you saw in the last post, Chucky is nearly
done with his bag and after today’s run to finish getting the rest of the STUFF
– he’s ready to get it all on the Scale. But first…
The latest hot flash from the “Travel Provider” is that the
44# limit is enforced at MIA on departure at $2 per# over and not on arrival in Cuba as
previously reported. This is somewhat good
news as the fee will be paid in USD without having to hustle to change the CAD
to CUC. Since we travel on US Passports
[the other silly Visa’s not withstanding] we are exempt from excess baggage
charges on arrival at Jose
Marti Airport
So now the Tale of the Scale…. Drum Roll Please.
42.37 lbs.
Says the nifty digital hand held scale he got from Amazon at
the behest of several Trip Advisor tips. Not bad, and that’s with all the heavy
stuff in his bag, so with a little re- arranging
he should be able to get the rest of HIS personal stuff in and have them both under
the wire if he packs her carefully… yeah right.
A note on the hand scale:
Trip advisor advises to keep it handy at check as it has been
reported that some charter services agents try inflating the weight for more
revenue, and showing them your scale tends to back them off. We’ll see, but I don’t think we'll need deal
with that.
She’ s already started with the 1st “on the bed to
be packed” – Layout and its anybody’s guess how many there will be before late Friday
night but he thinks this time she may have it down to 2 or 3 at most, she
really is getting better at figuring what to take… or so she claims. Before she headed out for Shoes and errands she
had 1st Layout done and he was sneaking up on it to get started with
some of the “ya know this and that is Going” until she stopped him cold with a
snear and,,,
“WAIT… I’m not done
yet!”
“But my dear… I'm only trying to gauge space.”
“It can wait till Friday when I'm done with Layouts 2&3
I may have to change something”
{Like THAT’s Big NEWS!}
“What?”
“Nothing Dear… I don’t intend to be packing till all hours
of the night Friday with a 6:30AM check- in”
“But, I’m not done…”
He cuts her off with “I'll just roll what you've got now,
and you can take out what you're gonna change,
this way I'll have a head start
on most of it.
Its not like this will be the
first “In- da- bag
– Outta- da- bag”
She mumbles something in “Dragon Speak” and heads to the
laundry room to retrieve the rest of Layout 1 before heading out, And the beat goes on…
6:30PM and time to pick up Brian at FLL, whose flight is
late, but hey… its Air Tran… lucky it was only 20 minutes… they’ve been know to
cancel at the last minute because the crew overslept or something, don’t get me
started about that bunch.
The Short of it, after a quick Left over Buffet, Chiucky
gets most of IT ALL in the bags with one minor substitution and 2 blouse hold- outs and we’ve got room and Pounds to spare!
Of course that’s until she starts looking at it again
tomorrow… maybe I'll keep the bag locked and she’ll forget… Yeah Right.
“... Still like that
old time rock 'n' roll
The kinda music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll...”
Like Sista Elyse said earlier today, good thing Costco Sells
Scotch, now where’s that Dewars...
HASTA LUEGO,
Uncle Chuck & The Humming a Different Tune
Cuban Lady
Aching for Hot Salsa, Sweet Plantains and
Fine Aged Rum
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