PREPARING FOR TAKE-OFF !!

Thursday...May 20, 1999

It's the day before we leave, and FB has her house all to herself.... wooooooohooooooo. Tess is going to stay overnight and we're gonna get drunk!!!!!!!!!! Tess arrives around 7:00 with her suitcases in hand (and a very large bottle of wine). Instead of listening to "Fleetwood Mac" (Tess forgot to bring the CD over), FB had to listen to Tess complain that she had nothing to wear for this trip as it was going to be hot in Las Vegas and it's still bloody freezing here in British Columbia. I said to Tess, come on lady, you've got 2 1/2 suitcases there and you have nothing to wear????? Well, a few hours later (and many glasses of wine later), Tess opens up her suitcases and starts trying on this and trying on that, with these shoes and those shoes and discovered that yes, she did in fact, have clothes to wear in Las Vegas. Well, by the end of the night, we had both modeled our favorite outfits (with my blinds open so the neighbours had a show too...LOL) and had a good laugh. The time then came for Tess to try to stuff everything back into the suitcases which had spewed clothes and shoes all over my living room floor. I couldn't believe she had even packed her bloody iron...... good thing there wasn't room for the kitchen sink!!!!!!!!

Tess and her clothes (please notice the iron in the foreground...LOL)

Well, we went to bed around 1:00 am and had to get up at 5:30 am. Needless to say, we were a bit tired and hungover in the morning. Well, we're ready and off to the airport !! Wooooohoooooooo, we've got our tickets, our suitcases, and most important FB has her tranqs.

At the airport

We arrive at the airport on time and safe and sound thanks to FB's sister who did the driving. We get checked in without any hassle and proceed to the duty free shop where Tess buys a great new pair of sunglasses. We went and had a coffee and a bagel and just sat and smiled as we thought about how much fun we were gonna have in a few hours. We of course, couldn't get on the plane without first phoning our Pimpdaddy to make sure he would be at the airport to greet us. At this time, Tim advised us that Nick would not be able to make it to the airport and maybe not Las Vegas at all, as he had to work. Boy, were we ever disappointed. We had looked forward to seeing Nick at the airport to greet us as he wasn't able to make it there on our first trip.

Here we are talking to Tim and listening to Viva Las Vegas at the airport!!!!!!!!

Well, it's time to get on the plane. FB has taken her tranquilizer and is relaxed and calm. We have an uneventful flight to San Francisco (Tess is thankful for the tranqs, she has feeling in her hands), but keeps commenting on FB's glassy eyes and dopey look on her face....LOL. At least I wasn't drooling...

We changed planes in San Francisco (FB takes another tranq), and we are now on our way to Las Vegas. There was the odd bit of turbulence going over the mountains, and FB did not freak out !! As a matter of fact, she was stretched across Tess and looking out the window commenting on the thingy on the wingy. Tess laughs at drugged up FB..........

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