Vacation Extension

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Neighbor Logan and daughter Lise were busy while she was staying here, but we were able to have bubble tea together two days before her departure date. I loved the taste of my drink. I had a very hard time getting the bubbles to come up through the straw. Lise tried mine and was successful. I drank the liquid and took the cup home to fish out the bubbles with a spoon. I felt like a child who just couldn’t get the hang of an easy skill.

Logan and Lise with bubble tea

Neighbor Holly said she was happy to take Lise to the airport, since the flight was on the weekend. An hour before we were leaving, the airline called and said the flight was cancelled. We soon found out Hurricane Debby was the reason. Hundreds of people were then calling for new reservations, flooding the system. Lise had been on hold for four hours when the airline disconnected the call. She held on another three hours to get an agent. The usual on-line bookings were not available. It felt odd, since we didn’t get any hurricane-type weather in the mountains. Lise’s new reservations were FOUR DAYS later.

We were delighted to have more time together without any strings attached. The first thing I did was prepare deviled eggs, a favorite that she had asked for. Lise took a photo of me with the eggs, but I have a new problem rotating pictures. I laughed at the shot I had of the eggs. There is always one in a crowd that won’t cooperate.

Anne with the deviled eggs

Logan was available to walk with us one of those extra mornings. His sharp eyes spotted a mushroom with a red stem, something I had never seen before.

Something I couldn’t photograph were the times we got tickled at something that was said and ended up laughing uncontrollably. We tend to do this every time we are together, but we don’t have a score card.

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  2. That is terrific! I need to try bubble tea again someday, I didn’t like it the first time I tried it. What flavor did you get and what were the “bubbles” made from? Tapioca?
    I loved the pics but so sorry about the weather delaying Lise’s flight plan. However, I’m so glad you now have extra days together! What a blessing!

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  8. Fate stepped in and gave you four extra days. How marvellous. At least she found out before getting to the airport. I love bubble tea as well and had some great ones in Thailand.

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  9. You are so lucky you have spend extra day with Lise . Beautiful photo for Your laughter terribly.

    How a test for bubble tea? I never test that’ bubble tea.v

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  13. So there are real bubbles in the bubble tea ?!?! I keep seeing ads about it and I know daughter number one had one but didn’t dare to ask the stupid question to her😂is it any good?

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    1. It’s delicious. You choose the liquid and the bubbles at the place we went to. There are two kinds of bubbles and many flavors to choose from. I should look it up. One kind of bubble is tapioca. It’s filled with your choice of flavor.

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