Monday, August 4

A message to our friend




Dear Edouard,

We have waited ALL SUMMER LONG for our family vacation. You've formed yourself into a nice Tropical Storm and are making your way into a Category 1 hurricane. That's fine. You do what you need to do. We appreciate you taking care of watering our lawn while we are away. We've got someone to take care of the mail, so you don't need to worry about that. I would just like to ask that you maybe stall a bit and hold up in the gulf for an hour or so tomorrow morning so that we can get on that plane and have our nice family trip.

You're scheduled to make landfall right about when we are getting on the plane, see, and it would be really inconvenient to be stuck in the airport -- or heaven forbid, on the airplane -- for a few hours. If you could just hold back and do us this one little favor, it would be great. You're a gem. Good luck in all your endeavors.

Sincerely,
Nic

3 comments:

Jackie said...

Oh No! I'm concerned for your flight..maybe it will slow and stall a little. Do not pack red items in your checked luggage.

Start calling the airline to rebook the minute it looks like a cancellation might be looming..They know way before they announce it at the gate.

I had no idea anything was churning in the gulf..it's going to arrive here when I'm about to get on the plane...aaarrrggghhh.
We could use some rain..just no bad storms...

Ya'll have fun on vacation!

Kelly said...

This really is the worst timing ever for you guys!

Stall Ed, stall!

Lauren in GA said...

Nic,
That was so hilarious...so cleverly written. I especially enjoyed the, "You do what you need to do." and the, "You're a gem."

Sorry about Edouard's poor timing...isn't that just like a man.

Uh...just kiddin' Geoff...