Tina: Her sanctuary, just as mine has always been running.

Tina starts the coffee pot, showers and ready to start breakfast just as Bette is coming in from the pool.

Bette: Not much in there for breakfast.

Tina: Not much in here period.

Bette: Well you’ve always wanted me to take you to Roscoe’s, let’s go this morning.

Tina: Really? I’ll get dressed while you shower.

Bette: I didn’t know you had it that bad T.

Tina: That chicken you brought me was fantastic and you and Kit rave about that place, I’m so ready.

They are on their way to Roscoe’s on Gower in about a half hour. They order breakfast: chicken and waffles, eggs, grits and biscuits. Tina is practically having an orgasm as she eats and Bette is laughing so hard she’s crying at Tina’s antics.

Bette: Why don’t we order a smothered chicken dinner to go, we’re going to need something to eat later as we pack.

Tina: I want some cobbler too.

Bette: So order that too.

They stop by Costco and do some shopping for tomorrow’s BBQ and pick up some boxes for packing. Bette reveals she’d left some boxes in the garage, so they should be able to make a good start today. They agreed that today might be as much about sorting and purging as about packing.

Tina: Thank you for coming. It will be much better doing this together.

Bette: I’m going to start with our wine collection. Do you want to keep a couple of bottles for the weekend?

Tina: There is some open here in the fridge. You are the primary wine drinker, the girls are quite happy with mixed drinks or beer.

Bette: I’ll keep out a bottle of red and pack the rest and the wine rack. At this moment I’m glad you didn’t agree to let me get the wine cooler for the kitchen.

Tina: Yea, but you can have one in the vacation home if you want it.

Bette: Well if it’s already there fine, but no need to pay the electric bill on something we’ll use so infrequently.

Tina: Whoa that sounds like my line.

Bette: Oh since we’re kind of on the money topic, Peggy has solved our financial advisor issue. It seems she’d already lined up her team to take care of us. We had a great lunch on Wednesday. She also suggested we use the house on Long Island, over the Memorial Day weekend, that’s actually where Helena and Winnie are taking the kids Mother’s Day weekend. She said we can use it any time in May as it will be vacant after Helena leaves. Her place is at Montauk, the extreme eastern tip of the island. That would be our furthest commute. Her realtor is happy to show us around the island so that we can get a sense of the real estate and communities. The one nice thing about Long Island is we’d have a two hour drive. As much as I loved New England I’m not signing up for a five hour get away trip. The Poconos and Jersey shore are probably in the two hour range when you factor in traffic.