Tina: Bette, I knew this was going to land on you. I’m sorry. But you know the size of the furniture and the closet. I do not. And although I got it down lot, the final adjustments were always going to be in your hands.

Bette:  Yeah, you’re right. I had some delusion that basically it was just going to be a cake walk. Maybe it won’t be so bad. The one thing about it is that we can just pack it to come back to Santa Monica if it doesn’t fit. Just a little more than I thought.  But we will get through it.

Tina:  Why don’t we all have some tea while we wait for the car.

Mary: That sounds good. Is that the washer… has it finished its load?

Tina: Yes, Angie, go put that load that is in the washer into the dryer please. Bette, why don’t you see if we have any of those disposable insulated cups.

Tina quickly put on some water and got out the tea bags, sugar and honey. Bette found some cups and spoons and some napkins. The water was soon ready and the family was sitting at the table enjoying their tea.

The car came only 5 minutes early. The group disposed of their tea cups and spoons and Bette quickly wiped down the table.

Daniel and Mary supervised the loading of the luggage. While Angie opened the door and got into the car. Bette was checking the doors and making sure she had a key and Tina was looking to make sure everything that was going was in the car. Tina then headed toward the car and asked Daniel and Mary to get in and then follow them in. Bette pulled the front door closed, checked it and then proceeded to the car.

The driver then asked which airline and confirmed that they were going to LAX. Bette responded United Airlines. Bette then requested a sky captain and a cart. The driver smiled and said they would be at the airport by 4:30. That caused Bette to relax and breath. Mary began to chatter about how nice and roomy the car was. Once at the airport, the driver jumped out and ran around to Mary’s door and helped her out. He then signaled a sky captain to come assist with the luggage. Bette tipped the driver generously and then led the group into the terminal to the ticket counter to obtain their boarding passes and check the luggage. She then tipped the sky captain.