Half hour till breakfast. If you want to shower you need to get up."
"Umpfffhh."
"OK. Your choice. I'm not going to baby you."
"Five more minutes."
I went over to the connecting door and tapped on it. I got a couple of taps in response.
I was done in the bathroom by 10 till 6. I shook Wendy and got a response similar to before.
Just before I left, I pulled the blankets off the bed. "Don't complain to me if you miss the surprise or you don't get any breakfast. I'm leaving the parking lot in 50 minutes."
June was waiting for me. Kathi and Beth had been as bad as Wendy to start but June had succeeded in getting them into the bathroom.
June was dressed in a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. Her hair was piled on top of her head and held in place somehow. This woman could dress in a burlap sack and make it look elegant.
We went over to Dennys and ordered. I love a good breakfast when I go out. Another area June and I had in common. We also need our coffee cups constantly refilled. Fortunately we had a waitress who took good care of us.
Beth and Kathi wandered in about 6:20. Beth was yawning and rubbing her eyes as she came in.
"Come on. I know you have to get up this early during the week, Beth, driving from Azusa to Anaheim."
"Yeah, but I don't have a couple of people howling in the room next door on work days. It was 3:00 before you let us get to sleep."
"I see. And of course you all went straight to bed when we got to the motel."
Kathi and Beth looked at each other guiltily. June just smiled. "They went to bed, yes." The girls both turned red.
"So, June. Are you ready to join our little band of gypsies?"
"I don't know quite yet. I want to make sure Wendy's still alive before I answer."
"Oh, she's alive. Not awake, but alive. That's OK, as long as we can drag her out with us, she'll wake up pretty soon."
"You must have something pretty special planned to still be ready to do it after all that's happened."
"It wasn't that bad. Wendy's heart is in the right place. She either needed to be whupped upside the head or a good talking to. Lucky for her I felt like talking."
Kathi whispered to Beth loudly enough for all of us to hear it "That's not all he felt like." Beth giggled, June smiled.
It was 6:30, no Wendy. I called the waitress over. "What can you make me to go in 10 minutes?
"We could do some scrambled eggs or pancakes."
"OK. How about some scrambled eggs and a few sausages to go?"
June grabbed my hand. "Make that ham instead of sausage."
"Good idea."
The waitress took off to get my order. She looked back at me after she'd put the ticket on the wheel and yelled out "Rush Order!" to the cook. I held up five fingers, pointed to my coffee, then outside. She gave me the OK sign.
"OK girls. Potty time. We won't be near a bathroom till this afternoon." We all took off to our respective restrooms.
Ten minutes later I was out the door with Wendy's breakfast and two coffees. The girls each had their own coffee and our waitress had a $20 tip. It would be interesting to see the service we got tomorrow.
We got to the Aerostar and I held up my room key. "Beth. Kathi. Your job is to get Wendy out here in the next two minutes. I don't care if you have to drag her out here naked and screaming. And make sure she goes to the bathroom before we leave. Whatever it takes. START!"
Beth grabbed the key from my hand and they took off like a shot. I heard some arguing from Wendy but Beth gave it right back. I heard Kathi yell "Then miss out, you stupid idiot!" then the two of them came out to the parking lot.
Wendy came out looking pissed, holding her shoes and socks. "Did you go to the bathroom?"
"Yes."
"Good. Get in the car. No, up front."
She got in and buckled up. The girls were in the back. "Everybody ready?"
"Yes."
6:47. Better than I'd hoped.
I gave Wendy the Styrofoam container with her breakfast and the plastic wrapped fork, knife and napkin. "Here. You're lucky I didn't let you
"Umpfffhh."
"OK. Your choice. I'm not going to baby you."
"Five more minutes."
I went over to the connecting door and tapped on it. I got a couple of taps in response.
I was done in the bathroom by 10 till 6. I shook Wendy and got a response similar to before.
Just before I left, I pulled the blankets off the bed. "Don't complain to me if you miss the surprise or you don't get any breakfast. I'm leaving the parking lot in 50 minutes."
June was waiting for me. Kathi and Beth had been as bad as Wendy to start but June had succeeded in getting them into the bathroom.
June was dressed in a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. Her hair was piled on top of her head and held in place somehow. This woman could dress in a burlap sack and make it look elegant.
We went over to Dennys and ordered. I love a good breakfast when I go out. Another area June and I had in common. We also need our coffee cups constantly refilled. Fortunately we had a waitress who took good care of us.
Beth and Kathi wandered in about 6:20. Beth was yawning and rubbing her eyes as she came in.
"Come on. I know you have to get up this early during the week, Beth, driving from Azusa to Anaheim."
"Yeah, but I don't have a couple of people howling in the room next door on work days. It was 3:00 before you let us get to sleep."
"I see. And of course you all went straight to bed when we got to the motel."
Kathi and Beth looked at each other guiltily. June just smiled. "They went to bed, yes." The girls both turned red.
"So, June. Are you ready to join our little band of gypsies?"
"I don't know quite yet. I want to make sure Wendy's still alive before I answer."
"Oh, she's alive. Not awake, but alive. That's OK, as long as we can drag her out with us, she'll wake up pretty soon."
"You must have something pretty special planned to still be ready to do it after all that's happened."
"It wasn't that bad. Wendy's heart is in the right place. She either needed to be whupped upside the head or a good talking to. Lucky for her I felt like talking."
Kathi whispered to Beth loudly enough for all of us to hear it "That's not all he felt like." Beth giggled, June smiled.
It was 6:30, no Wendy. I called the waitress over. "What can you make me to go in 10 minutes?
"We could do some scrambled eggs or pancakes."
"OK. How about some scrambled eggs and a few sausages to go?"
June grabbed my hand. "Make that ham instead of sausage."
"Good idea."
The waitress took off to get my order. She looked back at me after she'd put the ticket on the wheel and yelled out "Rush Order!" to the cook. I held up five fingers, pointed to my coffee, then outside. She gave me the OK sign.
"OK girls. Potty time. We won't be near a bathroom till this afternoon." We all took off to our respective restrooms.
Ten minutes later I was out the door with Wendy's breakfast and two coffees. The girls each had their own coffee and our waitress had a $20 tip. It would be interesting to see the service we got tomorrow.
We got to the Aerostar and I held up my room key. "Beth. Kathi. Your job is to get Wendy out here in the next two minutes. I don't care if you have to drag her out here naked and screaming. And make sure she goes to the bathroom before we leave. Whatever it takes. START!"
Beth grabbed the key from my hand and they took off like a shot. I heard some arguing from Wendy but Beth gave it right back. I heard Kathi yell "Then miss out, you stupid idiot!" then the two of them came out to the parking lot.
Wendy came out looking pissed, holding her shoes and socks. "Did you go to the bathroom?"
"Yes."
"Good. Get in the car. No, up front."
She got in and buckled up. The girls were in the back. "Everybody ready?"
"Yes."
6:47. Better than I'd hoped.
I gave Wendy the Styrofoam container with her breakfast and the plastic wrapped fork, knife and napkin. "Here. You're lucky I didn't let you
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