Well, it"s 2 am and the neighbours have been hard at it for the past seven hours. My naive question of the night is -how long does it take the average person to pass out from too much beer?
The police have been by once already and they keep at it. Not just drinking, but getting in their cars, nearly causing major accidents in front of their house, and driving out and back for more supplies.
So instead of sleeping, I"m sitting here thinking of where Johanna is over the Arctic Ocean right now, wondering how she is doing out there on her own.
I google earth-ed the airports she will be at in a few hours. Amsterdam"s Schiphol Airport, which looks huge and she only has an hour to get to her next gate, and then Geneva"s Airport, which looks a lot more quaint and doable.
In about three hours she will have arrived.
In three hours I hope to be sound asleep.
UPDATE: At 9:30 the neighbours were STILL going at it, loudly.
And Johanna just called safe and sound. Apparently its all a bit overwhelming, but the people seem nice, the little girls are french speaking chatterboxes, and she's very very tired.
As am I.
UPDATE AGAIN: It's 2:15pm and the neighbours are still going at it!!!! One more night like last night and, and,
... I dunno, JUST AND!
so does that mean I could call you right now if I had the money...?
ReplyDeletebecause I'm in amsterdam.
and it doesn't look that big.
and I have three hours to get there.
Cool! can you msn?
ReplyDeleteGuess not.
ReplyDeleteg'nite.
Oh, poor Dad. She's so very far away. I hope you manage to get some sleep....or this could very well be a loooooooong year.
ReplyDeleteWow. That's a lot of booze (I assume) and partying. Or maybe there wasn't that much booze --- wouldn't they have all passed out after 9 hours of drinking?
ReplyDeleteI think our neighbours should hook up! After finishing up the bars (I'm assuming) at 3:30-ish they head back to their house (right next to mine) and continue on with their drunken "chattering" until at least 6 am.
ReplyDeleteI feel your tiredness and sympathize.
Schipol's OK as an airport - not too big and not too small. There's a fantastic restaurant I wish I could take you all to, an hours drive away in Rotterdam.
ReplyDeleteToni:
ReplyDeleteNot as much as i wish you could take us there!!
Maybe we should move our party over to your house and show them how it's done!
ReplyDeleteGo over and join them and bring a bottle of wine laced with laxitives. Party should end pretty quickly.
ReplyDelete;)
Sounds like the same neighbors we left behind in Turlock. I feel your pain. . .
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