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Charlotte Walker | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @a2f3726b @51fb1883 It’s more complicated that that… Tom and I are not flying, we’re driving. We’re getting an overnight ferry from the UK to northern Spain then driving southwest to Portugal… my BIL and SIL are taking the train from where they live in Barcelona and meeting us on the Spain/Portugal border and picking up a car there. My head is hurting trying to coordinate it all
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𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @07e2d0cd
That sounds like a proper headache. There's a lot more moving parts there than I originally thought.
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Charlotte Walker | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @a2f3726b @51fb1883  A headache is right.
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Sharonbw | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @07e2d0cd @a2f3726b 
I've got a headache now just reading this!  I'm ready to charge the dropouts a fee for messing things up, and I have no skin in the game!
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Charlotte Walker | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 @a2f3726b Haha I hear you! Can’t really do that as they never put in any money in the first place, Tom is treating us all
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Sharonbw | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @07e2d0cd @a2f3726b 
Well, in THAT case, I'll take a spot on that trip!  😂 

Seriously, though, what is WRONG with those people?!!  And now I know how you got roped into organizing this. Like they say, no good deed goes unpunished.
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Charlotte Walker | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 @a2f3726b I know… my kids can’t afford another holiday, so they’re really looking forward to it
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𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @07e2d0cd
It sounds like a wonderful trip. Portugal is supposed to be beautiful. 

I wouldn't mind a holiday but probably not until my wife shuts down her law practice. Last vacation we stopped midway back for her to argue with an attorney in front of a judge on "legal Zoom". Meanwhile my daughter, my niece and I are waiting patiently outside the van on the side of the road... 
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Sharonbw | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @a2f3726b @07e2d0cd 
That would put a slight damper on traveling if it happened often.  I hope she won her argument.
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𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883
She did and it only happened the once. Currently she's so busy I bet it would be more frequently. That's why she's about to change careers. 
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Sharonbw | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @a2f3726b @07e2d0cd 
I really hope you can work it all out.  There’s got to be a creative solution.
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𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @07e2d0cd
That's very nice of the both of you! 
@51fb1883