Pleep had been looking forward to his last night at the condo. The Celtics were playing (he was hoping for a sweep), the Delta IV rocket was supposed to launch (again), and the Monkeybutters were gearing up for the match with Team Murph. Things were very exciting around 11:15 for about a minute. The countdown was proceeding and had hit the last 10 seconds, the Celts had the ball with a few seconds left in regulation, and the Monkeybutters were beating Team Murph. Then all hell broke lose. Someone at Cape Caneveral hit the abort button at the 5 second mark and the Celts blew the shot, sending the game into overtime. The launch is now scheduled for Thursday (after we leave) and the Celts lost in OT. The only good thing was the MBs held on to their lead over Team Murph.
Pleep supervised the shutdown procedure at the condo. As he pointed out, he is better at keeping to a schedule than the folks down the road. Floaties in the doors; check. Doors locked; check. Hot water heater & water main off; check. It's a long list but Pleep made sure Ed got it all done. He didn't want any second guessing from KC about "are we sure we did (fill in the blank)? Hurricane season starts June 1 and Pleep wants to make certain the place is secure. He has several visitors queued up for July and wants the place ship shape when everyone shows up. He noticed there are a lot of German residents in this building which means the place is run by the rules. Even though Pleep is a bit of a rule breaker, he likes being in a place where everyone keeps things tidy.
There were a lot of bags for the trip down but only one small roller bag for the trip home. Traveling lighter should make things much easier navigating the Orlando airport. Pleep is a bit concerned that there might be too many kids hanging around the airport who might want to bug him. Unlike Mickey, Pleep doesn't do autographs. He did want to take a side trip over to Tampa Bay to check out Zobrist in person and scout the other players. Delete told him to forget about any chance the Packers would trade Longoria. Tomorrow is back to work for Ed & Peggy. Pleep and Delete will no doubt spend the day resting after the big trip.
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