WHERE'S VOVO?

you know how much we've been loving the snow -- really a whole lot -- but the wintery conditions have presented one major drawback. huck's vovo (the word for 'grandmother' in portuguese) was supposed to arrive today. she was scheduled to fly from newark, nj this morning but because of the weather conditions, she didn't make it. she and pop-pop (my dad) stood in the curbside check-in line for over an hour in 20 degree weather and when they got to the front of the line the skycap told them that they had to check in inside. argh! i suppose this was when my father told the skycap that he was 'pitiful' (which we laughed about for close to a week because it is such a hilarious -- read: degrading -- insult) and escorted my mom inside. by the time vovo got to the front of this line, however, she was too late. the plane was already boarding. so even though her original flight was for december 17th and she postponed it to december 22nd because huck was so late, she will not arrive in portland until tomorrow, december 23rd. what a trooper she is. we are eagerly awaiting her arrival.