“No good deed goes unpunished.” Not sure that’s the best quote but feels appropriate.

Greg and Brooks woke up super early to catch the tram and then the train back to the airport to be at Avis at 7am when they open. The tram was scheduled to come at 6:08 but drove past the window at 6:03 as they were standing in the apartment.

Rather than waiting ten mins for the next train they decided to walk to central station

They sent a few pics from their walk.

Meanwhile I stayed behind to finish packing and to try to sort out the trash etc. Brooks had mentioned he wanted to take some Norvega and crackers in the car and I thought it would be nice to have some breakfast options for the trip so I headed out in search of both. I found a grocery store very close and went in for cheese.

I went with a block of cheese and picked up a plastic cheese slicer for the car.

Greg had texted that the car wasn’t ready and would be another 30 mins so there was no rush. Logan texted after checking in so I asked if he wanted to walk to pick out his breakfast with me since we now had time to burn.

First we walked to the Shell station to see if they had any take and go sandwiches for Logan. Seeing none we walked to the bakery suggested by our host.

I grabbed a few cinnamon rolls and felt like a badass by being able to translate ham and cheese on toast for Logan. That was his choice. We took them back to the apartment and ate on the balcony.

Greg and Brooks finally had the car and were on their way so I asked if they wanted anything for breakfast. They both wanted ham and cheese toast and a drink so back to the Shell station and bakery for Logan and I.

There is a store up the street that is right up my alley. Wish I had time to shop!

In between shopping trips I washed random dishes that kept appearing. I didn’t know we had used that many glasses. I think because we checked in early the dishwasher from the previous guests hadn’t been unloaded and washing the two I thought we had used felt easier than unloading and loading but I’m not sure that was the case at the end of the day.

I had noticed Greg’s work phone sitting on Logan’s iPad and thought I’d be nice and put it on the charger since it hadn’t charged last night and the battery was low.

I had put the drinks and cheese in the fridge to keep them cool. When Greg and Brooks made it back to the apartment with the car I needed to grab the stuff from the fridge, pack up my charger, grab the trash that I may or may not have sorted correctly, and stop for a quick bio break. Logan stayed with me because he had the keys to put back in the lockbox. Everyone else was waiting in the car.

I knew we were in a hurry and didn’t do my normal once over. Plus I’m fighting a killer headache (hoping not migraine) and I’m not on my A game. We had been in the car for five mins tops when Greg asked where his work phone was. I have no idea why we didn’t immediately stop the car and go back. Probably due to my indecisiveness about whether I could have left it or whether I grabbed it. It’s not like me to not double and triple check but at the same time I couldn’t even remember what I carried out to even know if it could be in a bag in the back.

I alerted the Airbnb host that it might possibly be there and he said he would look ASAP. Greg did not want to stop the car and turnaround but was also processing as we drove that he has work calls this week.

Meanwhile, Brooks had decided he wanted cheese and asked where the slicer was. I had taken it out of the bag to remove the plastic tag that was still in my pocket because, you guessed it, I couldn’t figure out what trash bin it went it.

Greg pulled off the highway into a grocery store parking lot. As we went through the roundabout my Coke Zero tumbled from the crappy cup holder and exploded all over the door and window and Greg’s flew across the dash and landed at my feet. (That is not an indication of Greg’s driving but legitimately how useless these cup holders are with these skinny plastic bottles.) When we stopped we looked through the bags and Greg’s phone nor the cheese slicer made it to the car. Thankfully we were able to buy a new cheese slicer and depending on who you ask that may or may not be more important than the phone.

Shortly after getting back in the car our host confirmed he had the phone. After multiple suggestions of turning around and Greg not wanting to our host is going to ship it to the Bayne’s and we will get it later this week when we return from our hiking trip.

Sidebar, express shipping in Norway is free. Maybe that’s why food is so expensive.

So….if you need Greg for something work related my apologies for what might be a possible delay until he’s at his computer.

Thankfully this drive is about 3 hours long for him to forget how mad he is.

Wish me luck today. I might need it for all the reasons.