Surprises

My long time friend and I have made a trade. Her husband and Roger are off to "the farm" for a few days and she and I are celebrating our mutual birthday in New Orleans. We awoke this morning to find a note under the door stating that the hot water pump had broken in the night and the resort had no hot water! So we set out for Cafe DeMond in the French Quarter for breakfast figuring we'd survive without a shower. While waiting for the trolley, I saw something run across the street and commented it was either the skinniest squirrel I'd ever seen or it was a rat....well you guessed it, it was a rat! We walked to the NEXT trolley pickup site! Guess I better get used to surprises as we have no idea what we will experience in the next 27 months!