Holly has been pulling her hair out for the past six months trying to deal with the Italians over this joint venture the Italian airline manufacturer and her company have been putting together.
The two companies were supposed to conference call yesterday to finalize details about their joint trip to Australia.  The day before yesterday, Holly receives a call from her Italian counterpart, wanting to know when she is going to send some documents he needed to review with his people before the conference call.
"I sent those last Friday,"  Holly replied. 
Well, for some reason, he missed them, so now the conference call has to be delayed until tomorrow while he briefs his people.  Holly's President is leaving tomorrow, so he will miss the conference call.  Holly and the other two VP's are leaving Saturday.
She says that's how everything goes with them.  I reminded her that they were Italian, and she had to take that into consideration....that Italians don't operate on the same time schedule as Americans.  Not that they don't get things done...they just get them done according to their  schedule...not hers.
She was not amused; but ,then, this is Holly...the over-achiever who does not brook inefficiency in anyone.
She's the kid who insisted on arriving at school before, as Kenna used to say,  they "even turned on the flashing school zone lights."
Kenna, on the other hand, just prayed she managed to get there before the tardy bell rang. 
Speaking of Holly's trip, she will be leaving at 10 p.m. Saturday on an overnight flight direct to Brisbane, where they will only refuel with no deplaning-- then on to Sidney.  Total of 21 hours on the plane.
This has  thrown Kenzie into a dilemma.  Her school has a Valentine Dance scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday night; it is also Parents' Night Out at ASI Gymnastics, where she takes her tumbling and gymnastics lessons.  She loves Parent's'  Night Out;  she also loves to dance;  in addition, she wants to go to the airport to see her mom off.  We shall have to see what she finally decides is most important.
The social life of a third grader these days is mind-boggling!!