122 pounds

So, my sister and my mom are on their way to visit- they're flying from Burbank to Salt Lake tonight. Traveling with my mom can be rough, since she insists on bringing her own food with her. So, for instance, when my parents went to Europe this past fall, they brought huge luggages full of groceries, Tupperwares and ziplocs of cooked food, bottles of green juice, and a hot pot so they could cook in their hotel room throughout the trip. My dad reports that this was quite a painful experience.

Tonight, my poor sister texted me from the airport bewailing the ridiculousness of the luggage situation.

HOLLY: Mom had a luggage of food that weighed 122 lbs.
HOLLY: They only accept bags up to 100 lbs and over 50 you have to pay $75. 
HOLLY: Mom had a thin duffle bag that she stuffed some of the food into and we got the bag to 95lbs.
HOLLY: Her other large bag weighed 60, so we moved stuff to her small luggage to make it work.
HOLLY: Then at security, she had to find a plastic bag to put a bag of tofu that had broken open, so I gave her a bag that held my toothbrush.
HOLLY: I am sweating and I can't wait to be with you...

She then sent me some of these choice photos:

Tomatoes? Broccoli? What other goodies do we have here?

They needed the large hand truck to bring her luggage to check in!

I am assuming that this is her other large piece of luggage.

See, we don't have broccoli, tomatoes, or ANY groceries in Utah, so she needs to bring all this stuff from LA- and pay an extra $75 to do so! (They always fly Southwest if they can so they get two free checked bags.) Despite that fact that I've pointed out how illogical her actions are many times in the past, my mom still insists bringing her own food. Why? I don't know... but I text her point out the obvious again:

ME: Hey mom we have broccoli and tomatoes in Utah too. Next time you should save on extra baggage costs and go grocery shopping here!!!!
ME: You just paid $75 in extra baggage fees to carry groceries worth less than that to Utah instead of just buying groceries here. This is ridiculous.
MOM: You are right . Time is the essence. Dad and I , we need time together to rekindle.
ME: Mom, you guys can go grocery shopping together. It does not take that long.
MOM: Ok

(Please note that the punctuation in my mom's texts is actually what it looks like. I have no idea why she puts spaces on both sides of her periods and commas.)

Then my sister texts me:
HOLLY: Lol, did you scold mom? Hahahaha
ME: Of course
ME: What did mom say?
HOLLY: Just to not tell you stuff or you'll scold her.

Sigh. My mother.