July, 2020

I spoke with you girls today, me in Reno for some errands, you both in Salzburg, and you told me this wonderfully funny story that I have to recount here even though I suspect you’ll remember it for the rest of your lives.

You both decided to separate your money; until now you had always combined your currency, indifferent to who had how much (although it’s very likely you both received and therefore had the exact same amount). You divided the money in half, and then for some reason put each of your halves in 2 different wallets (I think one was for most of the money, the other for a little bit of money if you were going to the store and you didn’t want to take all your cash – a very smart move, BTW).

You both agreed to hide your individual wallets in your shared bedroom, without the other knowing where. What’s funny is what wasn’t said – “I don’t trust you” – but really I think it was simply playing around.

Niki hides her wallets first. But then, before Britta hides her’s, Niki hides the phone to record what Britta does. Now Niki later says the point of recording was to make sure Britta doesn’t find Niki’s wallet, but it certainly does sound like Niki wants to know where Britta hides her wallets.

Niki recording what Britta does is just. too. funny. Brilliant, even.

Niki goes upstairs, Britta comes downstairs to hide her wallets. In the process of looking for a place to hide the wallet she discovers the phone, recording!

Just. Too. Funny.

Britta stops the recording, deletes it, starts it again, and films herself giving Niki a thumbs up.

Britta returns upstairs, and Niki says she’s going downstairs to make sure she remembers where she hid her wallets (in fact she wants to check the phone).

While Niki is downstairs Britta realizes she deleted the video but didn’t empty the digital trash, so the video is still on the phone. Britta runs downstairs only to catch Niki trying to hide the phone that she was looking at.

You both come clean with each other, after a good laugh, and decide to hide the wallets with each other’s knowledge.

Now, best of all, here are the videos. Enjoy this trip back in time, girls.

Britta hiding her wallets

Niki checking camera