Wednesday September 24th
Today started out as a good day. I had packed pretty much everything during the days (o.k....WEEKS) before. We didn't have to wake up early since we weren't leaving the house until 4:30 p.m. for our evening flight.
DD/10/Maddie went to school as usual and I took DS/3/Chase to daycare so I could get some last minute things finished.
~Dog to doggy sitter......check
~Mail put on hold.............check
~Neighbors know we are leaving........check
~Waterheater turned down......check (come on guys, it saves energy.....save the planet.......live green
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~Banking done............check
~All 11 bags packed......
.........check
At 4:00 we were finally ready to leave for our 1 hour drive to the airport, we were actually AHEAD of schedule for once in our lives, but we were too excited to wait.
Mike loaded up the truck and we were on our way. A quick stop at a truck stop for some snacks and before we knew it, we were at the airport. What happened to all of the traffic I had planned for
We got to the airport 3.5 hours before our flight!
DD and I got a luggage cart and stayed with the bags while DH and DS went to park the truck and catch a shuttle back. That took about a 1/2 hour. We checked 5 of our bags, paying the $25 fee for our "extra bag" and then they weighed the bags............and 1 was 3 pounds over! So, another $50 fee and we were on our way. We tried to kill time by eating dinner and shopping for flight entertainment. DS got a new toy and DD read a book:
Our first flight was scheduled to leave @ 8:30 for a very short flight (40 minutes) to Seattle. The plane was tiny.........I was a little bit freaked out, but I didn't let the kids know that. This was DS's very first ride on an airplane:
He did great! As for our connecting flight to Orlando.............NOT SO MUCH.
UP NEXT: Travel Day: Part 2: Our flight to Orlando a.k.a. The Flight From H#%%
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