thursday

There's nothing like being all alone at the gate at the airport with yr 5 YO and 6 YO, and have the airline agent change the departure time of your flight from 6:20pm to 8 pm. We had, of course, arrived at 5:20, an hour ahead of time, like we should.

And DD1 and i made the mistake of buying cokes 10 feet before we went thru the take-off-your shoes part. And? Since our cokes, which we had JUST BOUGHT NOT TEN FEET AWAY FROM THE CHECKPOINT, were over 3 oz? In the trash! I felt like saying -- "Did you not just see us buy these?" Cuz, to me, a beverage is not a "liquid". a "liquid" that you will be carrying on the plane. A beverage is a drink you will consume while vainly trying to keep your offspring entertained while waiting for the blessed plane to show up. These arguments held no water with the guy. In the trash they went.
So, we got home right around 11. A long day.