Flight to Phoenix: departs from Raleigh Durham at 10:40am
6:45 am- I'm frantically grabbing my luggage, the child, the food, the keys, and trying to get out the door.
6:53 am- left the house, a little later than anticipated.
7:29 am- realized I forgot my cell phone
7:58 am- the sun is now shining directly in Edens eyes. she's screaming.
8:17 am- pull into McDonalds parking lot to change the poopy diaper that I can smell from the front seat. I changed her in the car, laying cockeyed in half of the backseat.
9:01 am- get a flat tire in the middle of no where. literally.
9:03 am- Steve, our guardian angel, pulls over and helps me change it.
9:23 am- back on the road. the airport is 45 minutes away.
10:09 am- pull up to curbside checkin. the agent is slow as molasses. I have my legs permanently crossed from the liter of water I drank on the way down.
10:17 am- come to a screeching halt in the gas station parking lot. leave Eden in the car. go to the bathroom-- finally!
10:22 am- board the shuttle at the park and ride to get back to the airport.
10:30 am- run to the security line.
10:31 am- undress Eden (shoes & jacket), undress me, get the laptop, formula, snacks, etc out of the backpack.
10:36 am- try to grab everything, including the child that has wandered off.
10:38 am- arrive at the gate, out of breath, the plane has already been locked. they let us on.
10:40 am- we must take the first seat available. we snuggle in between two elderly people. yes, we took the middle seat between a married couple.
10:45 am- Eden freaks out because she's been in the car for over 3 hours and is now locked on my lap.
The next 4 hours have been erased from my memory :)
Eventually, we made it it Phoenix. The moral of the story is... NEVER travel alone!!
1 comment:
I feel your pain. I traveled with Jenna by myself and then both girls by myself. The moral is definately if you can avoid it don't travel alone. You did good.
Give her a kiss for us.
Love, Alicia
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