| Wednesday, December 14, 2005 |
| What did you do today? |
Well, we woke up way too early, packed four overstuffed pieces of luggage and two bundled baby burritos into the car, drove through 5 inches of newly fallen snow, followed two slowpoke snowplows almost the entire way to the airport, returned our rental car, hauled said luggage and children to the terminal, encountered one entirely rude and obnoxious ticket person when checking in, took up residence at the security checkpoint as they looked through our camera bag, arrived out of breath at our gate just in time to board the plane (only to then wait 30 minutes for the plane to be de-iced before taking off), and finally relaxed as both children fell asleep upon take-off. Phew! Then we arrived at our connection, waited for the stroller to be removed from the plane (it was the last item off, of course), quickly caffeinated ourselves at Starbucks, walked down to the long lost and forgotten section of the airport to locate the E4A gate, (which really just stands for "this plane is very small and you must walk out to the tarmac to board it"), popped up into the air for a brief 15 minute flight, walked into another terminal, retrieved our bedraggled luggage, located the van in the parking area and loaded it up, swung through a drive-through on our way home, and finally turned into our driveway. And all of this before noon!
Then, we returned home, ate lunch, unpacked luggage, started a few loads of laundry, sorted through the mail, opened a few boxes containing Christmas gifts for others, checked, responded and deleted emails, put the two kids down for a nap, wrote this blog entry, and
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But it was worth it. : )
Thank you, thank you, Aunt Doris and Uncle Tim, (and Erin and Phil) for your hospitality, and to Mom and Dad for our wonderful (and delicious) visit in the "frozen tundra." Cole asked on the way home if he could "live at Gamma and Gampa's house." He was very disappointed when we told him we would miss him too much, but then later asked "live at Santa's house?" Thanks also to Brandy for taking care of our house, Christmas tree, and mail while we were gone. And for the record, despite our snowy departure this morning, and the "bone-chilling 10 degrees" when we arrived in Minnesota, the weather really wasn't that bad.Labels: a humorous life |
posted by Joanna Bolick @ 2:50 PM  |
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| 13 Comments: |
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I am so glad you are back! How wonderful to read your articles again. So glad you had a wonderful time in MN, we are so looking forward to seeing you on Christmas day! Kiss my sweet grandchildren for me.
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Holy cow! You just made me tired by reading that post. Don't ya just love running from the car rental place to the airport shuttle, to the airport, to the plane, to the connecting plane, to your van? And our family wonders why we don't visit more often, LOL. It is such a hassle but such a blessing to spend quality time with loved ones. I am glad that you guys had a great trip and we are glad to have you back. Now show us the pictures!!!
We gotta talk about the fact that Mark has 2 stockings and Harper having none.....lol
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glad you're home safe and sound - you were missed!
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Phew girl I'm tired just reading all that- glad you had such a good trip though!
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Welcome home!!! I just had wicked flashbacks of the MSP airport back in January of '00. One 5 year old and a 90 year old granny. shuttles. rental cars. the worst airport in the world. okay...the worst in my experience.
bah.
I think I'll stay home for awhile. lol
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Glad you had fun!
I think I would have done more than collapse traveling with 2 kiddos! It's a lot of work!!!
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You are my hero! WOW! So far with Connor, we have been of the mindset that we will think about traveling with him after he grows up and moves out. LOL!
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Joanna, I just wanted to thank you for reminding me why I am NOT flying home for christmas. Thanks. :)
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Glad to have you back! Glad you had such a good trip! Isn't travel during the holidays the pits?!! Very tiring!
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I'm glad you are back! It sounds like you had a great time! I hope you are getting some rest now.
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phew! Hope you got a nap today Joanna!
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WOW, what a day that was!!!!!
Love the new look Joanna!!
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glad you had a good time!
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I am so glad you are back! How wonderful to read your articles again. So glad you had a wonderful time in MN, we are so looking forward to seeing you on Christmas day! Kiss my sweet grandchildren for me.