He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Yes, our big trip is upon us. This is rare for us, partly because of the expense, but more because travelling with our clan is never, ever easy.
The kids don’t adjust to sleeping in a strange place very well. The dad (that would be me) doesn’t handle stress very well. The mom has to keep all of us focused and do all the packing, planning, and a million other things so that we can pull it off.
Our niece is getting married, and we’ll get to see some family that we see every few years (if that often). Assuming we can properly make it past airport security and no weather delays, by tomorrow night we’ll be in Virginia. Which I’m sure is lovely, but the report I’m looking at says it is colder than a witch’s tit right now. But that’s ok, we’re staying at a nice place with an indoor pool. Yes, we are nuts and are hoping to swim in January.
And that’s the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind. ~Dave Barry
We will be packing video games for the kids, but probably not a laptop (don’t need the extra worry, see a couple paragraphs up). I may look and see if there’s a Business Center or whatnot and check online, but probably not. (makes note: bring a camera)
I’m sure there will be stories, hopefully of the mundane kind about how we can walk through airports and the rental car people gave us a free upgrade to a Ferrari that seats five (that’s my son’s hope, at least).
See you soon!