Right now I'm on the flight to Phoenix from Atlanta. My layover consisted of walking off one plane, standing in line for a Quiznos sub, and walking on to my next plane. I can't complain about that.
I can complain about one thing... WEIGHT LIMITS on baggage. Sigh. I'm usually very good about packing for a trip with maybe a little extra to wear, but not this time. I loaded that thing up. I'm not sure what to expect at this conference, not sure what people will be wearing, so I packed a little bit of everything. Well, imagine me, standing at the curbside check-in at MCO at 6 AM with my suitcase open and me, digging into that suitcase trying to find the most bulky items to maybe try to put in my carry-on. I immediately go to my toiletries case and the skycap says, "Remember not to bring any liquids." Oh geez. I forgot about that too. I took out my sweatshirt, a brush, some power cords, etc. I did pack some of my smaller makeup items that were less than 3 oz. into my carry on, took out the purse I had stowed in there (empty) and filled it up. I figured I'd just have to hide one of my 3 personal items that I would carry on to the plane. I zipped it up... devastated that I'd probably have to pay the $39.00 overweight baggage fee when he went to re-weigh my bag. His back to me, he put the case on the scale, and turned his head to me and gave me the half smile/half grimace nod. Good things. I gave him a nice tip, since I'm pretty sure he was giving me about a 3 lb. cushion. ;)
I got out of the house this morning without any tears. How? The taxi was RIGHT on time, of course, and I didn't even get to go upstairs and snuggle the kids. Nathan and I had gone upstairs earlier in the night to check on them together, so I figured that that would have to suffice. I gave Nathan a nice big hug and then flew out of the house in a tornado-like fashion.
Everything but the bag weight has gone without a hitch... so... knock on wood, it should be a good day!
