Today is a big day. We are traveling back to Minneapolis for the first time with Hadley. It’s her first time on a plane, so we’re a bit anxious as we have no idea what we’re in store for. We’re planners at the McPhee household and wanted to be totally prepared for this situation. We had most everything packed the night before and had discussed our plan several times.
I took the whole day off so I could drop off Hadley at daycare and Heather at work while I finished getting things ready for the trip (i.e. take the dogs to the kennel, finish packing, etc). Heather worked until 11am, then walked up to Hadley’s daycare and got her. They then took the MAX (light rail) to the Rose Quarter (where the Trailblazers play) where I was to meet them (I took the MAX from the stop by our house). Her train was leaving downtown at 11:30am traveling at 15 mph; my train left at 11:25 traveling at 20mph…OK just kidding. Remember these fantastically fun math questions? I won’t put you through the agony of trying to remember how to solve it, as it would be impossible since I didn’t tell you the distances the trains were traveling anyways. I will tell you that our planning and timing was impeccable as our trains stopped at the meeting point at nearly exactly the same time. All of that planning paid off as everything went really smoothly.
Checking in was a breeze. We had lunch at the airport (Rogue Brewery), which was actually pretty good, though a bit overpriced as one would expect. When we arrived at our gate we asked if the flight was full, and if it wasn’t, could we perhaps get a row to ourselves? They checked it out for us, and sure enough, they were able to accommodate. Wow, how many times has something like this happened? Things never seem to work out in anyone’s favor at the airport. I think we got the entire row partly because of how cute Hadley is, or maybe it had something to do with my freshly manicured mustache.
On our way to our seats Hadley had fallen asleep in Heather’s arms, YAHTZEE. We couldn’t have asked for a better scenario. We had our own row and Hadley was already asleep. I guess we overjoyed a bit prematurely as there were 3 rambunctious little brats sitting behind us that started screaming and yelling, of course waking Hadley up. Awesome. They were kicking our seats and talking loudly the entire flight, while the father sat there with his headphones on (I guess I don’t blame him). Hadley finally fell asleep with about 45 minutes remaining in the flight.
Overall, the experience was pretty uneventful, and went well. She ended up catching a bit of a cold on the plane though, which sucks. Poor little thing can’t stop blowing snot rockets out of her hose. Hopefully we’ll have just as good of an experience on the return flight.
Well someone may have pulled the old switcheroo at the hospital because apparently Hadley is supposed to be a redhead. Who knew? She’s stunning though ain’t she?
