Travelling willbury
Did you know that it's been over 3 years since I flew in a plane? You'd think I'd been raised by wolves. Do they even serve food on these things any more? Apparently, you're not supposed to use your cell phone when you're in the air. Do WHA?. The last trip we went on was an awesome combo platter of 4 days in Vegas continuing on to Long Beach, CA for a wedding. We planned this trip before we found out I was pregnant. I can't tell you how bummed I am that my first and only trip to Vegas involved a lot of napping and very little boozing. On the plus side we got to see the General Lee* and the cool car from the Munsters.
And as a public service, here are several things that I learned while travelling.
- Apparently "traveling" only has ONE "L"
- Bring your ipod charger, dumbass. Yeah, before traveling, I downloaded 3 Southpark episodes, the season premiere of 24, 6 podcasts and a bunch of music only to blow my battery wad on the outbound flight. Crap. No musica por pagey on the way back!
- It would be very helpful if that toothpaste and deoderant you wanted to take actually made it into your bag.
- It is NOT necessary to eat and/or drink everything that crosses your path. No matter how wonderful. Vermont has some damn fine micro brews. And damn good food too. Did i mention the yummy beers?
- Security was a breeze. Richard and I travelled two months after 9/11 and were unnerved to see military men walking about with automatic rifles. When we travelled together, if someone were going to get searched it was me. I think he'd agree, he's much shadier looking than me. I was a girl scout, for God's sake. Okay okay, i'll take my shoes off. But this time there were no lines, no zappy sounding wand, no problems! I still advise against making bomb jokes.
- Containers of maple syrup are damn heavy. I like to travel light, baby! But this time I got a little carried away filling up my carry-on for the return trip. I added 4 shirts, 1 pair of pants, 2 cans of maple syrup, 1 package of vermont cheddar, 3 magazines, and 1 jar of fresh apple butter.
- Culottes are a perfectly acceptable pants choice. Especially when they only cost $25 at an outlet. Seriously, I never thought I'd live long enough to see culottes come back in fashion. But here I am in culotte-ville. The more I say culotte, the more I keep thinking of those frozen coffee drinks at dunkin donuts. Mochafrappacullotta.
- Husbands and children left behind as one gallavants off to the wilderness don't actually tear the house down in one's absense! The sink was empty, the child was well fed and bathed, and the house orderly! woohoo! I shouldn't have ever doubted!
So here I am back home to days of torrential rain and work that has suddenly gotten really busy. wheeee! I am eternally grateful for my hubby planning and paying for my little sojourn, it was most needed and enjoyed!
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* For those more "cultured" than myself, the General Lee was the awesome redneck muscle car from the Dukes of Hazard, a Television show of the early 80s spawning a passion for "Daisy Duke" hot pants and for yelling "yee haw" at unsuspecting officers of the law.
