Airport Fail :(

I'm sure I could think of a million negatives yesterday but I'll just stick to the funniest one of all.

How could something negative be funny you ask? Well, because the whole time I was hunting the good stuff! So in this post I'm not going to post the negative then the positive separately. I am going to post them together. It helps make the story make more sense first of all. Second, I want to see if yinz (get use to it, I grew up in Western PA) can figure out the positive. It should be fairly easy.

Yesterday the hubby husband flew in from Illinois. His plane was to land at 6:08pm. I wanted to get there after that so I didn't have to drive around. I was a wreck all day. I needed to get snacks & drinks for the way up. Specifically snacks that wouldn't make huge mess & wasn't junk food. I decided on the Barnum animal crackers. I couldn't avoid things that wouldn't make a mess. I also needed to clean out the van, make sure seats were in the right place & in tight. I needed to get the younger two dressed, the diaper bag packed & gas in the van. I was informed by my sister-in-law that the lady who's kids I babysit was stopping to drop off some money. I wanted to make sure I was there because then I can use that for gas. But I wanted to make sure I got on the road on time to drive to Minneapolis since my sister-in-law was so adamant that I leave really early because rush hour traffic is horrible. So I left at 4. The lady actually got there before I left so I was able to use the money for gas! I get to the gas station, fill'er up, grab a Dr. Pepper & go to pay. I swipe my BP card to find out I had 5 cents off gas. SCORE! I only paid $1.90 for gas. Hand out the snacks & drinks & off we go. The whole time I had this feeling that we left to early but I ignored it (I also checked traffic before we left. it wasn't bad but "it would get worse"). I recently as in Thursday got Bailey a 5-point harness booster seat (she was super happy to get it). Since I no longer need her carseat & my nephew does (it doesn't expire for quite some time) I called my dad. I told him if he pays for it to be shipped I'll send it out. This way I also get it out of my garage. He told me to find out how much it'll cost. We believe it will be cheaper than a new one if not close. Also since there's no rush, my nephew will last another week or two in his carrier, I don't have to do 2 day shipping. From here on out after chowing down on their snacks the fun began. Bailey was sleeping, Gracie's mouth wouldn't stop moving and making sounds. Julia was being quiet babbling here and there. Liam was sitting there with his left foot on his right knee, it looked so cute, just taking everything in & inputting on what Gracie was saying here and there. When I say Gracie wouldn't stop talking, she really wouldn't stop talking. I so badly wanted to turn the radio on. We "hit traffic" I looked at the GPS. We were set to arrive at 6:05. CRAP! I wanted to get there at 6:20 so all we had to do was pick him up. Traffic wasn't bad so I must have been "at the end or beginning of rush hour" (according to my sister-in-law when we got back) going into the city at 5:20ish. Anyone knows rush hour is worse leaving the city. But whatever, I'm stupid & know nothing about everything...or so she makes me feel. Mind you, if I was in Pittsburgh at this time it would have been worse (gives you an idea of how bad it wasn't). She said the last time she went up (she got Cory the first time he flew back) it took her 30 mins to go 10 miles. I tried to explain to her rush hour in Pitt is worse. Sometimes it take 30 mins to go 10 feet. Especially on game day. She then changed her tune to, "yeah same here." Traffic was moving, slowly but it was m o v i n g. I looked over at the cars leaving the city. That was bad but I noticed something. It was moving too. At no point in time was it stopped. At this point I started praying that it would get worse and stop. It wasn't. Then there was a sign that said, "crash ahead be cautious." This was it, this was going to slow us down & make us arrive "late." It was a minor fender bender. I'm happy because it wasn't bad, I was sad because the cops were smart & didn't hold up traffic. We arrive at 6:10. Aw, shit. That's like 10mins earlier than I wanted to be. I drive slow to see if he's there hoping his plane landed early, he was out there & was just about to call. Nope. First lap around. Still nothing. Second lap around. Still nothing. Third lap around. Not there & my GPS turned itself off. Good, she was getting annoying any way. Haha The whole time I'm saying come on Cory, callllll. Queue the Gracie saying she's getting dizzy, it's not a tight circle, it's a long oval. Bailey saying can we get dad now mom. I come towards the baggage claim area. There's a line of cars parked there waiting before the actually pick-up area. I'm pulling in. I sat there for a good 15mins. I checked his flight. It was at the gate. While sitting there he calls. He JUST landed. I guess there was a delay he didn't know about because he fell asleep before take off. Nice one Cory. 5ish minutes I see a cop heading towards the front of the line waving his flashlight. Ahhhh, he's probably telling us we need to move on. I pull out & start making trip number 4 around to come back in. Half ways through Cory calls. He's outside. THANK GOODNESS! I pull up to get him, he jumps in. I looked at him & said, "I wanted you to drive." He's like we'll switch at the gas station. We start driving when I realized, no I don't want to switch. I tell him how to drive in town, I would be WORSE in the city. I'm a horrible passenger, I know it. Cory's not a bad driver. But I feel (and I think he does too) that I'm a better driver minus my lead foot & road rage. I use my horn, Minnesotans don't. I didn't want to stop. I wanted to drive to Mankato, get the kids McDonalds & go home. Gracie says she has to pee. I barely heard her. I yelled, "you can hold it, we're not that far." Bailey 20 mins later screams "I HAVE TO PEE." Omg, she's NEVER told us in the car that she had to pee. Next gas station we stop, Gracie & Cory pee. I go to get Bailey out. We were too late. She leaked. I changed her there & just took her jeans off. The van was hot. Fast forward. We get McDonald's, go home, get the kids inside, feed them & get them to bed. Even though it was a long evening I was happy & thankful. We made it to the cities, Cory made it to the airport & we made it home safely.

Oh, I forgot to add. The switching in the van that I did was I moved Julia to the very back on the passengers side, moved Gracie over to the drivers side & moved Liam up to the passengers side. Bailey stayed where she was. I asked if the kids liked it. I got 3 yeahs & a head shake from Julia. Alrighty then, the seats shall stay where they are!

Cory's at work, the kids are watching "Neckfix" as Bailey would say & I'm about to fold & put away some laundry.



"We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are." -Bill Watterson