pre-conceived notions
Living in Atlanta, I’ve been flying Delta almost exclusively for years now. On the rare occasion that I’ve flown another airline, I haven’t bothered adding my frequent flier number because, well, I’m not a frequent flier anymore and definitely not on that airline. Earlier this month, I had the happy opportunity to fly on, in
Greece Trip: Day 11
Naming this post “Greece Trip: Day 11” is a bit strange as we have left Greece behind and today traveled from Amsterdam to Decatur, but oh well. Because of the hour difference from Greece to The Netherlands, I managed to sleep in, yet still get up early. We got the girls moving and went down
Greece Trip: Day 10
As usual, I did not sleep well the night before an early flight. The wake up call came at 4:45, but I had been up for a while by then. We finished packing up and headed downstairs for our 5:15 ride to the airport. I was surprised at how crowded the airport was; ours was
Greece Trip: Day 7
Our alarm went off early this morning so we could get up, dressed, packed and down to breakfast before 6am. The taxi had already arrived when I went down to check out. The trip to the port was quick; a little too quick for Chloe, though. We made our way onto the ferry and found
Greece Trip: Day 6
I set my alarm early to have time to wake before having to get the girls moving. Around 6, I felt a “boom” like a cannon and figured it was just some military-type morning ceremony near the presidential palace. Later we learned that a car bomb had gone off a few blocks from our hotel.
Greece Trip: Day 3
I set my alarm to go off early in order to check the weather report. As the report still indicated a high chance of rain all day, we decided to forgo the two hour bus trip to the beach and instead chose to have a quiet and easy day in Heraklion instead. We took our
Greece Trip: Day 2
I set my alarm for 5am (10pm back in Atlanta) in order to get up with time to take care of a few things, get dressed, get packed and get the others up before the ferry arrived in Crete. Once the ferry docked, we checked out of our cabin and disembarked. After a walk along
Greece Trip: Day 1
After just a few hours of sleep, it was time to start into a full day of travel beginning in Paris. We slowly got off the plane, navigating down the jet stairs to the tarmac and climbing on a bus. After a tour of the airport, we arrived. With no signs and no boards telling
Greece Trip: Day 0
Time to hit the road! And the skies! And the rails! And the water! With a LONG trip ahead of us to get to Crete, I tried to make sure the girls got enough sleep, but I was too wired to get settled myself. 5am came way too fast. But I was up and started
Spring Break Day 3: The Crazy Skies
Although our flight wasn’t due to leave until 3pm, we had to rise and shine very early. So many chores, so much packing, so much preparations to be done. Folding laundry, emptying dishwasher, cleaning kitty litter, tossing leftovers, loading dishwasher, taking out trash, taking our recycling, picking up, cleaning, sweeping, packing, prepping Phelix for a
photo friday: roadtrip
A couple weeks ago at Fernbank Science Center, I was asked to sign a pledge to not text and drive “For the safety of the kids”… No, I will not sign it. I find the current laws to be somewhat ridiculous. I understand the need to convince teens to focus on DRIVING. I’m all for
scenes from the road: GTT (Gone to Texas)
While I had planned an early morning departure, we didn’t leave the condo until 5:30am. And then we had to make a library run — Decatur is awfully deserted at that time of day on a Sunday! We drove by two police cars and an ambulance facing the wrong direction on DeKalb Ave; I hate
instagram: on the road
With a later than hoped for start, we hit the road this morning. Twice we encountered closed interstates. But the driving was easy in Illinois!
gooney bird: heading to NYC
Our mascot, knit by Camille, is now on the big, big bird headed to the big, big city…. At the Decatur MARTA station: Made it through security: On the “Plane Train”: Checking out the recycled fashions at the airport: Ready to fly: After that flight, Gooney Bird is not sure about flying again:
instagram: heading home
Not such a long trip home, but lots of “Hurry up and Wait”, of course.
Scenes from the road: Time to clean the windshield
Yes, I do. I take photos as I drive along. Since I almost never look through the view-finder anyway, it isn’t as dangerous as it might sound. But this trip, in Evie, has proven to be frustrating. The camera just can’t focus. And now I know why — there are too many bugs splattered on
instagram: On the road
I’ve never liked driving big cars. Small cars are much easier for me to maneuver. Evie, to me, is a very big car. While driving Evie, I park out in parking lot wastelands so I can pull-thru and not have to back out. But now she’s even longer than ever, with three bikes hanging off
Scenes from the road: Not a typical school run
1. Lock balcony doors. Check. 2. Turn off and pack computers. Check. 3. Unlock balcony doors and let the cat in (oops). Check. 4. Take out trash. Check. 5. Grab vacuum and haul into common hallway to clean up coffee grinds that dumped out of the trash bag when it broke on its way down
Delta’s “Bait and Switch” Smells Rotten to Me
I hate Ticketmaster. I seriously hate Ticketmaster. But tonight I offered them up as a reasonable alternative to the Rotten, Stinky dishonest bait-and-switch game that Delta says is within their rights. Just for the heck of it, I looked up flights to NYC tonight. I was pleased to see flights for $180 round-trip per person.
Road Trip: 14.5 hours in a car
For the fifth year in a row, we are on our way to Austin City Limits. Other than our trip to Texas on our Out West Trip this past May, we haven’t done the trip in a single day for years now. I like to break the trip into two days. We can leave after
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