the journey

so, obviously we all made it here safely! almost a week ago. things got better as the journey went on. it all started with some moron at wpg airport security. after being asked to hold my belt open with both hands so i could be scanned WHILE HOLDING SLOANE, i thought i should put sloane down, and was told to pick her back up. j intervened by picking her up and was quickly told to put her down so i could grab her.....while holding my belt open.....with both hands......arrrrrrrggghhhh. after turning around so he could scan my rear side, he informed me that he was 1 minute from shutting the whole airport down on my account and none of this would have happened if i would have remembered to take off my belt. i'm getting pissed off just typing this. j told me to forget about it.....so i did after repeating a few "serenity nows".

flight to TO was kinda brutal b/c s was crazy and needing to be all over the place. flight to london was delayed a half hour or an hour. first class rocks, although we deserve a discount b/c i didn't eat or drink anything. i did make use of my air canada slippers though. s passed out before our flight even took off, sometime around midnight. i passed out shortly after, and we woke up half an hour before our flight landed. phew. it could have gone much worse! i had visions of no sleep and walking up and down the isles for 7 hours. it was a bit of a gong show when we landed, as our connecting flight to glasgow took off 30 minutes after we landed. air canada was nice enough to drive us across the tarmac and escort us to customs, but we still missed our flight. the following one was 4 or 5 hours later. man, there were some pissed off canadians. we went to the private lounge and had a nap.....s included.

anyways, the flight to glasgow was uneventful and now we're here!

off to glasgow

tomorrow glasgow, followed by edinburgh (sp?), london & lymm!

dear sloane 07.09.09

dear sloane:

today i thought i lost you! we're staying in auntie em's while we get our hardwood floors redone on a futon in the basement. i was in the bathroom putting on my make-up before work while you were in bed with dad and when i was done, you were GONE! i frantically searched the basement with no luck, then ran up the stairs to find you at the front door playing with my keys. you scared the sh*t out of me! normally you wake up slowly.....we cuddle for a bit, and when you're fully awake you explore. apparently not any more!

please don't do this again.

love,
mom