Froggy told me to keep busy so I won't miss Otter so much so I used that as a title. I have been busy, I cleaned house some, did laundry and we had a few things to do.
We got up early this morning, and then I took Otter to the airport. We got there about 6:30, and checked in without any line. Before I could even ask if I could go to the gate the check-in clerk asked me if I wanted to, so I had no problem getting a pass. We got through security fast, another benefit of being so early. We had time to look at all the gift shops and I had to have coffee. We got Otter's boarding passes online yesterday, so she mostly just had to be at the gate in time. The plane left right on time, I waited until I saw the plane take off and it was out of sight before I left. There was another mother who was putting her son on the plane. The boy was eager, he was excited. But mom was in tears after he boarded the plane!
When I got home, Bill informed me that the pool had overflowed due to yesterday's rain. We got quite a bit of rain in the early evening and through the night. When Otter and I were in the pool yesterday, it was already pretty full due to rain over the last few days. The pool is a soft-side, and when it gets too full it will overflow. But the way it's designed, when the water level gets down a certain amount the side that is down will pop back up. So he had the hose in it when I got home, then we went to Lowe's (his 2nd trip of the day, my first) and when we got home we discovered that it had overflowed again! But this time it was due to the hose being left in too long and it got too full. But it didn't lose much water this time. We might get in it in an hour or so, after the water has had time to warm up.
We did have to make another trip to Lowe's, Bill's 3rd and my 2nd. We also went to the dollar store and he even consented to go to Wallyworld with me! Which turned out to be a good thing because I needed to get dog food, and I can't get the huge bags by myself. So since he was with me, we got a 40-lb. bag. Which should keep the dogs happy!
When we got home, Otter called when she got to San Antonio, she had called her grandmother already and was on her way to get her suitcase. Then she called me again after she met her grandmother, they were on the way to eat lunch somewhere. I hope she remembers to call us occasionally! She said that she had a good flight, it was full and that she had no problems with her layover/plane change in Dallas. Although her father did, he was a basket case until we heard from her! He wants me to be at the gate when she gets home, but I'm going to meet her at the luggage pick-up.
Her return flight is direct, there may be a stop but she won't have to change planes. But I don't think her grandmother is going to escort her to the gate. She'll be fine, she knows what to do. She's flown by herself before, this was just the first time she's been completely unescorted through a plane change.
I guess we gotta let her grow up sometime! Altough I think that Bill might disagree.
(Otter, if you read this on your vacation - Pirate is still safe. Although your father spent an awful long time looking at Hannah Montana room decor in Wallyworld this morning!)
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