Flying and Holiday with Family…Golden Nuggets
Here is a short summary of my mini-vacation to Indianapolis with hubby, 5yo son, 12month old son, and 12 year-old step daughter. I was there for a convention and since muslim women aren’t supposed to travel alone, we made the most of it. We had a great time! I spent 4 days doing convention stuff while hubby and daughter did the touristy thing. They went to the Indy race track and saw some cool races/crashes (my son is obsessed since watching Cars). They visited the museum, went swimming, etc. Anyway, here are some highlights:
- Forgetting at the last minute about the ban on certain items…no lotion and actually “lotioning” my hands with cherry flavored chapstick.
- Missing our flight by 2 minutes Thursday morning and fighting back tears at the gate after the struggle through the airport with all the kids, adreneline, etc.
- Our luggage being flown to Indianapolis even though we arrived the next morning (actually turned out great b/c our bags were sitting there when we finally arrived).
- After we missed our flight, leaving the airport all dejected when my son realized he left his backpack at the gate. Me being all Type A going back in, going through security all over again, to the gate, etc just to get his backpack that only had a coloring book inside.
- Leaving Indianapolis on Sunday, going through security…heightened security after the weekend attacks, only to be stopped, my baby bag checked. Guess what they found? A STEAK KNIFE!!!!! Did I mention I am muslim? I forgot that was in there. I was TOO embarrassed b/c the guard held it up so high that everyone could see it….oh…they also found a lighter from when burned incense. Why didn’t they catch this at Reagan National Airport when we left????
- This jerk who kept looking back at me and the kids on the plane everytime any of the boys so much as coughed, laughed, or rubbed the back of the seat.
- My 5yo who kept describing LOUDLY different scenarios of how the plane could drop out of the sky, land in water, blow up etc…did I mention that we are muslim?
- My son o’ded on television at the hotel since we don’t have one at home.
All in all….it was GREAT!
Sounds like a great time was had by all. Sorry about the mishaps at the airport though!
Comment by Bella Noire — July 5, 2007 @ 2:07p
Poor Safa,
You sound like my son Ryan the world traveler….right after 9/11, he and I were going to visit friends in Nebraska and as we went through the security checkpoint (LATE!), I discovered with all the required pomp and circumstance of a TSA employee yelling “BAG CHECK!!!” that my son had grabbed his old back pack from the previous school year which still contained his art box….think scissors, glue, protractor, etc. Gotta love you world travelers
Comment by Sharon — July 5, 2007 @ 11:08p
I know it’s not funny, but it was as if an Orange alert was in effect during your trip. And why did the movie, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, pop into my head while reading your post?
Comment by Nikki — July 9, 2007 @ 5:45p