Barb, my college roommate is a rocket scientist (really!) at Atlanta and can go anywhere in the airport - if you'd like me to see if she's free to meet your kids, ping me at my profile addy.
Thank so much, Sparky, but I think we're good. They're up in the air and because we insisted that Incompetent! Travel Agency suck up the cost for them to be escorted (as well as this time making sure that Abby was actually listed as an unaccompanied minor, which the agent had somehow neglected to do the FIRST time), I'm at least assured that a) someone will meet them at their plane in Atlanta and escort them to their gate for the Asheville flight and b) that the Asheville flight will not leave without them because of their status as unaccompanied minors.
And may I just say, in general, how much it SUCKS that these days you have to pay to have unaccompanied minors escorted between connections? Of course, they're not even allowed to be booked on flights with connections until they're 13 or 14, so there's that, but still-- I'm just enough of a dinosaur that I remember being escorted as part of the general customer service experience.
Just be glad they didn't successfully book the first leg of the trip and not the second, leaving the kids stranded someplace away from any family. At least you could take them home (which in no way excuses the agent, but be grateful it wasn't worse).
Yanno, Todd, the way things went... I can only imagine. Luckily, I had been lecturing the kids repeatedly that they are to stick to each other like glue and if anyone tries to separate them, then I gave Abby leave to let loose with an Abby-tantrum the likes of which are liable to go down as legend. (We're talking about the same kid who, at the age of three, threw a fit that included the immortal phrase, "You'll all PAY! I'll NEVER watch television AGAIN!"
classic
It was really rather Evita of her, since she was bellowing, fists upraised, from the 2nd floor gallery that overlooked the family room and kitchen.
I know-- pity it was in the days before smartphones.
Of course, without documentary evidence, the story gets better every time it is retold.
The Campervan Chronicle - 16.8.11
1. Michele Bachman gone missing and eaten by a bear.
2. Science news: foot rub shown to be beneficial to cognitive processing.
3. Finland requires toy lisencing of all toy makers north of the Arctic Circle in an attempt to reduce trade in counterfeit goods.
4. Real news: at last, on day 3, we got hot water in our caravan. Unfortunately, we don't so much have tail light.
5. Image of Christ seen in Scottish mountainside. Locals unmoved.
Celebrity spotting: day 3, no Ianto. Starting to get disappointed.
I just sent 2 OKC messages. I have no idea why I did that. Do I think I can convince them to dress in lingerie?
In re the headache/migraine - could it be related to blood loss? I'm just asking because a co-worker complained about a really bad headache due to heavy bleeding, so I thought maybe.
A good thought, Toddson, but it often happens in the days leading up to the start of the period, and ceases when the flow starts. This time it was different and coincided with the period.
I apologize for the TMI, y'all. I've just been really miserable the last few days and needed someone to whine at.
Erin, the last GYN I saw was really good, and I'm going back to her. If she can't help me, then the search will be on.
Honestly, one of the deciding factors for me going off antidepressants was not wanting to go hunting for *another* psychiatrist and therapist. I can't tell the story of my life again; I'm sick of it.
You'll all PAY! I'll NEVER watch television AGAIN!
That's fantastic.
Kitty~ma, Buffista kitties.
Ianto~ma, Shir.
I know my migraines abated mightily once the fibroids were discovered and the subsequent surgery. In fact, last week I had my first full-out, lasted more than a couple of hours, knock me on my ass migraine since the surgery (2.5 years ago).
