Dangit.

At least I remembered while I was sitting in my driveway, and not after I'd spent eight bucks in gas to get into town. Time for lunch, instead, I guess.

I'm feeling pretty cry-hungover all the time these days, whether or not I actually cry.

I get that when I keep myself from crying, FWIW.

So many wise people here.

I'm glad you have it sorted out, ita, and that it's more better than worse.

Yes, because it's not just the security line, it's also the bag check/boarding pass machines. Seriously, last time I flew United, I don't think I would have made my flight if I had bags to check.

Ugh. I'm hoping I can get an upgrade to first class, but if I can't I guess I am going to try fitting everything into a carry on.

I'm glad most of my shoes will be flip flops this trip.

I'm already trying to figure out how to pack for two weeks in Great Britain next summer. Normally, I'd go with just some summer-weight clothes, but I'm going to have to bring some layers for Orkney, even in July.

For me, it is the toiletries that get me every time. My hair and skin need special products that you can't necessarily find in any random CVS. it's a pain in the ass.

They were insisting on shoe removal in the Atlanta airport as of an hour ago.

Much surgery~ma to your mother, ita.

We listed our house today. Our realtor has a showing tonight, and one scheduled for this weekend already. Good sign! Buy our house-ma would be appreciated.

The kids had good first days of school and we were invited to and attended a birthday party of a K student immediately after school (they invited the whole class.) This nearly makes up for the fact that the bank ate our new ATM card this morning and I had to steal cash from Casper's allowance to pay for field trips tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure only kids get to keep their shoes on in Security.

I'll be checking a bag for the Hawaii trip, because I have giant tubes of sunscreen and aloe vera. I tend to get to the airport 90 minutes to 2 hours before my flight is scheduled to depart even though I always check in online. I like to have a buffer to check my bag, get through security, and buy some food and water. I'm almost always at my gate early.

I build the buffer into my schedule because it saved my ass the one time I overslept and had to race to the airport and slap some makeup on my face in the airport bathroom before checking a bag, and I still managed to get to my gate with food in hand and 5 minutes to spare before boarding started.

Oh yeah, I haven't checked a bag in yonks (except for when I went out of the country), so that would save significant time, I'm sure.

Can I just say, I made some awesome beef stew for dinner? Even though it's in the 80s out... I'm in Cook Down The Freezer mode. I got the tiny potatoes from Trader Joe's (so profligate! But so cute.), and threw in a bunch of wine and Worcestershire sauce into leftover pot roast pieces. Surprisingly good!