School Trip Return Trip-Up

July 26, 2021

Remember when we sent Kid #4 off to NYC with an expired debit card? Ya, good times. And those good times didn’t stop there. It never ceases to amaze me how one innocent action can snowball into a craptastic series of events, but at least this one happened on the tail end of her East Coast school trip.

When Kid #4 texted en route home, I immediately had flashbacks to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I thought for sure she was going to say she was stuck in Stubbville, USA, and we were going to have to figure out how to get her home. And knowing my husband, this was about to happen:

Thankfully, she was just giving an update from her layover in Seattle.

We had a Portland airport pickup plan. We had an itinerary and flight arrival time. What we didn’t have was a kid who understood that a forty-minute flight time equates to closer to an hour forty when you factor in boarding, unboarding, and making your way to baggage claim, which was where my hubby had arranged to meet her. Cross that with a husband who, despite good intentions, is continuously bamboozled by our kids, and I got myself a part duex blog post.

So when Kid #4 said that she’ll be at baggage claim in forty minutes, and it’s a full two hours before her set arrival time, my husband panicked. Anyone else would have looked up her flight status to confirm her intel. But, in yet another failed assumption on his part, my hubby sped off to the airport.

Thirty minutes later, a second text came in, saying she was ABOUT to leave Seattle. Apparently, she thought a 40 minute flight began the second you arrive at the gate.

Well, all’s well that ends well, as they say, and after an hour of late-night people watching at PDX, hubby and Kid #4 finally connected. Maybe one day he’ll consider the facts before jumping to conclusions, but I doubt it. He’s half the reason I’ll never run out of blog posts.

Keep it Golden, Girl….err, Boy. Especially when your kid makes you think she’s ready to be picked up, but nope. And maybe teach your kids what flight time means.

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