Travel notes

Travelling with the Mizz didn't turn out to be the horror that we had imagined. He was actually pretty good. The only real trouble was that his feet are now just long enough to reach the seat in front of him and push it. Oh, joy. Delta was late on both flights as usual, but otherwise better than expected. We also had a guy claiming to be a Redskin riding behind us. I have no way to know if it was true or not, but if he was, he wasn't one of the important ones, since he was sitting in the back of the steerage section with us. Nice guy though.

Mom and Dad picked us up and we got to their place about 11:30 pm. What they didn't know (but we of course did) was that my sisters and their families were there waiting for us. Happy 40th anniversary Mom and Dad. The surprise worked out great, and despite Jana's concern, neither one of them had a heart attack from the surprise. I'm not sure just how old she thinks they are.

We've also gotten a chance to see Franny's family in Maryland again. Her folks came down from Pennsylvania and we're staying with her grandmother and uncle and such. I'm sitting here listening to Franny and her grandmother reminisce about tons of old stories. It's a cool time to be a fly on the wall. Just last night, Lillie was saying that she just listened to her friends because she doesn't have any stories to tell. I respectfully disagree. I love hearing stories of family histories and the outside history that they often bring to light.

The Mizz has been phenomenal on this trip. He seems to be feeling pretty good and is acting just as smiley and happy as ever. He's leaving a great impression on these people who don't get to see him much. He's also bonding very well with everyone, especially his cousins. It was exceptionally cute seeing him sitting quietly on the couch in a pile of cousins just soaking up the scene.

Enough for now.