Tripping to Faerie

The flight to SoCal was pretty straightforward. We were flying Frontier, direct to John Wayne. The flight was delayed an hour due to the plane being late coming in. Ah, well.

Two signficant differences from the last time we did this, in June:

First off, Katherine is fully potty-trained. While I was never one of those, “My God, this is horrible” sorts regarding diapers and the like, it is incredibly convenient not to have to travel with a diaper bag. Incredibly convenient.

Second off, no car seat was necessary. Well, she needs her booster seat, but that disassembles and packs without much trouble (we did bring the base onto the plane, but were informed it wasn’t approved, so it went up in the overhead). Again, not that huge a thing, but wildly convenient — especially since it means Katherine could sit/play/eat/sleep between us, sharing the wealth, so to speak.

Margie packed the bags to near overflow with gifts and the like (due to weight of items being shipped, not bulk). In fact, there was overflow from the two big bags into a smaller one, to get them below the magic 50 lb. mark. Which she did, just barely (the two together weighed in at 98.5 lbs.). Fortunately, we didn’t need to bring much out in the way of clothes, since we camp out at the in-laws so often, we just keep a supply there. Kitten, of course, requires fresh clothes (of the then-current size) nearly each trip.

Speaking of who, she sacked out mid-flight, which was also kind of nice.

We were met at SNA by my folks and Margie’s, went back to the Ks, and ate a nice dinner, and seriously hit the sack.

And, this morning, figuring if I can’t forestall the Apocalypse, I might as well join it, I ordered DSL service for the in-laws. Which will be very nice, as I suddenly find myself utterly intolerant of dial-up speeds … 🙂