Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Moving Day

Well the day that seemed so far away is here. Right now I am sitting here on the airplane, 30,000 feet in the air with Zach, Ellie, and Ava. Frank, the other 4, and Amy are someplace else on the plane.

Today has already seen its share of adventure.

To begin our day we were finishing getting our carry on bags and suitcases ready as the fire alarms in the hotel started screaming and the strobe lights flashing. Having awakened with a mild migraine already and my head sensitive enough that touching my hair hurt I knew I needed to leave immediately. Grabbing Ava, she and I left, and Frank gathered the kids.

Once given the OK, I stayed out front because by this point the taxi was now due any time. Frank and the kids returned to the rooms and retrieved all the luggage.

We then helped the driver load everything, said a final goodbye, and left APG for the last time.

Once at the BWI we began the check-in process. Everything was good to go. Amy's crate tagged for the plane. Suitcases off to be loaded on the plane. Now off to the TSA lines.

The kids went through, Celidah didn't know to leave her jewelry on and almost lost her young woman's medallion.

Ellie went through and everyone was lost as to what to do with her feeding pump. 2 supervisors later, and 3 workers (1 not using latex gloves) they finally figured out that they only needed to check her hands because her bag is clearly a medical device. Then our medical bag had to be visually inspected because things (I bet her spare GJ tube) looked strange and odd. So a quick look (lol puzzled look) the TSA said, "um this bags good, it's all medical and medicine. Looks like for the little girl there."

All was great until we boarded and we found out the crate for Amy was to big. Why we're we NOT told 3-4 hours earlier? The flight was held up as southwest searched out a new (we had to buy it) soft crate so the plane could leave.

Yay!!! We could now take off!

Well... Not quite.

The vehicle that pulled the plane into position to begin the taxi wouldn't let go of the plane. Emergency maintenance. LOL they had to bring a crew over to fix the release thing.

50 minutes late, all was finally right in the airplane world and we were taking off.

We are now nearing Vegas and will be landing around 5 something Vegas time with hopefully just enough time to dash to the next terminal, charge our phones some, and take off again.