Tag Archives: travel
Many months ago, I had the marvelous idea of driving across the country, 1600 miles, from Maryland to Colorado. There were a few reasons behind this idea, the main being that my parents needed their final car driven out at some point as they were unable to get it transported with the others in January when they moved. Also, I thought it would be a fun adventure (this was before I was pregnant, so I was probably drunk when this brilliant idea popped into my head). The moving company would reimburse us, so it would be an almost free trip which would be far cheaper than a senior, lap infant, child, and adult ticket plus parking and rental car. So, this myriad of factors led me to believe that this would be the right move. Fast forward to a week before the trip and major anxiety set in. What was […]
My brother recently moved to Miami and extended an open invitation to me, Alec and Lili. We decided to drive down in the car he purchased prior to leaving for his sunny new domicile. We were all packed up, car seat; diapers; adorable warm weather baby clothes; items my brother left behind; etc. About 10 minutes prior to departure, my parents came by to pick up our dogs for the week. My father casually mentioned how we were welcome to leave Lili with them, if we could handle being away from her for so long. After a short pause and a quick chat, Alec and I started to remove the car seat and half the contents of my checked bag! I gave a quick briefing to my parents then we gave many hugs and kisses and bid them adieu! “Wow” we thought “what freedom!” I hadn’t gone more than one […]