Click Your Heels Three Times

Moppy and Susanne spent all night packing and getting ready for their trip back home today. Once they got to a stopping point, Susanne still had to pump, set up Paxton's feeding and break it down. It was after 2:00am before she went to bed. When her alarm clock went off at 5:45am, she had to dig deep. She wasn't sure how she would make it through the day, but she had no choice. She couldn't even lay her head back down for one moment because every second was needed. They needed to be in the cab and on their way to the airport no later than 8:00am.

Things were going quite smoothly for running on empty until they went to checkout. The problem that they ran into was that the person that worked in the office at the place they were staying didn't get to work until 8:30am. She had left an emergency number for any issues that might occur between 10:00pm - 8:30am. Susanne thought that this qualified as an emergency handsdown. She called the number immediately, but no one answered. She left a message assuming that she would get a response quickly. After ten minutes, she decided to call the number again. She was informed that the person was still getting ready for the day and that she would be available shortly. The clock was ticking. Time was passing by. Susanne and Moppy were getting nervous because it was well past 8:00am. Finally, when they thought there was no hope in getting to airport on time, she showed up. They were out the front door and in the cab in no time.

The line for checking their bags was long. It was still questionable whether or not they were going to have to book it to the gate or not. Luckily, the process went faster than expected. It definitely helped that the gentleman working with them was very understanding about their unique situation.

They got through security with no problem and their gate was not too far of a walk. They got to the gate with a little less than ten minutes to spare before loading the plane. This was just enough time for Susanne to visit the restroom, change Paxton's diaper, warm his milk, set up his feeding, and grab a quick bite to eat. Now that was pretty impressive.

The flight home was uneventful. Paxton acutally slept the entire time. He was so thrown off of his normal schedule that he was falling asleep anywhere these days. The nice thing was that the flight was never bad going to or from Boston because it was a direct flight that lasted less than an hour and a half. This beat a nine and a half hour drive anyday.

When the plane landed, Susanne could tell that Paxton needed another diaper change. The first place they stopped once free from the plane was the bathroom. Susanne was not expecting the disaster that she found. He managed to spray poop up out of his diaper almost reaching his shoulders. She could not believe that Paxton was continuing to outdo himself. Susanne had to give him a mini bath in an airport bathroom. This whole process took so long that when they finally made it to the carousel to pick up their luggage, it wasn't there. They had already moved it to the office of unclaimed or lost luggage.

The shuttle from the airport to the parking lot took forever. All Susanne wanted to do was to be at home already. The traveling was starting to wear on her. She also wanted to get home as soon as possible because she was expecting Scott and Gigi at any moment. This would complicate things because she needed to try to prevent Moppy and Gigi from crossing paths. The whole reason for this was that Gigi was in on a surprise. Moppy was getting baptized tomorrow and she thought only Scott, Susanne, and Paxton would be coming. Susanne had to come up with creative ways to get Moppy on the road back to her house immediately. Luckily, it worked. She had been gone less than ten minutes when Scott and Gigi showed up. It all fell into place nicely.

Scott basically had to drop off Gigi and then head back out. He had a prior commitment that he had to fulfill. This gave Gigi and Susanne time to spend time with each other and catch up. Even though they didn't have that much to catch up on, they never ran out of things to talk about.

Once Scott got home, they ordered dinner and relaxed on the couch. They had all deserved a little "R and R".