So our Christmas season continued on Dec. 22nd. We had plans to fly out of Indianapolis shortly before 8 PM Eastern time. Since both of us still had school that day, it was going to be really interesting. But fortunately (or rather to look at the silver lining of a crummy situation) was that the stomach flu that Taylor had on Sunday and Monday transferred to Walker on Tuesday night so I made him stay home from school on Wednesday (could you imagine traveling with a toddler AND a sick hubby? I don't think so!). Somehow knowing that he wasn't also rushing home from school helped me feel better. So shortly after 3 we hopped on the road towards Indy. Traffic wasn't terrible and thankfully we only got held up for a few minutes around some construction. We get to the airport and start searching for a parking spot. Oh boy....it was crowded! Luckily we found one pretty quickly and let's just say I'm thankful for our small car. The people on either side of us clearly missed the day parking was covered in driver's ed. Another blessing was that our car was near one of the "bus stations" and the shuttle pulled up right as we got to the shelter. So far, so good. We get in the terminal and yet another blessing- very small line for check in. Although, I'm not happy that US Airways raised their rates for checked luggage again. But we can't complain- after all the plane tickets were a very generous gift from my sister. So we get all checked in and head over to security; the part I was dreading probably the most. The line wasn't as bad as I thought but turns out it didn't matter how long the line was. As soon as the TSA guy saw us, he moved back the rope thingy and put us right to the front! He did that for anyone traveling with small children. Major props for Indy airport on that one. NO other airport I've gone through with Taylor has done that (and keep in mind that the last 2 times I traveled with her, I was by myself, had 2 carry ons PLUS a full size stroller and a car seat). So lesson learned- travel through Indy if possible!!
Since we saved time going through security, we had enough time to get some dinner. Now here's what does NOT make sense. Outside of security they have a McDonald's and some other chain fast food places. Once you get inside the gates though, they have almost nothing. So we had dinner from Hot Dog King or something like that. I will admit my corn dog was delicious but it was hard finding something for Taylor. Luckily a kiosk had bottles of whole chocolate milk so Taylor had that and munched on some french fries. Ahhhh the food we have to eat when we travel.
So far everything was going pretty well- our plane left on time and the ride wasn't that bad. Taylor did get a little fussy towards the end of the flight but by this point, she'd been up about 3 hours past her bedtime. We land in Charlotte and have to do a very fast walk to get to our other gate which feels like it's on the opposite end of the airport. We barely had time to sit down before they started calling us to board. Our plane to Greensboro was much smaller- in fact we had to go outside and board from the tarmac. But it was a good short flight. And by the time we landed it was now almost 5 hours past Taylor's bed time. Did she sleep at all on the plane? NOPE. It took forever for us to get the stroller from the plane (quick plug for the Chicco lightweight strollers- they come with a carrying bag; MAJOR plus when you're traveling with one on a plane!) but we made it out of there just fine. Taylor took a quick snooze on the ride to my sister's house and of course was wiiiide awake again once we got settled in the guest room. It ended up being a very late night for the 3 of us but the most important thing was we got to NC safe and sound and so did all of our luggage.
So ends part 2.....I certainly can ramble on about air travel! Next up, Christmas party and Christmas Eve in NC!
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