Back home
Posted on December 27, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized
On this occasion, I have no problem admitting I was wrong. I was terribly afraid of the trip we just completed with regard to how Maggie was going to handle all of the air travel. I can’t say she did a perfect job but for being nine months old and sick part of the time, she did pretty darn well.
The three of us had six seperate flights (b/t Boise and Phoneix twice, Phoneix to Philadelphia once, Phila. to Orlando once, and Orlando to Charlotte once) together and I had three additional getting to and from Baltimore. As is normally the case, I was the low-performer of the group, when you factor in the fact that Maggie is just a baby. I moaned and complained alot, whereas Erin pretty much just dealt with it. I tell ya what, if through some terrible circumstance I were to be without her, I don’t know what I would do. Certainly, there are areas where I am the stronger one, but on balance, she is the one who holds this thing together. Do I like it that way? Am I content to allow that flavor of us to persist? No and no, but it is the way things are right now. Prior to having Maggie around, I wasn’t sure how good a mama she would be simply because I had no frame of reference, no experience in seeing her deal with all the things it takes to competently fill that role. I know now I had absolutely no reason to worry or doubt. Sometimes, especially the mornings after Maggie has kept her up most of the night, I seriously don’t know how she pulls it off.
Anyway, we arrived back home late last night and after we negoitiated to give the Boise airport our second born child in order to be released from the long-term lot, we drove home through the rainy desert. Much to our dismay, there were piles of snow in the parking lots of Mtn Home; apparently, we received roughly four inches late last week. We are sad to have missed it.
The highlight of the day today will likely be getting Wilson back from the doggie-daycare, for which we will need to surrender any and all additional children and valuable possessions. I just hope he remembers us; 12 days can be a long time 
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