Leaving tomorrow for vacation...

Despite the Skybus fiasco of the past few weeks, we are departing tomorrow for vacation. We are flying to Jacksonville tomorrow evening to spend two nights at K's brother's house in southeast GA, and then driving across the Florida panhandle to spend the rest of the week with K's parents in coastal Alabama. Sophie is excited to meet her Uncle E, Aunt M, cousin D and her soon-to-be-hubby M in Georgia. And, while at Grandma and Pap-Pap H's, we hope to get to the zoo, the beach, and spend some quality time at the pool overlooking the bay. Oh, and we have a special dinner planned (more on that later) and I even think Grandma has a little surprise in store for EJ's upcoming birthday.

In honor of our pending departure, I have acquired quite a nasty cold. It was a sore and scratchy throat yesterday, but it has since erupted into full-blown sinus misery with sneezing, watering eyes, and coughing as well. Oh joy. Usually I get sick a day or two after traveling on the plane. I guess this time I'll be the one sharing it. Pity those sitting near me.

And please keep your fingers crossed that Sophie does well on the flight. Her last flight was a 13.5 hour one from Hong Kong to Chicago, chased by a 2 hour jaunt home from there. She did great on that one...slept for nearly 9 hours of it. But she wasn't mobile then. And now she is. And that about sums up my fears. Plus, it will be early evening, leading into dinner and warm milk and night-night time. It could get ugly. Very ugly. I'm packing lots of snacks and amusements. And JetBlue has TVs in the seats, so perhaps we can find some Elmo or Pooh to watch.