Traveling
So I have to complain about traveling for a minute. I flew by myself with Lizette out of Santa Barbara, which was nice since it was such a small airport. But when I get on a plane with Lizette, everyone said, "I hate when there is a baby on the plane", "I hope they don't sit by me", "That baby better not make any noise", etc.. I wanted to say, "I can HEAR you!" But that was alright Lizette was wonderful flying! She slept on the first plane, and half of the second plane. She was the greatest.
But yesterday when we where flying home, we got to the Iowa airport on time and they said that there was a little delay. Which was fine, but an hour after we where suppose to take of they finally went over the PA and said that our flight was canceled and that everyone has to go back to the ticket booth to get re-routed. It was like a rat race. Everyone was running as fast as they could to the ticket booth. Tyler ran and we were fourth in line, but about 40 minutes later, we finally got to the ticket booth. It took about25 minutes to try to find a way to get back to California. They finally found a way. Tyler and I had to take separate flights to Fort Worth, Texas (2 hour flight). Then after a four hour lay over, we got (on the same flight) to Santa Barbara, a three and a half hour flight. So we were supposed to be in California at 11:20 am but instead got home at 9:31 pm. We were traveling for 17.5 hours from start at the airport to home in California. Lizette did great, she wanted to crawl (YES, SHE IS CRAWLING AT 6 1/2 MONTHS) but we wouldn't let her. I think I was more annoyed than she was. But needless to say we are glad to be home and I don't want to travel for awhile.
7 comments:
Aren't you glad you nurse? When I had a similar experience with a delayed flight I couldn't even imagine how awful it would be to be trapped at the airport for 6 plus hours with a formula fed baby and if you ran out of formula. Thank goodness for breastfeeding.
People are so rotten sometimes. The last time we flew with just Penny, people were so mean! I know it's not everyone on the plane, but there were quite a few people that had some nasty things to say and it made me feel so bad and then paranoid not to send anyone over the edge. Of course, she was super hyper for the first time in her life and wanted to run up and down the aisles. It was awful. It's like no one was ever a kid themselves or don't have kids or don't know anyone with kids. I would love it if someone invented family flights. Like an airline that only served families. I think an airline like that could make money. They could have it divided instead of first class, etc. it could be nursing, loud, sleeping, etc. What do you think?
Thanks for scaring me. I am going to NY November 1st. Wish me luck.
I always feel worse for a "flying" family when they have kids, especially teeny ones. It's not easy. If you think it's hard listening to a baby crying, try being the one trying to console or entertain the poor thing. Do people expect you to drive everywhere? I mean, c'mon, we all have our bad days, and if you don't want to be disturbed when you're traveling, try chartering your own jet. We all have to get there.
You guys should sign up for the amazing race!
Thank goodness you have a good baby! Macie has always been a frequent flyer and has never had a bad flight, ever. (My fingers are crossed anyways.)
Ok, I just reread the other comments and it became painstakingly clear that I am the one without children...because I am the ONLY one who didn't say "Oh yeah, I know what you mean" LOL...don't worry, I try to be empathetic to parents when their children start to cry, and it doesn't bother me when they do because I usually have headphones on. People can be such jerks.
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