Day 2,266

The Final Flight

I had roughly ten total minutes of complete airplane peace before Bearett decided he wasn’t going to sleep. But 10 is better than 0 and the tv on the back of the seat in front of him kept him peaceful and occupied for the rest of nap time. So, I’ll take it. I’m not one to bribe with shows, but there’s s time and place for everything and this was one of those times. 

Meanwhile, Dad was running into the game while the other babes slept 30,000 feet in the air. I managed to get free JetBlue WiFi just in time to witness his 1.1 innings and I still don’t know how I managed it. 

But hey! Thanks for that, JetBlue! It’s not every day you get to watch your husband work while napping your tiniest babe on an airplane! And look, I’m still Southwest Airlines loyal, but if you ever decide to move into the business of taking care of baseball wives by removing your cancellation or change flight fees and charging nothing for the first TWO checked bags, you might make a complete believer out of me. 

It was fun while it lasted! The Conley Circus is back in town and not planning on leaving Florida for a long time. We had fun but we’re spent and are desperate for some home cooking and couch lounging. Shoutout to Bearett who helped his pregnant, toddler carrying, stroller pushing, suitcase dragging mother by pushing another suitcase heavier than himself over half a mile from our arrival gate at Terminal 3 to our car at Terminal 1. 

Rookie mistake for this veteran mom:

The trek is steep (especially pregnant with three kids under five) at FLL if you choose park at Terminal 1 and depart on a Southwest flight but arrive a week later on a JetBlue flight at Terminal 3. The money you save on airfare might not be worth the sweat and frustration  you’ll endure with all your kids and luggage on the way back. However, if you’re paying for THREE tickets, then girl, you save that money and you walk your circus butt that half mile back without complaining!

And then when you get home, you hose yourself and those kids off with a smile and call it a night. That is, unless you don’t first have to science-experiment with your girls’ chlorine-pool-green hair before doing so! Rumor has it that 10 minutes with KETCHUP lathered into their golden locks does the trick. I’ll defend that rumor. No more green hair!