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| Memorial Day Weekend |
We had an awesome Memorial Day weekend in Boston, and I am missing it and everyone already. We flew in Saturday afternoon, stopped by a friend's bbq/pool party for a bit, and then to my parents' that evening for an early birthday party for little Lelya. Lelya stayed at my parents' Sat. & Sun. night, which was amazing - I actually got to sleep in past 5:30 am and enjoy time with Aziz and my friends without feeding, playing, entertaining, and taking care of a little one. Much, much needed. Sunday morning I woke up at 8 and got ready to spend the day on my girlfriend's boyfriend's boat down the Cape. It was a perfect day with perfect weather filled with homemade sandwiches, Juice raspberry lemonade, & lots of good quality time and conversation, relaxing in the middle of the ocean. All was well and not a care in the world until the engine broke, and the coast guard had to tow us back. It was pretty comical. Then we went back to my girlfriend's house, where we were staying, showered, got ready for the night, & headed on over to grill out at my other girlfriend's place. We had such a fun night filled with lots of ridiculous convos & tons and tons of laughter. Unfortunately, I had so much fun that I wasn't even thinking about taking any photos throughout the night, which I'm regretting now. It was awesome to stay out however late we wanted and not cut our night short to rush home to the sitter. Taking full advantage, we got home at 2 am and slept in until 10 am. Holy Hesus, the last time that happened was literally aeons ago. Monday was spent back at my parents' where we hung out with my grandma, played in the yard with Lelya, ordered my favorite Bertucci's margarita pizza, and then I took a 3-hour nap in my old bed. It was amazing.
We woke up yesterday at 3:30 am for a 6:30 am flight out of Providence. I didn't think we would have any problems since it was such an early flight. I was correct in that there was no traffic, and we easily dropped off the rental car and got to the airport over an hour early, but absolute havoc ensued once we got to the terminals. There were what seemed like millions of people crowded around everywhere, and the line to check your baggage as well as the line to go through security were monstrous, trailing all the way outside. By the time we got to the counter to check our bags, it was already a quarter past 6. The staff didn't care what time your flight was; everyone had to wait to go through security like everybody else. A nice older woman in front of us sweetly let us go in front of her, although one person was a little help. Usually, a baby in a carriage buys us a free VIP ticket through the mess, but unfortunately not this time. When we got up to the security checkpoint, they actually made us step into the "family" line. Stuck behind all the other strollers, car seats, families, and kids. Seriously. Then we hear that our flight is boarding over the intercom and that we need to get to the gate immediately. Then a little girl in front of me keeps setting off the metal detector, and the security B wouldn't let us just pass through ahead of her. No mercy. We finally get through. Only then Aziz is stopped to do a liquid test on Lelya's milk. Of course. At this point, we decided we needed to divide and conquer. Aziz stayed behind while they tested the milk, and I took off like a bat out of hell with honeybunny to our gate. Final boarding call over the intercom. I am legit barreling down the airport with Lelya in tow trying to make it to our gate, which of course is the farthest gate down. I now totally get the crazy bikers who yell "on your left!!" I am winded and about to collapse when I see the nice woman from the security line walking towards me and stops me. She held our plane for us, and they know we are coming. I couldn't believe it. We never even told her our gate number. Aziz finally catches up to us, and we make our plane. And people change seats for us so that we can all sit together. There are good people out there. I was thankful and inspired to commit simple acts of kindness for others. We all passed out on the cab ride back and got home safe & sound. End of story :) I hope everyone else had a blessed holiday weekend as well.