This reminds me of the “sweet” time of obsessively keeping track of when DS’s plane was going to land.
However, I have stopped doing that for quite some time. Now, unless he is flying home, I even do not know what his flight is and on which day (and what time ) he is flying. Both he and we have “grown up.”
@mcat2, I am sure we will get there too. It’s a long way from where we live in Asia to Boston, with connections to make and all. And this round trip was her first time doing it entirely on her own. She was blessed with no delays, cancelled flights, bad weather, all-nighters in the airport, etc. Very lucky on those fronts. Presently she is safely asleep in her dorm.
You might know something I do not know. When a plane is no longer in America, e.g., flying over the Pacific Ocean, can we still track the plane in flight in real time?
Sooner or later, I think DS may fly from one continent to another. It will be nice to know I could track the plane in this way. (BTW, I think DS is visiting Boston part of this week as well. Not sure if he took train or bus to get there.)
When I flied more frequently (business trips) a decade or two ago, it seems I could only track the plane in this way while I was inside the plane (e.g., on a newer plane.) But I think I could not track it in real time for an international flight when I was not flying.
I rarely travel in recent years. My knowledge could be very outdated.
Use flightaware.com to track flights in real time - domestic or international.
Yes, domestic or international.
I am definitely still a flight tracker
Me too, @saintfan - and my D is now a college graduate with a pretty high-powered career (that is, she makes more money than her father and I). She travels a lot for work and sometimes I like to see where she is. If that makes me not-a -grown-up, that’s okay.
@scout59 …having children exceed us financially would make us so proud. Congrats on that!
I’m enjoying our MONTH together, she’s still got 10 days home. However, she is making plans to be elsewhere for spring break, and will be on an internship out of the country for a month soon after school gets out. So unless I go visit her, I won’t see her until move-out in May and then only for a couple of days before she takes off again. The potential good news is that she’s working with a doctor here now and he’s offered her a part in some research while she’s here that may turn into an internship for the remaining two months of summer, so she might spend part of the summer here.
I am so thrilled for her, and yet I will miss her terribly when she goes again. So for the break, we have been and will continue spending time together. Breakfast out at our favorite spot, a movie, shopping for interview clothes, that kind of thing. I’ll take all I can get.
@conmama - thanks! We’re so thrilled that she has a career she loves that pays well. One less thing to worry about…
That being said, she recently moved from being a four-hour-drive-away to an 11-hour-drive-away (which I think is officially a plane-ride away instead of a car-drive away). Long story short, she moved to be closer to her previously long-distance boyfriend. Yes, I’m thrilled that she has a job she likes and a boyfriend who’s great to her; I’m so happy that she’s happy.
But…a part of me is still sad that she moved farther away. We are very close (as in talk/text-every-day kind of close). In many ways, it feels like my best friend is gone, a best friend who just happens to be my daughter. I keep up appearances on the outside, for the most part, but inside I am a mess (sometimes).
Yeah, you can call me a wuss - I can take it.
@scout59, wusses unite. I’m with you. My older two started working right out of college and neither one is a car ride of any length away. I talk to both of them regularly but it’s not the same. I’m hoping that one or both of them finds a way to move back to this area.
I am flightaware junkie too. On top of that, the girls all know to send me a text as soon as they’ve landed. I have nine days left with youngest D. We are having a wonderful time together and the longer she’s here, the more I realize how much I’ll miss her when she goes back to school. She’s not a great communicator when she’s not physically present so I feel her absence very keenly. She texts and indulges us with facetime calls but it’s not “her” if you know what I mean.
Wow! I wish I had known this last semester, I would have used it a lot! My D was studying abroad and traveling every couple of weeks. I would check the airline website for whether her flight departed or landed but I didn’t know I could track where her location was! Probably won’t have much need for that now, but will keep in in mind in the future.
I use FlightView on my phone, it’s free. Not only to see where the plane is on a map, which is cool, but for myself when I’m flying to get notices of delays, gate changes, etc. I notice many airport monitors are FlightView.
Wuss here too. It is too weird to think she was here with us just a few days ago. Her room is all tidy again, the piano cover is down again, sewing machine put away, the apartment seems so quiet. There is a palpable space. I guess that is what really missing someone is like. But, my husband and I are back to the “new normal” of having her gone like before the break. We do text most everyday, that means a lot.
I USED TO be a flightaware junkie.
We called our son after we knew he had been landed and was waiting for the next leg of the (land or air) trip. I guess this is a difference between boys and girls.
I am envious of you. We only “dare” to text when there is something urgent enough to justify the texting. We do not want to bother him too much.
@mcat2 I guess we are still at the beginning of this transition to full adulthood. I suspect the daily texting will subside. The texting and Skyping is great, but it doesn’t give one the same peak into your kid’s life that you get when they are with you. I miss being part of that. I take what I can get though.
I’m a wuss, too. We only have a couple of days left with our D before she returns to college. I love texting daily, but it’s not the same as having her here and we really do miss her when she is gone. I’m not looking forward to taking her to the airport this weekend.
Have you seen this mom’s solution? Knit a life sized substitute! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marieke-voorsluijs-knitted-life-size-version-of-son-cuddle_5696bf21e4b0ce496423145f
This is exactly it @NorthernMom61!
I love getting her snapchats and texts that give me a glimpse into her life at school and I’m grateful that she has that life without me. I can’t help it though, I miss her being a big part of mine. Once H and I move back into our own routine I know things will be fine and I’ll adjust again. We actually had a very nice time as a couple this fall.
@jym626, that is hilarious!
That yarn boy is hilarious. When my oldest S was around 2 years old, I sewed him a “twin” out of fabric, drew on his face, and dressed him in S’s clothes. He loved that thing. Well, years later when he left for college, the first time I went in his room, a few hours after he left, I was shocked to see the doll laying on his bed, holding a letter to us. I can’t remember if I laughed or cried- I think both. It was so sweet.