<p>Am leaving in a few minutes to pick S up, am tracking his plane on-line, will be going over the house in a few minutes. Enjoy everyone- it is great to have them home.</p>
<p>Flight just landed in Boston, am headed to pick up him at the bus half way. Just heard they opened the ramp back from Logan - good news for anyone going to or from Boston</p>
<p>We’re picking up the son tonight on campus, about 30 minutes away when the driving is good. He called Tuesday: “Can you pick me up on Wednesday? I can bring more stuff if I don’t take the bus home.” Me: “What time?” Him: “I’m done at 5pm.” Me: “How about after dinner, then traffic won’t be so bad.” (It’s miserable at that time of day, plus the holiday, plus the rain). Him: “But the dining hall closes at 2pm, so I can’t get dinner.” Me: “Well, you could buy something earlier in the day and put it in the fridge you are renting. Or, walk over to the inexpensive restaurants across from campus. Or, we could save you some dinner.” Him: “Oh, that’s okay . . .”</p>
<p>preironic - We changed ldgirl’s flight when she found out her Wed classes would be cancelled. Her professors were kind enough to let her know last week, so we were able to get her on an earlier flight. (The latest Continental flight out of RDU for IAH is 6 p.m. and she normally has labs until 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays, so unless classes are cancelled she will usually end up on a flight the day after breaks begin.) We did have to pay $50 to change the flight. Not sure if that is sop for all flight changes or because we were using frequent flier miles for her ticket.</p>
<p>btw…did anyone else have a kid fly out of Raleigh-Durham yesterday? My d’s flight was full of Duke and UNC kids headed to Houston. The weather was terrible and she said the takeoff was so rough, everyone was grabbing their barf bags.</p>
<p>Was near RDU yesterday and weather was/still is nasty! Wind was howling, 4 inches of rain in a few hours and temps in the 30s-low40s. Yuck. Son took the train from NJ today to New Haven to visit with my sis and his older sis flew into Northern Cali last night to visit with old family friends. They will be bringing themselves and same families they are visiting with NOW with them for Christmas.</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>My son had his classes cancelled at the last minute and I told him to show up early at the airport and catch an earlier flight. He went standby and it didn’t cost him a dime. Had he changed his reservation it would have cost him $100 since he had a non-refundable ticket.</p>
<p>My S took four trains to get home today. He missed a connection with one of them by 10 seconds! He was so angry because it meant waiting an extra 45 minutes for the next train. But he’s here and had dinner with his younger brothers today which was great. No one complained about what I served. But you all have inspired and reminded me that I forgot to put the brownies in. They are now baking, a little belatedly!</p>
<p>D walked off the plane from Boston last night around 8 pm Pacific time…there was a parade of college kids wearing different sweatshirts…BU, Harvard, Wellsley, Tufts…</p>
<p>They all looked bleary-eyed but happy to be in 70 degree weather.</p>
<p>We have baked cookies, gone out for “real” Mexican food, had a mother-daughter manicure/-pedicure, made a Target run to resupply Sudafed, DayQuil,Tylenol…</p>
<p>She is now out to dinner with old high school buddies and has invited about 20 others to come over Friday afternoon and just hang out. </p>
<p>Life is good…D is home</p>
<p>It is amazing how much she has matured in just 3 months. </p>
<p>I dread Sunday night and the return to the airport</p>