The flight had us riding in the 4 seats in the middle aisle - 3 in one row & 3 in another. We had really kind people in our 4th seat with us. Delta is stepping up to make air travel top notch. They came around atleast 4 times for drinks - hot towels, citrus towels, and a delicious meal. Way to go Delta. The kids had a kid channel that had all sorts of movies just for them as well as video games. The flight flew by & truly had zero complaints.
We had to connect through Detroit & my only suggestion is if you buy duty free items - check them in your luggage or say - see you later to it at the international security section in the states. Don't get me going on that one. Delta had some technical errors finding Rebekah & Jacob's tickets for some reason in Detroit. They had completely booted them off the flight but we thankfully had their information printed out that they fixed it & got them seats. Rebekah & Ryan had to sit by themselves - but only one row away, thankfully. We made the flight & after 3 hours - saw Mimi & Grandad at the airport who graciously helped us to the car with our entourage of luggage. We hopped in the van & made the 2 hour trek back to Waco.
Anyone familiar with this drive - its usually no big deal - especially when you are well rested. When we hit West (TX) - the eyes began to droop. Chris was literally rubbing ice cubes around his face so he wouldn't drift off to sleep. Yikes! We didn't want to stop 30 minutes out - but boy oh boy we were tired! If it had been another hour - I'm thinking we would have had to stop. We made it home close to 9pm.
We were all so thankful to be home that we put on our pjs & drifted off to sleep....until 1am, 3 am, 5am & then we let the kids get up around 5:30 to watch cartoons. Good morning, jetlag!
Our first morning home, tt was about time for our heater to have a new filter and what better time than the first morning back, right? Wrong! Chris went up into the attic to the location above the kitchen. I was in the kitchen with dancing kids around me about being so excited to be back home & eating the yummy cinnamon cereal that was in our kitchen. In a weird flash of a moment - I'm giggling because there was what felt like snow falling everywhere. I couldn't control the laughter until I looked up & saw a foot dangling through the ceiling and heard a resounding "ow" from above. I then was brought to reality that Chris had fallen through the ceiling & we had to see if he needed help. He was able to pull himself up & get downstairs -but after inspection - we realized he needed to check to see if he needed stiches in his hand where he caught his fall. Yikes! He had some time before he left where I cleaned up all the insulation that fell & he wanted to bandage the ceiling until it could be repaired. I told him that the only thing I could think of was the line from Home Alone 2, "Wow, what a hole!"
We had the repair men out to help today. I will keep the company name anonymous since we have some local readers - but hilariousness! They began to describe what they think was super lucky that he didn't break a whole host of things in his body but did so with quite of bit of comedy. Tears - streaming down my face from laughter, and trying to do so discretely. One of their phones kept ringing with a funny song & Jacob & Ryan kept dancing to the tune. I was trying so hard to keep them from causing a scene....but competely difficult because we were all about to bust a gut from giggles. Thank you kind sirs for repairing our home & bringing humor to our morning & realization of the blessing of Chris being well & at home with only a few scrapes & brusies.
To end the post - Chris & I got a few laughs yesterday from Tim Hawkin's video segments. Here are few clips - but you can check out more on his site or on you tube. I think we find humor in things that are relatable. I'm just saying my husband was quite tickled at the car repair & dream segments. ;)
More of France to come....
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