Back to Reality

Our flight was supposed to get into Madison on Monday evening at 5:30pm and then we were going to pick with kids up and drive back to La Crosse (a 2 hour drive). As usual, we were delayed at O-Hare. First is was by 10 minutes, then 15 minutes, then 3 HOURS! When they announced this, you could hear the gasp at our gate. But we finally made it to Madison around 9pm--only to realize that they hadn't put ANY luggage on our flight. No one on our flight had any of their bags. That was Monday.

It's now Wednesday evening and we still don't have any of our luggage. No makeup, blow dryer, clothes, running shoes, jewelry--you name it. As of yesterday morning, our luggage was all scanned in to the airport in Madison and waiting for a courier to pick it up and bring it to us. I spent a good amount of yesterday on the phone with people trying to figure out when it might get here. This morning, I got a call around 10am from the courier that he was en route with our luggage---and then his car broke down! Are you kidding me? What are the chances? And whenever I call the number they have given us, I talk to someone who has no clue what is going on and tells me that our luggage is en route. (Do they notice that their computer says it's been en route for about 12 hours now?)

And to top it off, both kids are sick. My mom took Sadie in to the dr. this weekend and she had an ear infection. Thankfully, due to some antibiotics, she's on the mend. But Wyatt has been pretty cranky and was up all last night (I really miss the sleepfilled nights in CA) and I took him in today to find out that he has an ear infection as well. As we sat at dinner tonight (a bit earlier than usual b/c Matt didn't have running shoes to go run in), both kids ended up on my lap crying and holding on to me for dear life. When it rains, it pours!