We barely made it...HOME

It was time to end our Fabulous 17th Anniversary trip...so we packed up our bags, got an uber, and headed to the airport.  As we headed to the Reagon airport, we got stuck in traffic, we were a little nervous but were grateful the airport wasn't too far away and we had left early to allow ourselves a little cushion of protection.  Little did we know how much we would need that cushion... We were momentarily relieved when we arrived at the airport and had an hour before our flight took off.  But our relief turned to fear when we got to the ticket counter and they couldn't find our reservations.  Clay brought them up on the phone to confirm our flights and they said, "oh...you are at the wrong airport."  You need to go to Dulles.  WHAT??? How did we not know???  Well, how far is the other airport?  About 35-40 minutes on a good day... oh no.  We had just been on the freeway and knew the traffic was bad.  Oh holy smokes.  We booked it back outside, grabbed another uber and prayed we would make it...it would be close.  The uber was young and SLOW...oh goodness...and then Clay started talking to him and he went even slower...Laura gave Clay "STOP TALKING" eyes and said in hushed tones...don't talk to him...let him drive and get us there!  We did a "Home Alone - Run Rudolph" stunt through the WA DC Dulles airport and rushed through security and got to the gate just as they were boarding the B group.  We had missed our "A" group assignment, but we didn't care, we were just happy we made it on the flight in ANY group!!! Whew....that was close.  What would the kids say if didn't make it home on our flights?  Julie had to head home to work, so Sophie had taken over the day with the kids - watching Erica, picking up from school and feeding them dinner...thank you Sophie!!! Luckily we didn't have to ask her for a slumber party too...