The Weekend of Magnificence!

BIG, big plans afoot. I'se agoin' to Texas!

After a a 32-year hiatus, Ma, alias middle-aged nobody, will be flying the friendly skies again :-) It's not United but U.S. Air. And I'll have to get back to you about whether they are friendly.

It didn't seem right that after spending a good chunk of time homeschooling (the high school transcript process alone decreased my life expectancy by several years) I should be missing out on Jason's college graduation.

Oh, he said it didn't matter. Particularly when weighed against the Hoyt reunion in June. But the idea of not being there for such an occasion continued to eat away at my soul until I broached the subject of my going alone.

My pathetic attempts to ascertain bus schedules came to naught, so Loren went into gear and soon chased down several possibilities, including a train from St. Louis and airplanes from Minneapolis (I hadn't even thought about Minneapolis).

We're goin' with the Minneapolis flight. Loren will take me up on Thursday, after lunch, and meet up with Ardith south of the city. Yes, I get to ride an airplane AND visit Ardith and Justin :-D

My flight takes off on Friday, noonish, and goes to Charlotte NC where I have a 2.5 hour wait and change of planes.

I tried to find a flight that had a layover in Ireland but apparently they don't do that.

Then this afternoon I discovered that the plane I catch in Charlotte, bound for Dallas, will have none other than my very own daughter aboard! Yay for Sharon and for her business trip :-)

This is getting so cool it's almost scary.

Now to come up with an interesting scenario. I wonder if I can convince the people on Sharon's plane that we are sisters....

I am trying not to act too excited for the sake of people staying here. And today I did some cleaning as penance for my weekend of frivolity. Though in truth, graduation day will be tiring. Not only do we arrive at Dallas at 8pm and have to drive two hours to Tyler, but we ought to get to the auditorium by 8 or 8:15 the next morning, and the ceremony doesn't even start until 1pm. I've heard they fill up fast and I want to be there to see el sonno uno walk across the stage.

And maybe yell out something appropriate, like, "That's ma BOY!"

With Sharon, Derek and Melinda also there, it should be good times.

Then Sharon takes her rental back to Dallas to fly Indianaway, while the rest of us drive home to Iowa in Derek and Jason's vehicles.

Hope I can sleep tonight...

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