Addie and I officially have another travel day under our belts — are you getting tired of reading about our travel?  It sure does happen A LOT lately doesn’t it?  Man.  Another good day, same same all over again.  I WAS thinking about how traveling with a toddler (or baby, or child for that matter) requires an emotional on/off switch.  There are so many things that happen that require that I turn off my emotional reactions and equally as many that call for an emotional reaction.  Its a roller coaster.

• Irritatingly slow woman in front of us in the security line?  Let it slide.
• No seat for Addison on an oversold flight?  Do my very best to keep my cool (we ended up with a seat thankfully)
• Addie kicking the seat in front of her? Gotta care about that poor person and explain to the Goose why she shouldn’t kick the seat.
• Sitting on the tarmac for twenty minutes after landing?  Did my best to not let it get to me…what could anyone do about it anyway?

There is a never ending list of emotional ups and downs.  I just try to stay on my toes and really evaluate every situation before I react.  Is it necessary?  Is my reaction going to make the day harder/worse?  I just do everything I can to make the day as easy as possible.

Although I couldn’t help but laugh at this conversation in the row behind us between two girls and a guy in their early twenties…

“Have you guys heard that new singer? I think her name is Joan”

“What does she sing?”

“She was on a Gap commercial…”

“Joan…Joan…Joan…”

“Maybe it was JONI!”

“Joni Mitchell?”

“Yeah! Joni Mitchell!  She’s brand new.  I really like her voice.”

Cue my reaction…I COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING.  I agree, Joni Mitchell is awesome, but not exactly new.