The House of Joy somehow made it back from a five day trip to New York, despite the Nor'easter or whatever unbelievable rain storm just happened up there.
Clearly we are Nor'easter magnets or something.
Our flight, so cleverly planned to coordinate perfectly between nap and bedtime, was delayed so much that on the shuttle bus from the airport to our car in the park and ride lot at 10:30 p.m. The Rooster, wide eyed and looking like a zombie, just kept repeating, "I want to take a nap!"
[Amen, Rooster!]
When we were finally on the highway headed home, what to our wonderous eyes should appear?
A smoking engine and a noise, strange to the ear!
Did The Joys stop? Did they pull over to protect the safety of the family?
Aw, hay-ull naw.
[We don't need no engine... let the mother f*cker burn! Sing it with me!]
Yipppppppeeeeeee!
I love travel!
Monday, April 16, 2007
Weary Joy
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Traveling with toddlers. Much like traveling with teenagers. Insanity may be your only defense.
Hope your car isn't dead.
I wore those short capri jeans with over the knee high heeled boots this weekend to brave wind and rain and meet friends for coffee , etc... They didn't look like gauchos though, thank goodness! I threw on a long, flannel lined, hooded wax jacket that irish farmers all wear, and was warm and dry walking a good distance with no troubles. -- umbrellas are a joke in these winds. Take off the big jacket and look hot, even in the crazy storm. It is all about the boots and jacket--great investments!
chedly
I love to travel, but it just never works out like it's supposed to you. We spent our August vacation at a hotel in BFE Pennsylvania because our transmission died on the turnpike. I'm still pissed about it!
Looking forward to reading of your travels in New York as your departure by storm and leaving like a house on fire has me enthralled...
And ponchos? we don't need no stinking ponchos!
Oh, crap, I hope you are not contagious. We also have some perfectly planned flights in a couple of weeks, with three kids. While our kids are older, we have realized of late that a screaming toddler is almost better than bickering tweens and whiny pre-schoolers. The chorus of their demands makes me want to curl in a fetal ball--Do you think there is a place to do that in the Denver Airport layover?
Maybe next time you might want to pack some Benedryl for a little nap-inducing!
Hmm, and there was me thinking that American's LOVED their cars. There's more to this psychology malarky than meets the eye.
Cheers
I swore I wouldn't travel with toddlers, and still haven't. I don't know if there is a window of time in between toddler and tween that is even good to travel.
Probably not. Damn.
Hope your car survived, and Rooster finally got that nap!
Gee, sounds like fun. And do people REALLY wear gauchos...cause down here in Bama, we don't. We wear tube tops and cut offs.
Oh, god. My parents just went to NYC for the first time in their six decades of life (okay, my dad's been there, but it was the early '60s and he was kicked out of a lot of places for being a long-haired hippy). And the storm!
Ugh. Hope the family Joy was still home in time for bed.
sitting quietly while realizing he's the only one who has no idea what gauchos are, although he suspects they are not, as he first assumed, a mexican food product
SciFiDad - you are correct. Although if they were, and involved cheese, I would indeed own some myself.
They are not pants. They are not shorts. Maybe they are like baggy capris?
Clearly I don't know what they are either. So don't feel bad.
I hunkered down all weekend, the nor'easter is still going on, but not as bad here.
I posted your interview of me today.
Glad you are home! I hope everyone got a nap. :)
Burn, motherf*cker, burn.
I'm going to be singing that all day long.
BURN BABY!! BURN!!
Glad that you guys are back safe and sound. Okay, maybe not "sound", but safe.
Too funny! reminds me of the movie Little Miss Sunshine.
Ok, you planed better than the casa de augs. We planned a trip to Phx to visit my in-laws and thought 8:30pm would be sleepy time for a 4 hour trip out west for the boys. It was brutal. They never went to sleep. Note* No more evening trips for Augs casa EVER!
welcome back.
DAY-am.
I love the gauchos. You need some.
Burn Mother Fuc*er Burn!!!!
You were in NYC and didn't call me? Damnit.
Still laughing about SciFi Dad and gauchos. Who could blame him for not knowing what they are?
Think of all the names for women's pants...
Capris, gauchos, skorts, Bermuda shorts, and I KNOW there are more, I just can't think of them right now... Yoga pants...
Ah! I heard "I need a nap" many times over my travels from FL to PA
Yikes. Been there, done that. Wised up. We drive now. Even 15 hours in a car isn't as bad as some of the crap I've been through while flying.
Flying with kids works fine if all the planes take off and land as scheduled. Otherwise, it's a trip to the tenth circle of hell.
But the car woes? Flashback to a road trip from DC to Dayton for Thanksgiving. On the way home, smoke began emanating from under the hood. And needles on the dash began venturing into the red zone. Fortunately, it was mostly downhill, so I put it in neutral and coasted as much as possible.
(Had to replace the tranny. Hope the same is NOT true for you.)
Hark, I bring you tidings of great joy. Some day your children will be as old as mine (8 and 13) and you will gift them with the miracle of the portable DVD player (with headphones). Every trip will be a silent oasis of peace. Now, go forth and bide your time. For soon you will be delivered of crankiness (the childrens', not necessarily yours. I find crankiness in adults more interesting than perpetual perkiness).
Burn Motherf*cker Burn! That is about the most fun song there is to sing out loud.
Wait, are gauchos in???? I wore them in 4th grade, I think! That and 'gauze shirts' which sound so disgusting to me now.
Aiiiyyyyyaaa.....*gauchos hurt my eyes* (long running joke with a blogging friend of mine who adores them.)
Hope you had a nice trip in spite of the crap weather up here.
Bossy thinks you're being just a tad grouchy about the whole Nor'easter thing. She understands that while it is truly embarrassing to visit New York City without even one pair of brown cotton gauchos, it is unfair to blame one little storm whose only intent was dumping hail the size of shits into the city streets while killing all of the neighboring spring buds.
I hope your car isn't dead. But I would have done THE SAME thing!
This is why I haven't braved traveling with my kiddos yet...
I was just about to complain about this morning's jaunt to the aquarium. Now I won't.
Glad you're back.
Oh, the hilarity of family travel - I remember all my trips with the fam. We always had beater cars so had to rent one each time - my dad would always rent huge, cushy Cadillacs. We would fall asleep in no time.
Rest up, mama!
Was that you I saw smoking down the freeway yesterday? Nope, wrong side of the country.
Hope the car troubles are over and you all survived.
Carrie
The weather always takes a turn for the much worse when we travel. And it's ALWAYS more interesting with children.
I went to California with my older daughter when she was 9 mos old and we planned the flight for naptime and ended up with delays ON THE AIRPLANE for 6 hours with this child. WHo refused to sleep. We landed at 2am or something ungodly like that in Boston. She finally fell asleep around 12:30. It was a nightmare. I think I waited a few years before flying again with the kids.
I wish you took this Nor'easter back home with you! This rain is the pits.
Yikes, I hope the car isnt in too bad of shape.
oh. damn.
sorry. so not a good time.
You're in denial too when your car appears to be breaking down, eh?!
Ooo, I love car trouble on the way home from a delayed return flight.
Gauchos are bad news, my friend. Sensible girls should since to hot pants and bermuda shorts.
LMAO.....you and i need to go on vacation together - leave the kids at home. ;-)
I would rather have my nails ripped out one by one than fly on a plane with 2 small children. Really. You are a brave, brave woman, OTJ!
Oh hate me. We went to FL this summer with the girls, on a plane, and it was easy! For real. So easy we are thinking of more travel.
There were however, no flight delays or flaming vehicles, so maybe we just got lucky.
Hope all is well again and naps completed in the House of Joy.
You are still so cool, it hurts, babe.
I remember our last flight with Junior Mayhem and The Princess......definitely a "Calgon Take Me Away" moment!
Glad to hear you made it home safe!
Hope the car doesn't cost too much to fix!
You guys are smoking (sorry, bad pun!)
Glad you are all home safe. Hope the car pulls through!
See, now, you can't just run off like that and not tell anybody... I missed you! Glad you made it home safe and hope your car is okay.
I can't get past the wool plaid gauchos of my youth. That is one trend I plan to skip.
I had to think for a moment about what gauchos even were--this is how not on top of the latest trends I am!
I'm glad you made it back safely!
Ugh! Good for you on getting home. Still raining up here.
Oh, and don't worry about not having any gauchos. I just bought some the other day. By the time I catch onto a fashion trend, that means it's already dead.
Who knew gauchos were the new black?
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