cookies?!

This week, I'm in Brazil and Ecuador while rocketDOG is in China so don't expect much from us in terms of blogging...not like I've been keeping up with it anyway. I have some free time before I head out to dinner.

I just wanted to blog about my wonderful plane tride from Cleveland to Houston. I was wedged into the window seat. I really don't like window seats unless it's a red eye flight where I'll sleep through the whole ride. Fear of takeoffs and my bum knee (which needs stretching throughout a plane ride or extended sitting - like a movie) keeps me from sitting in the window seat but sometimes it just can't be helped. At least the 2 guys (sitting in the middle and the aisle) were quiet and not spilling out of their seats. Both of them pretty much slept through the entire flight until close to the end. However the guy sitting directly next to me had gold teeth. Hmmmm....

Well, as were approaching our destination and doing our final descent, the kid across the aisle tossed his cookies - yup, he puked and he puked A LOT! All over his own lap and his mom's arms & hands and her carry on bag which was on the floor. Of course I felt bad for the horrified mom and the sick kid and his younger brother who was whining about the smell. On the other hand, I felt sorry for all of us who were sitting near by. We were all struggling to keep it together until we could get off the plane!

So the guy with the gold teeth woke up and started talking to me. Turns out he just moved to Cleveland recently too but he does a lot of traveling especially during the season...which led me to ask him which season? He doesn't actually play any sports but he's the manager of one of the quarterbacks for the Cleveland Browns. Interesting, huh? He was actually a nice guy but I had mistakenly judged a book by its cover when I first got on the plane. That's something I need to learn NOT to do. --MM