Then again, maybe not.

This morning, I got up thinking I was heading to Madison, WI for lunch. We got out of Columbia just fine, my mom and I continue to have fun together, and we arrive in Detroit no problem. We have a relatively short but comfortable layover, board the flight to Madison, and start chatting with our neighbor. We taxi out to the runway, and then we sit for a while. Turns out a warning light came on. They decided to check it out, decided it was just a faulty bulb and replaced it. Then the light came back on with the supposedly fixed bulb. They decide it's a real problem, look into it, and then (after a full hour of sitting on the plane) they decide to cancel the flight. My mom and my excellent teamwork kick in, and after waiting in lines, talking on phones and to customer service, we're now in Detroit for another 5 hours and arriving in Madison 7 hours late. Oh well. Such is the life of flying. It's a good thing that my mom and I have a lot of fun together, no matter what we're doing. Maybe it's that we're especially silly when together, but everything seems hilarious :). Especially thinking back to our fabulous day yesterday.
Yesterday was my SC beach day. SC beaches are pretty nice, and there's one beach that I've been going to for a long time and I wanted to take my one chance this summer to go. We met Erin at Moe's for lunch, which was fabulous. Catching up, sharing Moe's together again, discussing GG a bit, and just enjoying each other's company. I was sad to leave, but I also wanted to get to the beach before the rain started. But we got to the beach.
And now it's time for a commercial break. Back later...
The wait is almost over! After watching an old episode of Grey's Anatomy and then Fried Green Tomatoes, we almost forgot we were in an airport for a while. An entire plane to Frankfurt boarded and took off without me really noticing.
For the beach, I want to remember parasurfing, good long talks about family, the incredible wind, the flying sand, the sprinklers, and sitting in the car overlooking the ocean just to escape the wind and rain.
This week I have learned a lot about my family, and understood more about my childhood and my perspective. It has been so incredibly helpful and enlightening. It really is the exciting the relationship you develop with your parents as you grow up.