Happy in Ohio

Bruce and I went to Ohio for a nice nearly-week-long trip. We left last Wednesday night on Skybus, a new airline that sells ten $10 tickets on each flight. I got the tickets about six months ago, so we got the cheap seats. There are some drawbacks: they fly out of the tiniest airport in New Hampshire, charge $5 per piece of luggage, charge $2 for water on the plane, and have high-school-aged flight attendants. They also sell stuff like backpacks and beef jerky on the flight, so it's annoying to hear their constant chatter over the speaker about how awesome the beef jerky is. But it was still cheap to get to Ohio.

Our flight was delayed because of nasty weather. Scott took us on a nice date to a bookstore, where we read books and Bruce played with a train set. We went to a pet store and looked at fish. We went to IHOP and grabbed a snack before heading back to the airport and waiting a few more hours for the flight. Scott went home; he had classes and research to attend to.

On Thursday, we went to my parents' house in northeast Ohio. My dad took Bruce out to feed our ducks a few times a day. My mom helped Bruce decorate a gingerbread train. More accurately, she decorated the train and Bruce ate the candy. My parents had just purchased a train table and were going to give it away to someone for Christmas. They made the mistake of leaving the box out in the living room and it was one of the first things he saw when he walked in. After a few hours of begging, Grandma caved and just opened the box to let him play with it.