Ugh. They are all sick. Xerxes has a slight sore throat. Juliette has the cough. Zedekiah has the runny nose. Combined they seem to make one sick person. Boarding a plane where everyone goes to share germs seems just wrong, but none of them are SO insanely sick that they can’t function.
As a new Mama with Juliette I remember going to a Mom’s group with the pertinent question of “how sick does your child have to be before you keep them from the public?” When I arrived I noticed several children with various interesting symptoms from runny noses to dramatic looking rashes. I kept that question to myself. Clearly it was being answered in some universal way. Since that moment, I have tried to neither judge others for their sick kiddos or myself for my own.
In an effort to get all the packing and preparations done we ate a quick egg & toast breakfast. And I grabbed a coffee while running errands such as getting dog food, gas, etc. We drove by a Farmers Market and just had to stop. I’m glad we did because they had amazing samples of melons from Rocky Ford, interesting European pastries and they were selling my favorite vinegar: Pastamore. We bought a tomato and cauliflower for Lulu. The garden was full of tomatoes until last night’s feast. Lulu is excited to dine on the next ripe batch while we are away.
Driving back from errands we decided to stop by US Thai for our favorite soups. I figured Xerxes would appreciate some broth for his throat. After dining on soup we realized we were all still hungry so I whipped up these peach quesadillas too. Clearly the peach obsession continues.
For dinner on the plane, we brought yogurt for each of us and sandwiches. Xerxes and I each had a Noosa, his honey and mine their new Passionfruit. Juliette choose a Brown Cow greek honey flavored one. We didn’t realize yogurt fell into the ‘liquid’ category for airport security. They informed me that it would be fine if the yogurt was for the infant, which I appreciated except that Zed at merely 2 months old is not exactly ready for yogurt. When they inquired to Xerxes who they belonged to, he quite honestly described the flavors we each gleefully selected. The security attendant kept making eyes at him in an attempt to jedi-mind trick him into stating it was ‘just for the infant’. I pushed my way into the conversation and announced that all three yogurts were for the 3-year old. Figuring if I said they were for Zed, Xerxes might give us away. Oh the trials & tribulations of getting through airport security!
We finally managed to arrive after a long dash through the airport. As we settled in to wait to board, the windows begin to shake from thunder. Juliette was so over-the-top thrilled to see her cousins and Mimi that she was our little Tigger. She apparently was so charming that three different men on our flight offered her candy or sugar of some sort. Is this really a thing? Maybe they just wanted to see how high she could bounce?
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Since it was dinner time as we waited, we dove into one of the two sandwiches. I had bought two small loaves of French bread and some olive tapenade. The Homemade Ricotta was spread on with tons of basil and tomato slices. Heavenly.
An hour later, they announced the airport had reopened and we could begin boarding. As soon as we got in the very short line for our small flight, Juliette started the pee-pee dance. So I waited a touch nervously with Zed as Xerxes ran her to the nearest bathroom. We were second from the end of the line to get on.
Taking off in a thunderstorm, even one in a distance, is not my favorite thing. Being on a plane with the three most beloved people to you in the world makes the experience more intense, especially in my hormonally driven, post-partum state. Juliette and Xerxes were taking it all in relative stride, while Zed was sleeping and I was just… praying. By the time we were above the clouds, I turned to Xerxes and declared I needed a glass of wine to calm my nerves. A half hour or so later, the wine did the trick and we pulled out the second sandwich and yogurt. Juliette was content watching Ratatouille the whole time and periodically would turn it off “for a quick nap”. Zed slept just like an angel the whole time. Other than turbulence the flight was very good.
When we finally arrived to my childhood home, we were welcomed with beautiful salads: Tomato & Cucumber and Black Bean & Corn and homemade Honey Whole Wheat Bread.