What was I thinking? March 9, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Seeing the World Through Astronomy , 4 commentsIn the merry month of May, I have a meeting in Florida. Orlando to be exact. My parents are 45 minutes to the east, so we are planning on bringing the whole SpaceFamily to Orlando. I just registered for the meeting, started to plan out my poster/paper, that thankfully is due BEFORE the meeting, and considered flight stuff when I got an email.
The email stated that Dr. Jay was the natural person to chair a session on this topic on Tuesday of a meeting in Pasadena. Please accept our invitation to be the chair and to attend the meeting. The exact quote was "You’re the ideal guy, of course."
Ok, wait, that meeting is the SAME WEEK as my meeting in Orlando. Well, technically, my poster goes up on Thursday. So, if Dr. Jay flies to the West Coast on Sunday, I could fly the girls down to Orlando, meet my parents, get set up in the hotel and then attend the meeting Wednesday and when Dr. Jay joins us….
Yes, I just agreed to be a single parent. In a hotel. Lots and lots of miles away from home. Oh, and I agreed to take the kids. On a plane. BY MYSELF. Two kids, under 4, on a plane, by myself.
What the hell was I thinking?*
So I am starting to wonder if JetBlue has complimentary drinks for parents and how well their TVs work and if I should bring the DVD player too and should I just buy two travel carseats since Luna will fit within it at 25 lbs and oh my g-d I am overwhelming myself.
Repeat after me.. it is in MAY it is in MAY it is in MAY…I need a drink!
* I was thinking that yes, Dr. Jay is the perfect guy to do this and
really, his career is pretty important. I really do want him to go to
his meeting, and to come to mine as well. We never do think about how
well his career is doing until we get emails like that!
