My Checklist for a Safe Flight Home...Can You Relate?

Mom 2.0 Summit has ended. Entering the doorway of the airplane, my eyes immediately look to the left. One of my "weirdo-isms" is that I like to make eye contact with the pilot as I board the plane. He sees me, I see him. You know...just so he knows there are real people on board. I'm a mom of 4 kiddos who are waiting for me at home. Somehow, that makes me feel better. Check.

Walk down the ever-so-long aisle to find seat 18B. Taking a look ahead at who my new "neighbor" for the flight will be. I find a young college-aged gal wearing a cute crocheted beanie. Say hello. She nodded. Check.

In the mood to talk? Not really. Glancing over at her as she's reading, "Optimized Implementation of Logic Function" was a sure-tell sign to me if I ever saw one.

But then half-way through the flight, right at the time we were given a choice of peanuts or cookies, a conversation began. Here are just some of the tidbits:

Her: So why were you in Houston?
Me: Oh, I went to this amazing conference called, Mom 2.0. It was all about women and business, blogging and marketing.
Her: Blogging?
Me: Oh, yes! Do you blog?
Her: No way. And I don't read blogs either. Why in the world would I care what someone else had to say? I go to the internet to be alone.

{Chuckle} We are soooo different.

Me: So you're from Louisiana, huh? And heading to Boise State?
Her: Oh, yes. I came home for my sister's wedding and I drank the entire weekend. I am so wasted. I haven't even showered for 3 days. That's why I have this hat on.

{Boy, and I thought I was living on the edge because I ordered a hot chocolate from Starbucks at the airport!}

Me: So tell me more about your schooling. What are you studying? (Conversation continued on this subject for quite a while- I found it very intriguing.She then asked me about exactly what I did and I explained to her those things that I love to work on.)
Her: Oh, my roommate that has body piercings, tatoos, and blue hair loves to do sewing and croqueting. (This is not a typo- she pronounced the word, CROQUETING. I didn't have the heart to correct her. She was really trying to talk the talk...and I thought that was great.)

{Chuckle} We really do come from 2 different worlds don't we, I thought.

But you know what?

I LOVED IT. I loved every bit of our conversation. Two totally different people, 2 completely different lifestyles, 2 people whom will probably never meet up again.

Learning something new & interesting on a flight home? Check.

And finally, coming home to 4 very happy kids and the #1 husband in the entire world? Now that's a checkmark every single day.

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So happy to be home! I'm getting my "craft-groove" on again and I'm going to have a super-fun give-away tomorrow, so be sure to check back!