Cooling our Heels...

Well, we're spending the day in Sea-Tac airport, waiting for our early evening flight to London.

I can't say that the trip's been uneventful thus far.

We got to the airport about 6:40 a.m. for our 7:30 a.m. flight to Seattle and quickly realized we should've checked to see how crowded it was going to be. There were lines out the door for ticketing. We also could see long lines for security. Quickly adding the two together, it became clear that we might miss the flight.

Fortunately, we were able to bypass ticketing, as we decided to carry on everything rather than check any bags. The line at security moved pretty quickly, at least until we got checked. In separate security lines, my bag got searched as there was a pair of scissors in my bag that I didn't know about (I do know better than to bring a pair of scissors in the carry-on.), but that was quickly dispensed with. Katie, on the other hand, had a more difficult time explaining the pepper spray that she forgot to remove from her keychain. That search didn't go as smoothly, as questions needed to be asked, forms needed to be filled out, etc. One crying jag later, and Katie finally made it to security, slightly worse for wear. We did make our flight (obviously), so hopefully that will be the biggest drama of the trip.

And one or two lessons learned...

--Greg