OMG! This is our boat!

So this is the site that greeted us last night as we pulled into the divey Holiday Inn. Ricardo was certain that he'd seen it from the air as we were landing last night. My response was, "Nice wishful thinking, boy-o." But, he was right! And not only had he seen it from the air, but it is literally across the street from our hotel (saves on taxi charges!). OMG!

Yesterday was a day of extremes. To start with, we left really really early from MIL's house to get to the Baltimore airport. And since I was driving MIL's car that left me a little tense. Because, let's face it, who wants to wreck MIL's car?

As we're headed through security, The Kid starts getting all teary suddenly. So I ask what's the matter and it turns out that despite having loved watching the X-Men all the way from Vienna to Baltimore, there is some serious consternation over the fact that DVDs have been seen potentially out of order! Now, to me this is not a crisis. This is not something to cry over. This, it would seem, is a big deal over nothing at all. Until Ricardo pointed out that The Kid was "cleaning box fans." (See Ricardo's blog for the full description of the box fans).

Now when there is a comic super hero crisis, who you gonna call?

Uncle Freddy, we are so grateful!

Crisis resolved, we had a hefty wait which allowed us to wander around and eat at the two hideous options available in our terminal. I think this is the first time in 7 years that The Kid has eaten McDonalds.

Arrive in Houston, wander around (manage to miss the fact that smart carts are easily available and would have eliminated the crushing pain of walking with backpacks all afternoon), and eat at an actual restaurant (yeah for margaritas!). Board plane and arrive in San Diego which is probably the most perfect climate ever. It's the temperature of air conditioning. It's unbelievable!

So throughout the day both Ricardo and I were seized with these panics (think X-Men crisis) about what we'd gotten ourselves in to. And all that disappeared once we saw the boat. It's freaking amazing!