Sad to Say Goodbye

We spent a good portion of our day hanging out at the house.  Cal took a walk before lunch.  Brett and Meg took one afterward.  The guys watched IU lose and Michigan win at football while I played ping pong against Brett.  Meg rested and read her new book.  It was a laid back kind of day, but a nice one just the same.  

We had talked about going to Rock N Brews in Orlando before the boys' flights tonight.  There was a wreck on the turnpike, however, that changed our plans.  The travel time to the airport was double and none of us wanted to leave at 2 p.m. this afternoon.  The boys decided instead that they would just eat at the airport before departing.  

Doug watched the travel times off and on for an hour.  Thankfully, they went down and he decided that leaving at 3:15 made the most sense.  There was really no reason for Meg and I to go with them as Doug was just driving them to the airport and turning around to come back.  We thought that it would be a better use of our time to work on wedding plans and look through pictures.  I was sad to see the boys pull out of the driveway this afternoon as we had had such a wonderful holiday break with them.  It was nice that I had something else to do tonight, rather than just be sad.

As soon as Doug pulled off of I-75, I got an alert that Cal's plane had been delayed from 8:05 until 8:55.  That sounded frustrating at first, but in the end, worked out very well.  Brett and Cameron's flight was already scheduled to leave at 8:50, so that gave the guys an extra hour before they needed to be at the airport.  I called right away to suggest that they go to Rock N Brews after all.  They were very pleased with the restaurant and it helped passed the time before they had to arrive at security.

Meg and I took a long walk while they were gone, worked on wedding plans and sorted pictures.  It was a lot of fun.  We had just talked about getting an Uber ride to Las Margaritas for dinner when Doug called to say that he was an hour away.  We waited for him and the three of us enjoyed our new favorite Mexican restaurant together.  Afterward, we drove through the neighborhood looking at the Christmas lights.  By the time that we arrived home, all of the boys' flights had departed.  I was very thankful that they all made it out without too much hassle on one of the busiest travel days of the year.