Saying Goodbye

Cameron was scheduled to fly back this afternoon. We were a little concerned about his flight getting out because of the snowstorm that was hitting southern Indiana. We knew that yesterday a few flights had been canceled and even more had been delayed. We decided, however, that the best course of action was to go to Orlando and wait to see what happened. We didn’t just sit around the airport once we got there. Cameron and I left early enough to eat lunch together at Rock N Brews before his flight. While we were there, we witnessed a car travel too fast through the intersection outside the restaurant and flip over multiple times. How ironic it was that we were worrying about traveling with the snow in the Midwest, and somebody in Florida just had a bad accident with no weather issues at all. Thankfully, we saw him get out of the car on his own and make it to the ambulance without any issue.

After lunch, I parked at the airport and went in with Cameron just in case his flight was delayed or canceled. There were several cancellations on the board, but none of them for Indianapolis. I waited until he got through the long line at security, and once I knew he was at the gate, I headed over to the local Barnes & Noble to do a little bit of shopping for his birthday. I also didn’t really want to leave Orlando until I knew he had taken off, so it was the great place to kill some time.

Surprisingly to all of us, Cameron‘s flight took off and landed without any issues. I was glad that he made it safely, but was super sad that the holidays with our children were officially over. It had been an awesome couple of weeks, and I hated to see it end. I knew, however, that the kids needed to get back to their lives, and I would never hold them back. Instead, I started making plans with Brett and Cal for their next return visit in February and March respectively. That way I had something fun to look forward to instead of focusing on the goodbye that I had just said.