travel
our flight left at 11:30. which was a very convenient time. the beautiful and talented alisa went to church with grandpa. we got to the airport plenty early because our last flight was a mess. lines were long. computers were down. this time, empty. like steven king creepy empty. i just got an iphone so i thought i'd try the newfangled qr code checkin. it worked flawlessly. even though i'm still not proficient with my phone. then through security. which was also empty. i dropped my backpack on the table. and took off my shoes. i was smiling to myself when the nice tsa person asked if i had a laptop in there. i said, nope. alisa stopped untying her shoes and goggled at me. like she couldn't believe that i had just LIED to the TSA! heh. but it was true. this was the first trip in a long long time that i didn't drag along a laptop. anywho, we popped through security and found our gate. right outside security. we took seats. and checked the time. 90 minutes with nothing to do but killer sudokus and smooch. the vacation was definitely starting well. very very well.