Candace and I are talking about letting Alden make his first solo flight this month. I can’t afford to pay for someone to escort him out and then for someone else to escort him back and neither of us are stoked about him doing the 15 hour drive, two ways. The more I read about him flying alone the more I feel comfortable with it. I guess he’d get his very own flight attendant assigned to him, his Mom would be able to escort him all the way to the gate and I would be able to greet him at the gate. He’s flown enough and does well enough that I think he could manage ok, especially if he took his little leap frog or had a movie on an ipod to watch. The only bad part to this situation is that I have to buy the tickets direct through Delta, which are already waaaay more expensive then priceline or cheaptickets and then I have to call them to arrange an additional fee for him being a minor flying solo. Anyway, at this point I’m just waiting on the OK from Candace. She’s been talking to Austin, who I guess used to fly a lot when he was young as well. He’s making her feel a lot better about the whole situation, so that’s good. I hope it all works out; she’s going to let him come out for 2 weeks. I am soooo ecstatic about it! There is so much I’m going to do to prepare for him coming out. I can’t begin to express how much I miss that tiny individual.
