Thursday, June 19, 2008

Unaccompanied Minor

So we left Carson in Texas.
What were we thinking?
What was my brother thinking to agree to it?
He wanted to stay to go Tracy's baseball camp that he does every summer. "PLEEEEAAAASE????"
We talked about it as Carson begged to stay while we were in the parking lot of Humperdink's restaurant about to leave for home. Yeah, OK. We would check airline rates when we got home. Couldn't be much...from Dallas Love Field. It HAD to be way less than gas would be if we were to even met them halfway. It's a short enough flight (with no layovers) that I really wouldn't be too terribly worried about him - even though he's never flown before. Purchased. He's flying by himself. An unaccompanied minor. I had lots of questions of the airline.
Where would he sit? He would get priority boarding sine he is an unaccompanied minor and would sit close to the front. Good! Since he is a minor Tracy had to get special permission to go through security with Carson and get him all the way to the gate. I had to send some type of identification to my brother so he would have it for Carson. He also had to give the airlines information on who would be picking Carson up in LR. I gave him Mike's info. He was about to bust to go get the boy. He REALLY missed him, as did I!
Tracy called and said that he had boarded. Said he was a little nervous.
We left work and headed to the airport. We were nervous, too.
We checked the monitors as soon as we got there. He was mid-flight.

Mike checked in to get his pass to pick Carson up at the gate.
Security.
That's Mike in the yellow....not the guy with the tattoos all over him (LOL)

Touchdown!

Taxiing.

There he is!

He thought he was a big boy waiting on his luggage.

The jetsetter
Glad he's home!
But I think I'm about ready to send him back!!!!
~Shannon

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