Observations from this latest trip...

Relying on one's sister to pick up and drop off at the airport can be nerve wracking... especially if she doesn't have a cell phone and she says "don't worry we'll figure out something".

People bringing extra large bags onto the plane as carry-ons should be stopped at the gate and not allowed on board with said luggage. Especially if the captain is telling people to sit down so we don't miss our take off slot and the person with the extra large bag can't find a place to put it so he can sit down.

If you feel the need to stretch before getting on a plane for a 2 hour flight... you might consider how it looks if you use the backs of the chairs like a ballet bar... with the sole of your shoe nearly resting on the back of someone's head (even if you know them), in the aisle that people will be using to disembark and board the plane (in other words - smack in the middle of everyone's line of sight). If you like entertaining that much - become an actor or dancer.

If you really really must blow your nose in public (and yes I often must do this because of allergies) DO NOT stand at the sidebar of Starbucks and blow it over the place where people are going to be stirring their coffee and adding cream etc. We don't want your nasty germs even if there is a convenient trash can there. Is this only a St. Louis thing? We saw this happen twice in two days there - I've never seen it happen anywhere else.

If you go to St. Louis for Christmas... do remember just about EVERYTHING is closed on Christmas day - this includes Starbucks, restaurants, even fast food places. Apparently it isn't necessary to feed people from out of town or it is assumed that out of towners will always have access to food and drink from some other source on Christmas day.

This will be the last holiday travel for me. No matter what the incentive - it isn't good enough to get me out on the road again on Christmas. I have said this before - but this time I'm sticking to my guns - if people really want to see me on Christmas... they can come to me.

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USA Today online headline... filed under - let's just state the bleeding obvious...

'Something went drastically wrong': 20 die in plane crash

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In my mailbox today was a Christmas card. I know it's a Christmas card because of the envelope and the stamp. Unfortunately it is not meant for me or my husband... or anyone in our family. Nor is it meant for anyone in the state!

You see - it has our zipcode on it. Now I know you are wondering... And how did it come to be in my mailbox? Apparently now days... the zipcode is all - once the post office has that - they ignore pretty much everything else. The other things in common - our house number is the same and the streets both begin with the same letter. Obviously - once things are sorted - no one ever really bothers to look at little things like the

-Name (totally different)
-Actual Street Name (not the same - only starts with the same letter)
-City (totally different)
-State (totally different)

I did a lookup with usps.com and found out that the sender had put the wrong zip code on the letter - one of the numbers was supposed to be a "7" and it is instead a "1".

Lesson for the day - if you do everything else right on the address - don't put the wrong zipcode on it - or it will take a lovely scenic tour of the country on the way to it's final destination... if it ever arrives!

I am surprised though that the mail carrier never noticed that the city and state were completely wrong... Amazing! Tomorrow will include a stop at the post office to send this letter to the correct place.

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