We woke up this morning, Kaylee and I, and she came in and snuggled up with me for awhile. She was excited that her Daddy and Grandma & Grandpa were all going to be home today! We had a nice morning-went out and ran a few errands, and then I headed to Kokomo to update the Avidyne. It wouldn't go. It kept failing. I ended up not going flying, because Kaylee didn't want to. Did a load of rags/towels in the washer/dryer out in Nate's hanger, and Kaylee asked if she could sit in the Mustang. So, I put her up there, and she looked around, started asking questions about the various buttons and switches. Finally I had to make her come out, because I was tired of standing on a tilt on the wing. She was most interested in the guns. lol We're on our way home, when I get a page from Nathan that says "I assume the Baron made it to MIE okay Friday". I sat there for about 10 seconds with a brain flat-line, before it hit me. Actually "hit" me is a fairly accurate word for how I felt when it occurred to me what happened. I was supposed to take the Baron to MIE on Friday for the WAAS upgrade. DOH. Totally spaced it. I paged him back a one-word answer that basically said "nope". Nathan, Chuck & Steve were in Cape Girardeau, MO dropping off Nate's aunts, and from there they called MIE and arranged for them to pull in the Baron today. So Kaylee and I turn around, head back to Kokomo, take out the Baron, and head to Muncie. It was kind of a comedy of errors. The APU was hooked up from the update attempts, the tug was in the other hanger, yadda yadda yadda. Finally we got on our way--and it was BUMPY. We got tossed around like popcorn kernels in a kettle. Kaylee handled it just fine, thankfully. We weren't in Muncie for long before the Cheyenne came pulling up. Have I ever mentioned what a good-looking plane that is? ;) They left the engines running and opened the back door and Kaylee and I just ran inside. It was my first ride in the back of the Cheyenne. Very comfortable, actually! It's a little odd facing backwards and shooting up at 3000' per minute, I admit! It was bumpy on the way home too, though it went a little better in the bigger plane.
I personally think it's funny that they came from Florida, to Missouri, and over to Muncie in about the same time it took me to get from my house, to lunch, to the airport, and over to Muncie. They got to Muncie from Missouri in not much of a different time frame than I got to Muncie from Kokomo! Which means nothing to you if you're not from here, but Muncie is a 20 minute trip in the Baron at most. :)
We got back, and headed to Applebees for a late lunch. Then home. We were here for a couple of hours, and up pulled Grandma & Grandpa. Excellent timing! :) So they are home safe from Florida and settling in tonight.
I didn't get my mail or Kaylee's clothes done, but that's okay-I'll do it another day. In the meantime, the weekend is past, everybody's home safe, I have a plan to unroll the next roll of TP, and tomorrow is the typical busy day!
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