Molly's excellent adventure

Sorry to not post yesterday. It was Molly’s big trip from Nashville to San Diego…so I was otherwise engaged.

I managed to find a direct flight from Nashville to LAX in order to minimize the transit time for Molly Magoo. But the flight didn’t leave until 5:30 p.m. Molly was fine…I was a hot mess. My strategy was to keep Molly awake all day so she would sleep on the plane. Poor thing…everytime she started falling asleep she got another walk. But word to the wise…any time Maeve gives you 5 walks in a week day…you are either getting neutered or locked in a cage for 2,000 miles. By the time we left for the airport, the poor little thing was exhausted from sleep deprivation. She wasn’t so much worried about being sent to San Diego as she was to Guantanamo Bay. But the good news is that with all the bathroom breaks, Molly shouldn’t mess on Rita’s rugs until at least Thursday. [Rita Reminder - no buyer’s remorse!]

As I started to unload the car at the Nashville airport…I couldn’t help but think…you know what would have been REALLY cool to bring with me…Molly’s leash. [mother of the year]

Checking your dog in at the airline counter is an interesting experience. First of all, your dog does NOT understand that other people have just as much right to be there as we do. A little something I like to call counter-etiquette. But she DID 1) get weighed on the baggage scale 13 times 2) attack the dangerous TSA man and 3) come dangerously close to “marking” some Hollywood housewife’s Louis Vuitton luggage (THIS flight almost got a lot more expensive).

While Molly was checking her weight…I asked the American Airline’s waitress how I picked Molly up on the other end. “Oh she comes out on baggage claim.” What?!?! She is subjected to a 2,000 mile trauma only to spit out on the other end like a set of golf clubs?? Or even worse….come spinning around the baggage carousel like a Tim Conway skit? Oh…I am just mother of the freakin’ year. It’s a good thing Nicola can’t challenge for custody. [Right!?!?]

As I mentioned, Molly Magoo had a direct flight to LAX…and ummm, did anyone ELSE catch the news yesterday? Wild fires in LA. Oh, that’s just great. What’s a life-altering event for Maeve without a little natural disaster? Molly lands in LAX and is greeted by the flames of hell. Lovely. [mother of the year]