Let's Make A Deal

Here are a few thoughts on being a "missions type traveler"....

1. You can easily be the woman people hate at the airport with the number and size bags you travel to and from Haiti with at any given time.

2. It is good to travel on election day - no one else does. With the exception of today, I have never made it to my gate with a Starbucks in hand under thirty minutes. That includes check-in, moving around the weight in all four of my bags and security.

3. If your bags are over weight, oh wait, they are always over weight - one package of chocolate brownie mix for your children weighs 1.5 lbs so putting two of them in your personal carry-on will be a quick three pounds off the scale.

4. Four double Whoppers with chesse for those who didn't travel with you will be just fine in your personal carry-on with the brownie mix that you had to take out so you didn't have to pay another $50 to American Airlines.

5. They never weigh your personal carry-on bags so mine always weigh close to fifty pounds. It is a trick getting it into the overhead compartment without drawing attention to yourself. This time, thanks to my mom, I had a dozen Granny Smith apples from Costco and two frozen blocks of pepper jack and swiss cheese. Let's not forget the chocolate....

Remember the show "Let's Make A Deal"? I am sure I could win all the money in Monty Hall's suit pocket if I was on the show. I think the person who thought of that game had missions type people for parents.