A Weird News Day

I turned on the news last weekend and I thought, “What a weird news day.”

My boss asked me if I thought that the parents of the Balloon Boy made up the entire story for 15 minutes of fame. My answer was, “I can’t believe that anyone would be so duplicitous.”

How wrong was I? The little Balloon Boy’s mom came out and said it was a hoax. Really? Geez.

Now here’s a story I liked. Apparently when men do more housework around the home, there is more passion in the marriage. Alrighty. They had to do a survey to determine this? This is great incentive for you men out there.

And the story that got me the most. The pilots who apparently fell asleep (or something) and missed their destination by 150 miles. Oh boy.

I snuck into the cockpit to take photos. Kiddddinggg…I was given permission by an unknown pilot. Who was not sleeping.

I asked the husband if it was possible to overfly the destination airport. He couldn’t think of a circumstance that would play out in that manner. And he’s an…airline pilot. We don’t know what happened and we may never know…however, whatever the situation, I do believe the pilots involved will probably not fly again. It just doesn’t happen. But it did happen. It’s just so weird. They will be the only ones who know for sure I guess.

Could it be because the kids put the wrong pubs into their mail boxes?

Nah. Child labor that’s what this is.

The husband said he couldn’t wait to get out of the airplane on his last trip. Every single passenger had to stick his head in the cockpit and say, “You’re not going to fall asleep are you?”

He said, “Everyone is a comedian.” You have to admit, it’s kind of funny. Even for the 1,000th time. That is if you are not the pilot.

I’m not a good flyer so I have to have a lot of confidence in the training and character of the people who fly us. Most importantly, I have to have enough confidence for people to fly my kids. We never go anywhere without Joker. That horse has garnered more frequent flyer miles than any horse. Ever.

The two hottest words in our household right now? WAKE UP!