October 5th - Airshow Friday

Today was airshow Friday, which is one of my FAVORITE days of the year. The Wings Over Houston airshow is this weekend and they do a practice show on Friday morning. This year, I took the day off and Jack played hooky from school. We had a crazy day and I was exhausted at the end. It went a little like this... Leave the house 30 minutes before the practice show because we are so excited. Strange light illuminates on dashboard lights up as we drive through the neighborhood. Pull over to see what the light means. Hmmm... Very low tire pressure. Drive very carefully to closest gas station, pump quarters into machine, fill up the 3 tires that the hose can reach, noticing that 2 of my valve stem covers are missing. As the last tire is being filled, notice a screw staring back at you - of course in the side wall. Drive to tire store and get tire replaced. $180 later and 20 minutes late, make it to the airfield. Walk around airplanes and watch aerobatic aircraft. Watch Tora Tora Tora! - complete with smoke and (fake) bombs. When show is over, go to lunch at Lupe Tortillas. After lunch, play in the HUGE sandbox for a long long time. After sand, go to the mall for new shoes (for Jack) and towels for the upstairs bathroom. After mall, go back to airfield for Snowbird practice (they are the main event and did not practice in the morning show). Snowbirds are wimps from Canada who are towing their airplanes into the hangar instead of flying them for us. Stop by McDonalds to share some ice cream to top off our fun day. Go pick up Charlie from school. Proceed with rest of day as usual.