Crisis at the Airport

Jenna and I got to the security line at the airport. I always let her go first so I can keep an eye on her. Last night being the exciting New Year's party she was really tired since we left for the airport pretty early. And she was stressed and maybe a little 'hormonal'.

So, when the TSA agent had to pull her aside with her purse and go through it, it just added to the tension. Inside he found that she had forgotten to gate check two bottles of pretty scented stuff from Bath and Body Works. They were pretty big, probably 8 oz each, clearly unopened, but, thanks to the freaks who try and mess with us, he felt he had to take them away.

Yes, I'm grateful for the security cause I like to have my plane trips without incident but I was not prepared for poor Jenna, sobbing her little heart out saying 'But my mommy gave me those for Christmas'. She cried and cried and I felt terrible.

The poor TSA agent was trying to be so nice but the other agents around him were very Hitlerian. Although yes, Jenna has travelled enough that she knows better it was an honest mistake. And it wasn't the money involved, it was the mommy involved that made it so painful.

So, after she slept almost the whole trip, on our way home from the airport we stopped at Bath and Body Works and replaced her items and she's happy.