Everyone had had a busy summer and things were starting to wind down with the start of the new school year looming large, so we took one last family trip to California. It was a gloomy day and we were about to experience a rather gruesome trip, but this woman
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seemed happy enough as she checked is through security so that Sarah
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Jane
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Benjamin
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and Suzanne
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could settle in at the gate area. The kids read
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as Suzanne went off in search of coffee
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while this man
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tried to reassure us that all would be well with the flight. He was right except that the same didn't apply to our suitcase
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which got pretty beaten up in the transit. Here Jane and Suzanne
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looked out for the rest of our bags, hoping that they met a better fate. We then made our way to the stop for the courtesy shuttle
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while Benjamin showed off the new suitcase
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we were given by Continental Airlines.
Once we got the rental car (no small feat as it turned out), we headed for Dansyl's house where they served a wonderful plate of vegetables
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and cheese
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to help us get over our road weariness. Sylvia,
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Benjamin,
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Dan,
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Sarah,
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Jane,
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Suzanne
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and David
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were all ready for dinner, so we sat down to eat. The meatballs flashed
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out so quickly that they spilled over their bowl
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but they made a wonderful combination with the mashed potatoes
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as you can see from Benjamin's face.
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