The trip I am not planning! Trip home :(

 Monday 1st April

We woke up to rain (something we were likely to experience at home) and spent the morning chatting and having breakfast. I had a new yoghurt to try

During the morning Rob and I packed our bags ready to leave later 

We had grilled cheese and turkey and some fries (although I have once again forgotten to photo some of the food!

We showed Tom some Disney videos ahead of our November trip and he suddenly had pain which we hoped wasn’t a result of the Disney videos.

Final cat photo

We had to leave for the airport but when we arrived we messaged and Jen had taken him to the ER.

We were quickly through security (thanks TSA pre-check) and we got a slice of pizza each from Sbarro, we could have walked to Earl of Sandwich but Rob moaned so much last time plus neither of us were that hungry.

We boarded and departed on time, once again our passports were surplus to requirements (they had been needed at check-in) as we just had to look at a camera, the flight was not very full at all.

Hilariously (or not) I managed to spill my first drink all over my legs…..does anyone know if Diet Coke is a good moisturiser?

I didn’t have the meal, just the chocolate dessert, I don’t think I missed anything exciting.

We bought the message wifi onboard so we could check on Tom. Jennifer suspected kidney stones and after a little while it was confirmed, he got some meds and sent home for them to pass naturally (eek).

We both struggled to sleep despite the exit row and all the space. I know Rob watched a movie but not sure what it was.

I watched episodes of Brooklyn 99 in an attempt to dose off as I have seen all the episodes so many times.

It didn’t work but whilst not sleeping we had 2 snack runs – I had chocolate digestives and a small dairy milk bar.

As we approached the end of the short flight we were offered a ‘bacon roll’, I declined as I expected it to be awful.

Rob accepted it and took 1 bite before confirming my expectation – why the airlines persist is beyond me. Give me a muffin or cereal bar – which is easy to do surely?

We actually landed early, at about 0615 which was good and I got through the egates with no issues (I am still baffled as to why the USA camera can recognise me with my glasses but the UK ones can’t!)

Sadly, the bags took ages – at least an hour which was frustrating.

We picked them up and headed out – Rob was asked by a customs officer where we had arrived from. When he said Philadelphia the officer was uninterested (surely that just means you can lie about where you came in from?)

We made our way to the pods and took our pod back to the car park, this was at least fast and easy. It told us they were busy and to consider sharing – there was no one else waiting but also they are a bit cosy to share with people you don’t know.

Bags loaded into the car and we were off on our way home, we should have had enough electric to get home (there might be a déjà vu moment for some readers) so we decided not to stop at Fleet.

We were doing ok but our miles were going down a bit faster than we hoped but it was chilly and wet.

We approached Amesbury and had about 20 miles ‘spare’ so decided to keep going…..and it kept decreasing!

We were committed now, as there are no chargers between home and Amesbury! We had to slow down a little bit to conserve energy and we took the ‘local’ (non-A303) route when we got near home as going slower extends the range.

We made it home at about 0930 (which doesn’t sound awful but felt like ages) and I started the first load of washing before going to bed for a few hours. Oh and we had about 10 miles left 

I set the alarm for 1400 when I forced myself out of bed and then dragged Rob out after I had a shower.

We went and got food for the week and then got a pizza for dinner, and then tried not to fall asleep on the sofa before heading to bed at 2100…. another trip over!

A few photos of our purchases at home:

Jennifer and Tom will be joining us on our trip to Florida in November….we are staying onsite at Disney for 4 nights and I am really looking forward to it!

Next up though – a cruise to ‘Paris’

The trip that I am not planning! Delaware section

Friday 29th

This morning we had breakfast before we left, as usual we decided to force Jennifer and Tom to come shopping. I am not really sure why they keep inviting us back 

I’m pretty sure this was the morning that the French press (cafetiere) broke after Tom made me a cup of the Christmas coffee 

We hit the big names - Costco, William Sonoma, Target – I got some theatre boxes as normal but sadly no bargains in William Sonoma this time 

A new French press was purchased in Target!

We got lunch at the dog place (which is otherwise known as Purebread – very similar to Panera Bread). I had the classic grilled cheese and tomato soup and Rob had a ‘jack russell’ which I have no idea what was inside.

Oh, we also went to Lowes (is any trip complete without one?) and Rob found a lawnmower that he wants 

Shopping over we headed ‘home’ and weirdly I haven’t made note of what we did. I suspect we watched some HGTV but I can’t be sure!

We decided on dinner at Goobers which is a diner nearby which we have been to previously.

I got a club sandwich and the all-important chocolate milkshake, Rob had fried chicken and mash. Tom had fish and chips (and prepared to be disappointed as he said it’s never as good as a British one) and Jennifer had chicken parmesan.

We were having a nice meal until Rob cut open his second piece of chicken which appeared to be completely uncooked (there was a lot of red inside!)

We obviously sent it back but I’d be lying if it didn’t put us all off our food slightly. Jennifer felt bad for suggesting the diner…..but we had previously had very good meals here.

We walked back to the house and watched some of HGTVs Barbie Dreamhouse – prompted because I watched the Barbie movie on the flight.

In good news, Rob was fine!

Saturday 30th

We had breakfast at ‘home’ again before we dragged Jennifer and Tom to Christiana Mall where Rob and Jennifer both got some new sunglasses and we spent some time in Bath and Bodyworks!

Some of these photos were taken at home :)

We had lunch at Jersey Mikes before visiting the Container Store and we also went to Marshalls and Home Goods.

We also went to a new shop (to us) called 2nd & Charles which had books, puzzles and loads of other stuff. I’m sure Jennifer got some books.

We then went to Wegman’s as we knew that most places would be shut the next day (Easter Sunday) so we got some food for the next day (which included pizza for the boys to make).

I was taking photos and video of this train that goes around above part of the store. One of the staff stopped to tell me the story behind it but I didn’t make notes  I tried google but it’s a bit vague.

Essentially, the train carriages all have a purpose relating to the store and they were in a specific order. It was quite interesting and hilarious because the others were teasing me for videoing it!

We picked up some (birthday) cake for dessert and when we got back we ordered Chinese. Rob and I had a curry which was a bit spicier than I expected but not in a bad way.

The cake was amazing and we even saved some for the next day!

We watched some more of Barbie’s dream house before bed.

Sunday 31st (Easter)

We had a somewhat lazy day as the shops were closed, and I am sure Tom particularly was relieved by that!

I know I had a muffin for breakfast accompanied by some coffee but weirdly I have no photo…..oh well you all know what a muffin looks like.

I then had a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch – courtesy of chef Tom, I have taken a photo of this!

We then moved onto the Lego portion of our trip as Jennifer and Tom had bought the Lunar Lander 

We decided we should leave the house and do some exercise so we went for a walk around the neighbourhood but I was too busy chatting on the way around to take photos!

Rob and Tom made pizza for dinner (although I think Jennifer went healthy on us and had a salad!) and we had the rest of the cake as our dessert!

We watched the Barbie movie before bed (as Rob hadn’t seen it – he was less amused than I was) and Rob entertained Mocha.