Can you ever be fully prepared?

I had the trip to Texas planned out to a T.
I brought an empty water bottle so we wouldn't spend $7 on something to drink while waiting at the air port. I made sandwhiches and brought chips and dessert so we would not have to spend money on food. I was PREPARED...well, almost.
This was the first trip that we had to pay for Drew, so I thought I was going to let him watch a movie while I read a magazine or book. It was going to be like the old days when we traveled without child.
Oh, I was pretty excited about the restful trip UNTIL I learned that our DVD player battery was left on and died.
Drew started crying. I wanted to start crying and Tim wanted to pretend he didn't know who we were.
But we got through it. We read, played, and did whatever we could to make time go by faster.

So that was Thursday. Tim left Tuesday. And Drew and I leave Saturday. YOU can bet big bucks that I am not going to worry about silly food and drink. I am going to focus my one-topic-at-a-time mind to making sure the DVD player works!