I'm a believer

For all y'all who fly, even once in a blue moon: Yapta.

I booked airfare for the 3 of us and my mom for graduation 10 days ago (wishful thinking combined with realism) because I noticed the price was starting to creep up along with limited availability due to the holiday season.

I just received notification that the price plummeted.

By how much?

Enough that I'm about to call for my $450 electronic travel voucher good for 1 year.

Hellooooo Disneyland airfare for the 3 of us next year. I am ecstatic.

I'd go play the lottery if my mom hadn't stolen the family mojo

Travel voucher is en route to my inbox, even the phone agent sounded impressed by the amount!

Tonight I headed off to Petsmart with a $5 coupon for cat food, found that it was an additional $5 off with my loyalty card, and just submitted their online form for yet an additional $5 gift card rebate.

I went to the grocery store for some surprise dessert treat for my husband & I to share since Kieran's asleep and got the receipt with the automated survey that gives me a code for free hot French bread the next time I'm there.

On the way home I had the funniest thing happen that initially almost scared the crap out of me though.

As I was turning out of the parking lot, there was suddenly a distinct electronic BEEP! that emitted from the car that wasn't the horn.

"Agh, wtf?" I thought.

BEEP!

"Agh, wtf?!"

BEEP!

"@#&* stop it!"

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"OMGWTF, is the damned car about to explode?!?!" ...then I saw it.

The seat belt light (which isn't in the dashboard) was flashing and apparently also BEEP!s for the passenger seat, which was occupied by 18 pounds of rather sedate cat food. The groceries were on the passenger side floor (light groceries go sailing off the seats in this car) so I couldn't shove the bag forward. We haven't had this happen before and I didn't open the passenger door, I guess there are now weight sensors in car seats to trigger alarms like this?

I had to reach over as I was driving and safely buckle in the cat food to get the car to shut up.

What cracks me up is babies/toddlers aren't supposed to ride in the front passenger seat of cars, so what adult out there weighs just 18 lbs?