...and they're off!!

 Andrew and Avery both got off on their respective trips this morning, Avery to Edinburgh via NYC and Andrew to NYC via... well, via nothing as it was a non-stop flight.  They were on different airlines scheduled to leave at the same time.  Checking in on their progress 2 hours into flight time, we can see that Avery is slightly in the lead as her flight left 4 minutes early. She is currently over the North/South Dakota border and is scheduled to land at 2:38pm EST, 27 minutes early:

Andrew's flight, on the other hand, is still lingering over Montana because it left 16 minutes late.  Magically (or because of the airlines' incessant need to make it appear as if every flight is "on time"), he is still scheduled to arrive at 2:48pm EST, 14 minutes early:

 

The rest of us are just at home, feeling sleepy and very thankful that today is a late opening at school.  Cayden is going to stay home sick with congestion and a cough that he just can't beat, but Josie will head in as usual.  She seems pretty much unfazed by the mass exodus of her favorite family members this morning, but the true test will be bedtime tonight.