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Bound for Dad 2.0 2017 #Dad2Summit

Bound for Dad 2.0
Photo-A-Day #4320

I’m headed to Dad 2.0 for the weekend. I have been looking forward to this trip for quite a while. I have needed to just get away and hang out with other Dad bloggers, other Dads. I’ve been a huge slump over work and what to do next. MY family, YouTube channels and this blog have been keeping me going and motivated. It will just be great to see friends. Friends that I’ve made online throughout the years.

Last night I was doing a Twitter Party for the Dad 2.0 Summit and everyone was talking about the weather. I had had a flight scheduled for Thursday morning and that was when the snow was set to arrive. Well, I checked my airline and I was able to change my flight (for Free, I actually got a $6.70 credit) The flight would put me in California tonight and so I took it. I am very lucky that I had family to help me with Andrew so I could go.

The funny thing is, I wanted to change the flight earlier, like a month ago because of the super tight connection in Charlotte, NC. I was getting so sick over the possibility of missing the second flight. So I had gone on the airline website and tried to change the flight but it was a $200 change fee. Then I figured I’d just cancel it and start over. Cancellations would be non-refundable. But I hit cancel anyway and then panicked. I called American Airlines right back and got the flight reinstated, with no penalties. But I still had that tight connection. Luckily it all worked out and I have arrived at my cousin’s place for the night.

In the photo on the video I have my friend Brian’s Sig Fig, which means Signature Figure or Minifig from LEGO. I need to get some made up for myself before Philly BrickFest Live. I promise that the videos the rest of this week will be more exciting.

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Garrett Popcorn Brings the Joy

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Garrett Popcorn Shops
Photo-A-Day #4125

I came home from California today. A car was picking me up to bring me to the airport at 6am. I set two alarms on my phone. My phone died and I plugged it in to charge. I forgot to turn it back on so no alarms. I was woken up by the front desk calling me to let me know that the car was there at 6:12 am. I flew out of bed packed the last minute things and was down to the car in 4 minutes. The ride to the airport was super quick and the line for security was so short, too. My first flight was great, I had a seat with no one next to me and that worked out great. Then I got to Chicago.

In Chicago the planes were all a mess. We had delays and more. I think a bunch of the guys got stuck on their trips home. For me I ended up stuck in Chicago until around 5pm or so. I got back to Providence around 8:30pm. It was much later than I expected but that was okay.

While I was in Chicago I was able to stop at my favorite Popcorn place, Garrett Popcorn Shops. They make the Garrett Mix which is cheese popcorn with caramel popcorn. It sounds gross but tastes amazing. But you have to get their’s, they have the best! I think I even convinced a few of the guys to get some as well! We had a Facebook chat open for all the guys and shared our travel woes.

Once I got home I was hungry. The only real substantial thing that I ate was breakfast in California. I ended up at Taco Bell. Moment of weakness but it tasted so good.

Then it was time to get home and clean up after the cats, sort the mail and take all the boxes up to the office. I have a ton of unboxing videos to do soon. Let me finish typing this up and posting the video then it is time for bed. Enjoy today’s video. I hope you like the musical portions and the stories that they tell.