The Boston Connection

What will they think when a Comair flight attendant empties the contents of her luggage into the backseat of a Volvo with VA plates tomorrow AM and hands our daughter the black pea coat over her arm before disappearing back into the terminal at Logan Airport?

My oldest best friend FL had an overnight in DC today before heading up to Boston tomorrow. As we were having a leisurely dinner, I was bemoaning the fact that I had never gone through the boxes of winter clothes our daughter had sent home at the beginning of the summer to send her some sweaters and scarves and socks befitting Boston weather.

Then a light bulb went off and we cooked up a scheme to have her things personally delivered during FL’s 2 hour layover in Boston. I now have all of her spare underwear, her bathing suit, and all the other things that she will NOT need during her 4 legs of flying tomorrow. And she has a suitcase packed with an assortment of sweaters that would not fit either one of us even in a pinch.

She will come home with an empty suitcase and I will deliver its original contents to her hotel tomorrow night when she collapses back in DC after a hard day’s work serving Diet Coke and peanuts to Monday’s travelers to and from Boston.

FL is the mother of 4 who became a flight attendant just in the past year. She is not making a lot of money but she is having a great time finding a new independence and visiting her children who are scattered all over the country. She understands how important it is for a 22-year-old to have her winter clothes and was only too happy to be the courier.

The only glitch would be if for some reason her schedule is changed and FL doesn't return to DC tomorrow night. But we are thinking positively...

I suppose this is just one more thing on the job description of a best friend. We had a wonderful visit and I get to see her again tomorrow. What more could I ask?