I'm thirty years old, and I just booked my first airline ticket.

It was so fun.

We're going to Baltimore the first weekend of November for a wedding. Patrick's childhood buddy and longtime friend, Dan, is getting married. So, we're flying up a few days early so we can do some sightseeing. We're ditching the kids and taking our first vacation in eight years! Whoohoo! And don't go feeling sorry for the Short Ones. Grandma will be coming in and they'll have their own little vacaction. Although, I admit the idea of leaving Mr. Luke puts a damper on my spirit. He'll be six months old, but he's my little partner. I'll miss him.

Anyway, despite that downer, it's great. I am way too excited about this. I feel like such a nerd. I can't quit thinking about it! I keep wanting to call all my friends and giggle about it.

Yes. I'm fourteen. Sue me.

I have to admit I'm a little nervous, though. Not about the actual flying- that doesn't bother me so much. But the layovers and luggage and all that- that gives me a twinge of anxiety. Inexperience makes me unsure of myself. Plus all the new post 9/11 changes... Can I bring tweezers? Razors? Am I allowed to wear stilletos? Not that I want to. I'm just saying. What's considered a weapon these days?

But still, I can't wait. I keep pulling up my email confirmation and reading it, because this is just something we don't do. Trislers don't fly. Not because they're afraid, but because, well, we just don't. It's a rule.

And since we're breaking it for the first time, like ever - it's a big occasion.

So. Any ideas on things we really should see while in Baltimore and DC?