They actually checked!

There was this guy trying to get on the plane with this gargantuan garment bag and he got stopped by American Airlines staff and told that he had to check it. Loved the look on his face. Seriously though. You could have stowed a small child in that thing.

We've often wondered about the size of some of the so-called carry-ons that passengers bring aboard and watch them take up all the space in the overhead stuffing it them in there.

M always boards w just his backpack and I take my carry-on case and my small backpack along with my CPAP, which they allow on board as a 3rd carry-on because it is medical equipment. I've never been questioned about it (maybe because of the great big giant red medical symbol I put on it) but M always carries it himself anyway just in case. It's kinda a stupid thing--being proud of actually following rules.

We board in 10 minutes. Weather looks like it is clearing across the Midwest after last night's storms, but New York is still squally (Weather Channel word). Could be a bumpy ride. Goody.