Taking It With Us
The ability to use standby travel is the main perk of working for an airline. Not only do we fly standby...but so does our luggage
Our travels have usually involved only carry-on items. We always felt pretty hard-done by if the flight got so full that we were asked to check our bags.
It was only about a year ago that we learned we could check two bags a piece free of charge and each bag could weigh up to 50 pounds.
We've been pushing these allotments to the limits ever since.
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A House Needs a Bunch of Stuff
Sometimes it's just easier to buy things here and take them down. Instructions will be written in English. There's plenty of time to think about purchases. We don't have a car in Mexico, so big shopping days involve getting a taxi or driver to take us places. This puts extra time and money pressures on shopping.
I realized how much we've changed how we look at things when we saw a lamp we really liked the other day at World Market. We instantly began quizzing the poor sales clerk about how large a box the lamp comes in. We peppered him with questions: How many pieces it's broken down into? How heavy is the box? We start trying to disassemble the thing as the guy looks on in horror.
We were about to give up on the lamp until I remembered: Hey...aren't you going to take your golf bag down? And I immediately think how we can squeeze the base into the bottom of the bag. 
I'm just about to decide that we are international moving geniuses when Michael picks up the base. He says nothing, but looks defeated.
Me: "What's wrong?"
Michael: "I think the base alone weighs over 30 pounds."
Me: "Oh...we can probably find something comparable in Mexico.
Michael: Yeah.
Michael: Yeah.
But that's okay...one loss does not lose the war. We've already got a whole pile of things to go down next time we go.
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