Charlie has a few days off between the last day of school and the start of Extended School Year on Wednesday. We’ve only been visiting my family on the west coast once a year at Christmas for some time, as, for some years, the airplane rides had gotten too taxing for Charlie (and Jim and me). Last December, Charlie had done well with us adapting a strategy of flying very early or very late on a red-eye, so that he sleeps for most of the flight. So a couple of months ago we got tickets and Thursday night I was …read more