The great pause settles in!
"10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Blast off!", the kids screamed aboard our Air Canada flight that would route us via Montreal to London for a 12 hour layover before our round-the-world journey officially began. Flying Economy class was a rude awakening and gave new motivation to my quest to slim down—significantly—as the kids' width seemed a lot more appropriate for those seats.
