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...winged wonder" has done everything right on the oval, but hasn't looked quite content doing it. Both before and after the Wood, Fusaichi Pegasus misbehaved, balking before entering the starting gate and then bucking and snorting his way back to the paddock after crossing the wire. Last week, he looked disagreeable by refusing to run an early-morning workout at Churchill, then bucking and throwing his exercise rider before laying down on his rump in the middle of the track a few days later...
...Outside Gate 42 at Dulles airport last week, my emotions yo-yoed from giddy excitement to that other, dread traveler's feeling, deja vu. Though the sign under Legend Airline's Flight 3 said ON TIME, the gate agents kept announcing delay after delay because of bad weather. Here we go again, I thought; just another airline...
...competition. Arriving for my return flight on American Airlines, I realized I didn't know which of the four terminals or 122 gates at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport I was supposed to use. I listened to the Dallas radio station devoted to American departures, but my flight wasn't mentioned. On a hunch, I picked one terminal and got out of the cab. Bad move. In an airport that covers 20,000 acres and crosses a county line, I wasn't even close to my plane. Later, I approached two unoccupied American ticket agents at what I thought might...
Drinks and dinner arrived 45 minutes after takeoff. "Meat-loaf sandwich or cold chicken fingers with salad?" I chose the latter, but one bite persuaded me to wait for Cheerios once I got home. We pulled into the gate at National a few minutes early. The verdict: I need more test runs on Legend...
...split the time at home with a like-minded husband. Not because I think working parents can't be great parents--in fact, my mom raised us by herself, worked full-time and never missed a baseball game or concert. I was surprised when I walked her to her gate at the airport on Sunday and asked what she thought. "Tig," she said, "I wish I could have stayed home with you." I asked her why. She said she could have been a better mom. "How?" "I could have baked more cookies." I smiled and told her I had plenty...