Nice Frickin' Homecoming

Was all set to leave the house to meet wife at the airport this evening; made a final check  on-line to make certain the plane was in the air, it was.

Then about 15 minutes later, the phone rings and the caller ID  indicates its from a pay phone ?????? Pick up and it's the wife calling me to tell me she missed her connecting flight to Dulles.  Okay, why?  Turns out she was detained at Customs as she had (gasp!!) a packet of Japanese cucumber seeds and was told she either had to go to court (in the Midwest) or pay a fine, which was $700.  She paid the fine with the credit card.  She thinks she was tripped up and the airport was one she/we don't normally pass through on our way back here.

Oh the horrors that would await the U.S. from a packet of Japanese cucumber seeds!  Wonder where the line is between actually protecting U.S. citizens and a shakedown.

Was verbally gnashing the teeth, as particularly now $700 out the window is something we cannot afford, when son says, "Dad, it's not going to get any better by continuing to bitch like that"   Humbling being told that by a teenager.

Still,  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!