Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

There are three types of plushies on a trip:

• The Planner 🧳 (Pandy)

• The Navigator 🗺️ (Mini Blue)

• The one frantically holding a half-zipped backpack and yelling “Do we have SNACKS?!” (Me.)
  
  

We are a team.
We are capable.
We are sometimes late to boarding but emotionally bonded through stress.

Pandy Packed. Precisely.

He made a checklist.
Then a backup checklist.
Then a snack compatibility matrix based on destination climate and Doggie-based unpredictability.

His outfits were rolled, categorized, and themed.
He packed matching tea bags.

He even left space for souvenirs.
Who does that.

Mini Blue Navigated. Calmly.

They beeped through three apps, cross-referenced the airport terminal map, and flashed colors when our gate changed.

Green = on track.
Blue = standard stress.
Magenta = boarding now. Move your paws.

At one point, Mini Blue re-routed us around a juice spill in the security line. I don’t even know how. They just knew.

I… Panicked. Productively?

I packed six socks. None of them matched.
I brought an entire jar of peanut butter and had to explain it to TSA like it was a living creature.
I wore my hoodie backwards for “snack accessibility.”

But I also got us emergency gummies.
I double-checked the plushie boarding passes.
And I made friends with a child in the waiting area who gave me a sticker shaped like a sandwich.

Final Thought: Teamwork Isn’t Always Tidy

Sometimes teamwork looks like:

• One plushie doing origami with the packing cubes.

• One plushie glowing like a travel oracle.

• And one plushie yelling “WAIT, DID I BRING MY EMOTIONS?” while holding a neck pillow and three pre-flight cookies.
  
  

And you know what?

We made it.
Together.
To Gate A12. With snacks.

Frayed but flying,
Doggie 🐶✈️🧁