I've lost a few days
I seem to have misplaced a couple days since my flight into Long Beach on Saturday. I went to bed early Friday night after checking that everything was packed. My sleep was crap. I woke up at 5 in the morning and couldn't get back to sleep for a while and when I did find slumber once more I had barely closed my eyes when my iPod screeched at me to wake up. I stopped by Starbucks on the way out to get Teri and drink for being up so early with me during a weekend day and of course one for myself for loss of sleep. I burned my tongue on the first sip of course.
We made it to the airport about an little over an hour before I was to fly out. JetBlue and Southwest have their own brand spankin' new terminal. It was all windows and metal and bright shining gleaming surfaces. Check in was over in 10 minutes and I rode the escalator to the trams which were busing passengers to another section of the terminal. Between the new surroundings and the trams I felt like I was in some sci-fi flick. The line for security check was long and it took about 20 minutes to make it to the front by which time I had finished and disposed my coffee cup. Once through I strolled and surveyed the terminals other half with its stores, restaurants and coffee cafe's.
Our plane came in, unloaded its passengers and we were loaded in about half an hour. I had a middle seat between two elderly women. We left on time and experienced some turbulence during the flight which I enjoyed. Am I the only one that enjoys it? I'm kind of curious. The coffee had left me parched so I drank some water and a can of Sprite during the ride. As we started our decent messages from my bladder notified my brain it had reached maximum capacity and all the recent liquid I had just swallowed didn't help manners. We landed earlier than scheduled and I couldn't get off the plane fast enough. I really worried about my bladder letting loose on me as I made my trek from the plane and into the terminal. I had reached a point where I was tempted to start pushing people out of the way. Mental Note: I will never drink during a flight ever again
My trip to the loo and stop by the luggage carousel was over into another 20 minutes. I had another wait of a few minutes before mum arrive with a few friends I haven't seen in 8 years, LC & KJ. They were taller and older and dammit when did they get so big?! LC is in college and KJ is about to start middle school.
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More later, I need to find something to cool me down. It's so hot in my mum's house right now.
We made it to the airport about an little over an hour before I was to fly out. JetBlue and Southwest have their own brand spankin' new terminal. It was all windows and metal and bright shining gleaming surfaces. Check in was over in 10 minutes and I rode the escalator to the trams which were busing passengers to another section of the terminal. Between the new surroundings and the trams I felt like I was in some sci-fi flick. The line for security check was long and it took about 20 minutes to make it to the front by which time I had finished and disposed my coffee cup. Once through I strolled and surveyed the terminals other half with its stores, restaurants and coffee cafe's.
Our plane came in, unloaded its passengers and we were loaded in about half an hour. I had a middle seat between two elderly women. We left on time and experienced some turbulence during the flight which I enjoyed. Am I the only one that enjoys it? I'm kind of curious. The coffee had left me parched so I drank some water and a can of Sprite during the ride. As we started our decent messages from my bladder notified my brain it had reached maximum capacity and all the recent liquid I had just swallowed didn't help manners. We landed earlier than scheduled and I couldn't get off the plane fast enough. I really worried about my bladder letting loose on me as I made my trek from the plane and into the terminal. I had reached a point where I was tempted to start pushing people out of the way. Mental Note: I will never drink during a flight ever again
My trip to the loo and stop by the luggage carousel was over into another 20 minutes. I had another wait of a few minutes before mum arrive with a few friends I haven't seen in 8 years, LC & KJ. They were taller and older and dammit when did they get so big?! LC is in college and KJ is about to start middle school.
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More later, I need to find something to cool me down. It's so hot in my mum's house right now.