Saturday, July 6, 2013

Why haven't I started this yet??!


Ok yes I am officially a roaming, nomadic slacker. I have been floating around the west side since June 24 and have not updated a soul as to my adventure. Like I said ... Major slacker over here. So now as I sit in the anchorage airport awaiting my 3rd flight, I figured it was about time I took care of this little bout of blogging laziness that I was having.

But now the question is where do I even begin??! Perhaps I will start where it all began: a very early morning with extra TSA in Raleigh. Fun times. I know. 

When I bought my ticket from Raleigh to Seattle (my first destination) my main concern was money of course :) I don't need to fly in style or at the most convenient of times; I just want to save money. I swear if there was a megA-thrift that sold airplane tickets, that is where I'd buy mine. Wait... They already have that: cheaptickets.com. 

Anyway, when I bought my ticket, it was an epic drop in price from ones I had seen earlier... Score!! But it was out of Raleigh. Oh and at 6 am. But me, miss thrifty pants over here, convinced myself that I would be fine. Maybe I'm getting old. Or maybe I have just become a slightly pretentious flyer. I'm honestly not sure. But flying at 6 AM is miserable in my book. Plus since I don't live in Raleigh, this meant leaving my home around 2 in the morning ... Not my finest of moments. 

So the Sunday night plan goes into play. I will get everything together, packed and ready to roll and be in bed by 8. Right ... Did you all just laugh as hard as I did?? Because that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! First, I am the biggest procrastinator known to man. The entire day was spent cleaning for 30 minutes, and then distracting myself for an hour. This is not the most efficient way to clean your house by the way. Second, who actually can fall asleep by 8 when they know they are about to embark on an epic, three-week, roaming adventure?!! Not this girl. Needless to say, I was still doing laundry and packing at 11. 

Finally , right before midnight, the pack is set and the house is clean, mostly. Oatis is pacing frantically because he recognizes what is going on; however Juno is clueless and was constantly interrupting my packing by laying on top of everything. He definitely had the smarter approach of getting my attention.  Now I think to myself "it's midnight. To sleep ... Er I mean nap or do I just distract myself for the next 2 hours. I choose to nap. Though, I did it the right way: showered and in my clothes so that I could literally get out of bed at 2, grab the ready-brewed mason jar of coffee and walk out the door. This plan , mind you, would have been flawless had I gotten up on time. 

No I didn't wake up on time, but I only overslept about 20 minutes which is very good for me. The rest of the plan played out as it should. Jess and I hit the road in Moshi with my mason jar of coffee a little before 3. 

We get into Raleigh, park and get our boarding passes according to plan. As we are sitting at the gate, we notice around 6 TSA officers. Strange. They then make an announcement that you will have to show identification and tickets to an officer before showing them to the the boarding flight people. We never figured out what was going on , but it was definitely odd to say the least. 

We have a quick flight to Detroit, a quick layover, and then we were on our way! Or so we thought. Initially it's delayed an hour. Alright an hour ... No worries. Arriving in Seattle at 11:30 versus 10:30 is no big deal. So as I am relaying this info to lyn who was going to pick us from the airport, they change the times. Now they're not sure when we'll take off. There is some sort of a mechanical problem, so they are getting us a new plane of which requires a larger crew, which they were working on. But they gave us $20 in food and drink vouchers. So why people were complaining afterwards, I'm not real sure. Jess and I made the best of it by hitting up the Cuervo tequilería for some nachos and margaritas. I mean we were still on vacay!

Finally we arrive weary and hungry around 4 or so pacific time. So mind you on minimal sleep I have begun my adventure with a travel time of roughly 15 hours. And this was just the beginning. 

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