Sunday, December 09, 2007
After a long Saturday of packing, cleaning and spending quality time with our kittens, we said our goodbye to the comforts of home for the time. I was quite distraught over leaving the little brats, but it's such a comfort knowing they're staying with family while we are away.The plane departed late from Seattle yesterday because the crew was stuck in traffic. However, I'm pretty sure it was because they were out holiday shopping. They ascended to the terminal with bags and boxes from Macy's and such without any care that boarding had already been delayed an hour.
After boarding, we were greeted with a nice surprise. The in-flight entertainment had been upgraded to an on-demand model with a decent selection of movies, television and music. Economy plus brought some perks making the step up worth the while - nicely reclining seat with adjustable lumbar support and a leg rest. Plus, there were only two of us along the window, allowing me to make those repeated trips to the restroom.
The flight was pleasant, but it was difficult to sleep with the cold and sore throat still lingering. With the air being so dry and stagnant, it only worsened my condition and only allowed me a couple hours of sleep to meet the day and immigration with. This time, immigration went smoothly and the gentleman was quite nice about it. It was also a pleasant surprise to find that our luggage was in the first batch to arrive. We got through customs to be greeted by a sign (which was small to read from a distance, but the thought was great!) and balloons by D's sister and dad. It made me feel at home.
Getting settled into the apartment, however, didn't seem as easy. There was a miscommunication and waited an hour before we were let in by housekeeping. The apartment is nice, but upon settling in, have figured out there are things amiss: there was no hairdryer as promised and the bedroom window won't close without the proper key, which we were not given. Currently, it's jerry rigged to remain as closed as we could get it and have turned up the heat to compensate the difference.
It was great to see everyone at the Carvery for dinner and good converstation but I think D and I were much too tired to enjoy it completely. But I'm sure that won't be the last of those, so we excused ourselves and have since tried to sleep even with the windstorm.
Obviously, D is more sucessfull at that than I have been as I am up at 4am local time, wishing this cold and cough would be gone so I can really indulge in this trip. I guess I'll have to wait and see what tomorrow (errr.. today, I guess) brings....
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