A better way to Travel
The trip home on Friday went so well, I felt no need to vent, so I am a few days late posting the events of the day.
But today I did go to Zumba Class and I remembered why I feel like a square peg in the class made for circles. And it reminds me that somewhere in How to be a Girl 101, I missed the booty shake class and the body roll class. Oh I am made of so much fail in that class.
Anywhoo.. back to Friday.
Left the jobsite at around 1 pm and went out to lunch on the way to the airport. I was on the 4:30 flight to Houston, then the 7:30 flight (CENTER seat) to Seattle. The 7:30 flight was oversold, and they were offering $$ to give it up, but I was holding on, I was ready to be home.
We arrived at the airport about 2;15, too late to get on the 2:30 flight, or so we thought. The 2:30 was delayed till 2:45, so I asked to move up to the earlier flight and so did CF (Cycling Fan), CF and I even were able to sit together and mock the Air Mall for the full 45 minutes. I never realized that the Air Mall had so many solutions to head issues (headaches and baldness) and hiding pet doody.
Once safely in Houston, I asked if I could move to the earlier Seattle Flight, I thought there was one before 5:30. She at first told me there was no other flight, I questioned that, nicely and then she realized she could put me on Standby for the 5:30. CF and I headed to the E terminal ( Houston is a confusing airport) and CF got me safely into the Continental VIP lounge. This place was awesome, 3 stories of silence, seats and snack foods. We safely connected to wireless and went about checking our e-mail silently. At 5:00 I bid CF farewell until the next week and headed to the Gate.
Once at the gate I determined:
1. This flight was also oversold
2. I was 6th in line on standby
3. At 5:25 they were still letting ticketed passengers on the flight.
At 5:26 they lined up all the Standby people, around 12 of us, they handed us a ticket without a seat and told us to go find a seat. Well, we all hopped on the plane and I found an aisle *cue Snoopy dance of joy*. Apparently as the Flight Attendant told the girl across the aisle from me, a bunch of International flights did not make the connection, that is why all the seats were open. Luckily, I know of at least 3 people who jumped up a flight, so I am sure there were some empty seats for those who missed the connection.
Once we landed in Seattle, I headed to ground transportation. I had 5 obvious choices
1. Light rail - 45 mins + 6 block walk+ $2.50
2. Hotel Shuttle, 40 mins + 5 block walk _ $12.50
3. Taxi 25 mins+ no walk+ $35.00
4. Hired car 25 mine+ no walk + $45.00
5. Shuttle express 30-60 mins + no walk + $32.00
I took a gamble with Shuttle Express. 2 other stops. I was going to be stop 2, I calculated stop wrong and with the one way streets, he ended up dropping #3 off then me. It took the full 60 mins. BUT the 3 tourists on board received my patented tour of Seattle. I pointed out all the landmarks, on the way downtown, leaving out that we were on the Viaduct that was declared unsafe, yet still handles 110,000 cars a day.
Amazon Fresh was on my door step - yippee - it is like a warm hug from home and the kitties were very happy to have me home and took the time to cuddle and show appreciation. Tired from a long day, I crashed not too long after. And Mils woke me up at 5:30 am .. for no reason, except he could.
A week of highs and lows. Monday I fly out again, and hopefully the weather will hold.
But today I did go to Zumba Class and I remembered why I feel like a square peg in the class made for circles. And it reminds me that somewhere in How to be a Girl 101, I missed the booty shake class and the body roll class. Oh I am made of so much fail in that class.
Anywhoo.. back to Friday.
Left the jobsite at around 1 pm and went out to lunch on the way to the airport. I was on the 4:30 flight to Houston, then the 7:30 flight (CENTER seat) to Seattle. The 7:30 flight was oversold, and they were offering $$ to give it up, but I was holding on, I was ready to be home.
We arrived at the airport about 2;15, too late to get on the 2:30 flight, or so we thought. The 2:30 was delayed till 2:45, so I asked to move up to the earlier flight and so did CF (Cycling Fan), CF and I even were able to sit together and mock the Air Mall for the full 45 minutes. I never realized that the Air Mall had so many solutions to head issues (headaches and baldness) and hiding pet doody.
Once safely in Houston, I asked if I could move to the earlier Seattle Flight, I thought there was one before 5:30. She at first told me there was no other flight, I questioned that, nicely and then she realized she could put me on Standby for the 5:30. CF and I headed to the E terminal ( Houston is a confusing airport) and CF got me safely into the Continental VIP lounge. This place was awesome, 3 stories of silence, seats and snack foods. We safely connected to wireless and went about checking our e-mail silently. At 5:00 I bid CF farewell until the next week and headed to the Gate.
Once at the gate I determined:
1. This flight was also oversold
2. I was 6th in line on standby
3. At 5:25 they were still letting ticketed passengers on the flight.
At 5:26 they lined up all the Standby people, around 12 of us, they handed us a ticket without a seat and told us to go find a seat. Well, we all hopped on the plane and I found an aisle *cue Snoopy dance of joy*. Apparently as the Flight Attendant told the girl across the aisle from me, a bunch of International flights did not make the connection, that is why all the seats were open. Luckily, I know of at least 3 people who jumped up a flight, so I am sure there were some empty seats for those who missed the connection.
Once we landed in Seattle, I headed to ground transportation. I had 5 obvious choices
1. Light rail - 45 mins + 6 block walk+ $2.50
2. Hotel Shuttle, 40 mins + 5 block walk _ $12.50
3. Taxi 25 mins+ no walk+ $35.00
4. Hired car 25 mine+ no walk + $45.00
5. Shuttle express 30-60 mins + no walk + $32.00
I took a gamble with Shuttle Express. 2 other stops. I was going to be stop 2, I calculated stop wrong and with the one way streets, he ended up dropping #3 off then me. It took the full 60 mins. BUT the 3 tourists on board received my patented tour of Seattle. I pointed out all the landmarks, on the way downtown, leaving out that we were on the Viaduct that was declared unsafe, yet still handles 110,000 cars a day.
Amazon Fresh was on my door step - yippee - it is like a warm hug from home and the kitties were very happy to have me home and took the time to cuddle and show appreciation. Tired from a long day, I crashed not too long after. And Mils woke me up at 5:30 am .. for no reason, except he could.
A week of highs and lows. Monday I fly out again, and hopefully the weather will hold.
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