You wouldn’t think that just a couple of days could alter your sleeping schedule that much, but when the alarm went off at 5am, it was harder to wake up than it has been for the last 8 months of school. Regardless, school is out, so that means it’s time for travel!
We woke our butts up early to make it to the airport. Our flight was at 7:30, and we had to load up, park, get a ride to the airport, check luggage, and all that good stuff, with Houston morning traffic. Even though we didn’t have to stop much in the traffic, it still felt like we were going to be cutting it close, especially when we got to the airport and saw the security line and still had to drop out bag off. We did that quickly with Southwest’s do it yourself bag drop. Neither Nova nor myself had ever done it before and we both seemed to struggle with it a little bit. You’d think with as much as we’ve travelled, you’d be great at it, but the sticker process wasn’t very intuitive.
With our bags dropped off, we tackled the security line. In all honesty, the line wasn’t that bad. It moved fast, and there were plenty of lines open. I really love being able to use my Apple Watch to get through everything without having to dig out a ticket or even a phone. Just flip your wrist over and have the machine scan it. Piece of cake.
We had plenty of time once we were there to grab a quick breakfast and then get to our gate. Since Nova’s company bought her ticket (this is a work trip for her after all) she got the spot A1, which meant she was going to be one of the first ones on the plane. This worked out great for me, since I was in the middle Bs. She got one of the first spots on the plane, and I’m probably going to be spoiled now. There was so much leg room, and you don’t have to wait for what feels like an eternity to get off the plane after you’ve been on it for hours.
While sitting in the airport, I realized that I had moved my headphone splitter to my other bag on our last trip and I hadn’t moved it back. That meant all the movies and stuff I had downloaded on my iPad could only be watched by one person now. We usually enjoy watching a movie together on the plane rides, so I felt pretty guilty about it. However, even though it was a four hour flight, we both had our own forms of entertainment. Nova started and almost finished her new book Bare Bones, which I was very impressed with. I don’t think I could have done that.
I continued my replay of The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. It’s a really good 3Ds game if you haven’t played it.
The flight itself was easy. Not too much motion, not too many crazies either. And great scenery.
It has been a while since I’ve flown Southwest, and it made me realize how much I’ve missed them. Free checked bag, free snacks and drinks on the flight, and mostly great personalities. I think if I have the choice I’ll go with them more often from here on. I am worried that I’m spoiled by Nova’s seat number though.
Once we got to Seattle, we tried to head towards the baggage claim, but got lost. All the while, I’m trying to coordinate with my brother who is also landing in Seattle around the same time. As we got close to baggage claim, this guy tried to push through us on the escalator. It took me a second to realize it was my brother, and it took even longer for Nova. It was a great surprise and we were a group.
My brother’s mother in law picked us up from the airport and we headed off to lunch since it was lunch time in Texas, it was still early enough to order breakfast in Seattle. Our hunger leave was high and we headed to Lunchbox Laboratory to get some burgers.
The the hunger levels depleted, we went to check out our room for the next few days. My Aunt and Uncle were gracious enough to let us use their condo for the trip and I can’t expressed our blessed we are. The condo is just blocks away from Nova’s conference and right in the heart of downtown. In fact, it’s right on top of the market too. I’m looking forward to all the exploring we’re going to have.
We went by my brothers house after we dropped our stuff off. Arlo, my nephew wanted to go to the zoo, so we tried to muster up the energy to go and do a lap. Most of us failed, haha.
We split up and went to rest after that. Nap level was high.
More to come.
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