Friday, September 13, 2019

Retired adventures~Anniversary trip

Thanks for joining me!
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Well. Our anniversary adventure began smoothly enough. We made it to Atlanta in about and hour and a half, got parked, took the shuttle to the airport, and proceeded to get to the ticket counter. Dummy me, with all the pre prep I had done, did not check in on line. So, thinking we were in the "deposit hour bags here" line, we lined up. I started thinking that since we hadn't checked in, we needed to go to the other line. We did. Wrong. Back to the first line. I MUST start listening to my husband better. He was right. I was wrong. Anyway, we get up to the counter and a sweet lady helped us check in. (Extra points for helping the elderly.) So, we get checked in, get to the gate, and wait. The airline changed the 'equipment' twice, so what we thought were our seats were not. Middle seat, Geno behind me. We dealt with it. 5 hour flight. 2 hours sleep last night. Lots of nodding off, but with folks in either side, one can't do much! So, relatively good flight. Get off, find baggage claim, in no hurry. Easy peasy. Called the hotel for their shuttle to come get us, and we were instructed to take the sky bridge a floor up and go over there to the courtesy seats. Geno goes up the escalator. With his suitcase. I had visions of Buddy the Elf getting on there. So- I took the elevator. Dude with a BIG baggage cart gets on and presses a button. I couldn't see which one. I got off. Wrong floor. Get back on. Got off. Wrong floor. Geno calls, "where are you?!" I don't know. Just riding the elevator. So, he instructs me to just go back to the beginning at the baggage claim and meet him. I did. Cross the sky bridge. Wind down the escalator and across the street. WHERE IS MY PURSE??? Oh dear Lord, I have lost it! I fly back to baggage - where I had it last- and the guy saw my frantic face and said we found it. They have just take it to Lost and Found. Praise Jesus! So, me and my new best friend trek to L and F. I identify it and because it was less thank 15 minutes, I did not have to fill out forms. Get the purse, find my way back to Geno where we both thank the Lord and wait for the shuttle. We both aged about 10 years. Got to the hotel and now chillin before finding some grub. I may be too old for this.